Recently Published Research:
- Cheng, Feixiong, Yifang Ma, Brian Uzzi and Joseph Loscalzo. "Importance of scientific collaboration in contemporary drug discovery and development: a detailed network analysis", BMC Biology, October 2020
- Ma, Yifang, Satyam Mukherjee, and Brian Uzzi. "Mentorship and protégé success in STEM fields", Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, June 2020.
Recent Media Hits:
Marketplace: "For companies trying to diversify their workforces, good data might be key" (April 2021)
Kellogg Insight: How Does a Polarized U.S. Move Beyond Its Current Conflicts? (March 2021)
BBC Radio 4: "Top of the Pops" (Podcast interview, March 2021)
Brian Uzzi is the Richard L. Thomas Professor of Leadership at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He also co-directs the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO), and holds professorships in Sociology and the McCormick School of Engineering. He has been on or visited the faculties of INSEAD, Chicago, Harvard, and Berkeley. His work has received 15 teaching prizes and 13 scientific research prizes worldwide in the social, physical, and computer sciences.
His research uses social network science and computational methods to explain outstanding human achievement. Media outlets featuring his research include the WSJ, Newsweek, The Economist, The New Yorker, Fortune, other media outlets and TV, and scientific journals in management, physics, ecology, sociology, medicine, economics, psychology, and computer science have covered or published his research. Grants for his research have come from the U.S. government and private agencies.