About me

—I am actively recruiting students at all levels to join my lab. Please reach out if interested!—

I am an assistant professor in Information Science & Technology at the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cybersecurity at the University at Albany.

I run the Information Ecosystems Lab, which takes a data-driven approach towards understanding the creation, diffusion, and impact of information across society.

My research broadly concerns the human side of innovation, 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.

Previously, I was a research assistant professor at the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University. Prior to this 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.