About me

I study the human side of discovery, with the hope of understanding and improving science. I often make use of massive datasets, computational techniques, and social theory. So far, my work has touched on disagreement, institutional mobility, bias in science, and more.

Right now, I am a research assistant professor at the Network Science Institute at Northeastern Univeristy.

Previously, I worked as a Data Scientist with Digital Science to develop tools and deliver analysis to support decision making in funding agencies. I was also postdoctoral research associate working at the Center for Complex Network Research with Albert-László Barabási. I studied for my Ph.D in Informatics at Indiana University Bloomington, where I wrote my dissertation “Embracing Complexity in the Science of Science” under the amazing mentorship of Dr. Cassidy Sugimoto and Dr. Yong-Yeol Ahn. I am also an alumni of the Santa Fe Institute’s Complex Systems Summer School and Graduate Workshop of Computational Social Science.

When not working, I enjoy running, cooking, traveling, reading (especially science fiction), and spending time with my wonderful wife and daughter.