CSSI is proud to bring together so many top experts in the fields of complex sciences. The core of our team is made up of professors, doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows at the Kellogg School of Management and Northwestern University, but our community of collaborators spans the globe. Here’s a look at the team behind the science of science, as well as key contributors and supporters.
Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Kellogg School of Management
Nic Fishman (he/they) is currently an MSc candidate in mathematics at Oxford University, after which they will be a Ph.D student in statistics at Harvard University. They completed their Bachelors in Computer Science and Statistics at Stanford University in 2021. They work on methods for studying large datasets in computational social science and computational biology, with a particular interest in causality.
Research Assistant Professor, Kellogg School of Management
Alexander C. Furnas PhD (Zander), is a Research Assistant Professor at the Center for Science of Science and Innovation at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He has a PhD in political science from the University of Michigan. He researches the political economy of information, with a focus on the production, dissemination and uptake of science and expertise in the policymaking process. His dissertation examines how congressional staffers evaluate and use privately provisioned information produced by outside organizations. He has published articles in the American Political Science Review, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Legislative Studies Quarterly, among others. More generally, he studies the use of information, science, and expertise in policymaking, interest groups, and elite political behavior using survey, text analysis and network methods.
Research Assistant Professor, Kellogg School of Management
Jian Gao is a Research Assistant Professor in the Center for Science of Science and Innovation (CSSI) at the Kellogg School of Management and the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO) at Northwestern University. He obtained a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. His research interests lie in the science of science, computational socioeconomics, network science, and economic complexity. His recent work focuses on measuring the disparities in exposure to artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and estimating the benefits of AI in science and innovation.
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Kellogg School of Management
Diego Gómez-Zará is a Ph.D. in Technology and Social Behavior at Northwestern University. He also graduated with a Ms. in Computer Science at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. His research interests are computational behavior modeling, social networks, groups, and systems. Grounded in human-computer interaction and network science, Diego studies how people assemble groups using online systems. Diego’s work has been published in multiple venues, including the ACM CHI and CSCW conferences. His dissertation research was awarded the 2020 Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant and the National Science Foundation SES-2021117. In 2018, he became a Ph.D. fellow of the Northwestern Segal Institute’s Design Cluster. In the past, he has taught courses on web technologies and social networks. Recently, Diego was an intern at the Snap Inc. Research Team. He is currently serving as a member of the ACM CSCW Steering committee.
Visiting Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Kellogg School of Management
Zihang Lin is a Visiting Pre-Doctoral Fellow in the Center for Science of Science and Innovation (CSSI) at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He is also an undergraduate in the School of Computer Science at Fudan University, China. His research interests include network science, computational social science, and science of science. He is engaged in large-scale scientific data processing and analysis of multiple databases, trying to attain a deeper understanding of science and innovation.
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Kellogg School of Management
Wenyuan Liu is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Center for Science of Science and Innovation (CSSI) at the Kellogg School of Management. He obtained a bachelor's degree in physics from Wuhan University in China. Then, he moved to Singapore and obtained a Ph.D. degree from Nanyang Technological University. After that, he worked as a research fellow there. His research interests include network theory and science of science
Post-Baccalaureate Research Fellow, Kellogg School of Management
Zifeng Liu is a Post-Baccalaureate Research Fellow in the Center for Science of Science and Innovation (CSSI) at Kellogg School of Management. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Physics from Xi'an Jiaotong University in China 2021. His research interests lie in the science of science, network science and mathematical modeling.
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Kellogg School of Management
Yifan Qian is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London, London, U.K. His research interest is broadly concerned with computational social science and combines theories and methods from network science, sociology, machine learning, and data science. The general goal of his work is to better understand the structure, functioning, and consequences of complex large-scale networks across a number of empirical domains including citation networks, social networks, and collaboration networks. He received a B.Sc. degree in information and computing science and a M.Sc. degree in computer science from Beihang University in Beijing, China in 2014 and 2017, respectively.
Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow, Kellogg School of Management
Binglu Wang is a Ph.D. student in Management & Organizations (MORS) at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, with affiliations at the Center for Science of Science and Innovation (CSSI) and the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO). Her research involves computational social science, technology & innovation, and social networks, with a focus on understanding how community collapses from large-scale datasets. She received her bachelor's degree in information management and information system from Peking University in 2019.
Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow, McCormick School of Engineering
Yian Yin is a Ph.D. candidate of Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences (IEMS) at the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University, with affiliations at the Center for Science of Science and Innovation and the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO). He studies computational social science, the science of science, and complex systems, with a particular interest in quantitative understanding of success and failure in human activities through interdisciplinary approaches. Before joining Northwestern, Yian obtained his bachelor’s degree in statistics and economics from Peking University in 2016.
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Kellogg School of Management
Research Assistant Professor, Kellogg School of Management
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Kellogg School of Management
Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow, Kellogg School of Management
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Kellogg School of Management
Research Fellow, Kellogg School of Management
Pre-Doctoral Visiting Scholar, Kellogg School of Management
Visiting Professor, Kellogg School of Management
Professor of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robert Gray Doge Professor of Network Science, Northeastern University
Assistant Professor, Kellogg School of Management
Assistant Professor of Management & Organizations, Kellogg School of Management
Associate Professor of Human Development and Social Policy and Associate Professor of Learning Sciences, Northwestern University, Associate Professor and Executive Board Member, Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO), Associate Professor of Management & Operations, Kellogg School of Management (Courtesy)
Professor of Behavioral Sciences, Kellogg School of Management and McCormick School of Engineering
Professor of Communication Studies, Northwestern School of Communication
Bill & Luis Suit Professor, School of Information
Adjunct Professor at Department of Health, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin
Professor of Management & Organizations, Kellogg School of Management / Professor of Psychology, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Psychology, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences / Professor of Design, McCormick School of Engineering (Courtesy) / Director, Northwestern Cognitive Science Program, Professor of Leadership, Kellogg School of Management (Courtesy)
David Reese Professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology, Pennsylvania State University
Associate Professor of Computer Science, McCormick School of Engineering
Assistant Professor of Accounting Information & Management, Kellogg School of Management
Associate Professor, Management and Organizations, Kellogg School of Management
Professor of Information Science, University of Montreal
Associate Professor of Statistics and Computer Science, McCormick School of Engineering
Professor of Finance and Gaylord Freeman Distinguished Chair in Banking, Kellogg School of Management
Assistant Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management
GM, Meta, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
John L. and Helen Kellogg Professor of Management & Organizations, Kellogg School of Management
Clinical Assistant Professor of Management & Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, Associate Director, Research Assistant Professor, Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
Professor of Finance, Kellogg School of Management
Assistant Professor, Management and Organizations, Kellogg School of Management
Director, Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Erwin P. Nemmers Professor of Strategy, Kellogg School of Management
Associate Professor of Management & Organizations, Kellogg School of Management
Associate Professor of Sociology, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences (Courtesy)
Associate Professor of Management & Organizations, Kellogg School of Management
Associate Professor of Psychology, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences (Courtesy)
Assistant Professor, IT University of Copenhagen
Professor of Physics, Boston University
Professor, Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois
Professor of Quantitative Science Studies, Leiden University
Managing Director, Microsoft Research Outreach
Associate Professor of Management & Organizations, Kellogg School of Management
Associate Professor, University of Washington
Thomas J. Watkins Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Management & Organizations, Kellogg School of Management
Associate Director of Administration for the Kellogg Center for Science of Science and Innovation (CSSI)
Krisztina directs the Center's administrative, operational, financial, and business functions in support of CSSI's research programs and mission. In her position, Krisztina is also responsible for developing and managing grants, planning and executing events, and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders in the science of science arena.
Associate Director of Strategy, Partnership & Innovation for the Kellogg Center for Science of Science and Innovation (CSSI) and the Associate Director of the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
Alanna collaborates with faculty and industry experts in the development of research partnerships and curricular innovations and facilitates the translation and distribution of intellectual content.