Doctoral Committee

My dissertation committee at Berkely is comprised of:

Michael Katz

Michael is the chair of my dissertation committee. He is an excellent economic theorist and his primary research area is the economics of innovation. I took two directed studies courses with Michael in 2010, and was proud to have him on my oral's committee.

I currently work with Michael on Models of Venture Capital and research related to Patents. Michael is my main theory guru, though he provides input into every aspect of my work.

Toby Stuart

Toby is the co-chair of my dissertation committee and is currently visiting Berkeley from Harvard. Toby claims to be a sociologist, but is also a fantastic empiricist and one of the leading names in the entrepreneurship literature. I met Toby in a meeting with Silicon Valley Bank, and am glad to call him both a friend and a mentor.

I currently work with Toby on a project Attributing Performance to VC Partners and another relating to Online Dating. Toby is my empirical guru.

Christine Parlour

Christine is my finance field advisor. I met Christine when I took her Market Microstructure class. Christine is a superb contract theorist and brings her finance perspective to my research.

I have auditted or taken (for grade) the Discrete Time Asset Pricing, Macro Finance, Empirical Finance, Corporate Finance, and Market Microstructure courses offered at Berkeley, and Christine helps me to bring a finance perspective to my research.

Suzanne Scotchmer

Suzanne is my 'outside' advisor. Suzanne holds Chairs in the Economics Department, The Goldman School of Public Policy, and the School of Law at UC Berkeley, and brings her unique and refreshing perspective to my work. I was delighted to have Suzanne as the outside member of my Oral's Committee and heartily recommend her book to other PhDs considering research on innovation and incentives.