Graduate Studies: Current Students
 Ajay Bhaskarabhatla(412) 268-2869 | BP 321 | Email | Web I study the role technological change plays in creating market niches and more broadly in explaining industry dynamics. I worked with Steven Klepper on a shakeout in the US laser industry.  Sudeep Bhatia(412) 268-2869 | BP 321 | Email  Carla Costa(412) 268-2869 | BP 321 | Email I am a Ph.D. student in the Technological Change and Entrepreneurship Program, in the scope of the Carnegie Mellon|Portugal partnership. I worked at the Portuguese Governmental Agency for Innovation, at a biotech business incubator, and at IST's entrepreneurship office. My research interests focus on the intersection between innovation, entrepreneurship, and regional economic development. I aim to contribute to a better understanding of how firm creation propels economic development and to the characterization of the role that technology-based entrepreneurship plays in this relationship. I received a M.Sc. degree from the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in Engineering Policy and Management of Technology and a 5-year B.S. in Business Administration from ISCTE, also in Portugal.  Cristina Maria da Silva Carias(412) 268-2869 | BP 321 | Email I am a Ph.D. student in the Technological Change and Entrepreneurship Program, in the scope of the Carnegie Mellon|Portugal partnership. I am interested in identifying the à priori determinants of entrepreneurial success. My research also focuses in how these factors, linked to geographical localization, boost the creation of the next generation of industrial centers. My previous work experience was at Portugal Telecom. I hold a BS in Physics Engineering and an MS in Engineering and Management of Technology, both from the Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal. I also hold a Certificate in Econometrics and Applied Prediction from the Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão.  Alex Davis(412) 268-2869 | BP 321 | Email | Web Social Cognition and Judgment Lab home page My main interests are in judgment and behavioral economics, and I am currently empirically investigating topics such as judgments based on memory, social comparison, hot-cold empathy gaps, altruism, theories of gambling pleasure, attribute substitution, reference points, and wage substitutes. I am currently working with Carey Morewedge, George Loewenstein, Roberto Weber, and John Miller  Leslie John(412) 268-2869 | BP 319A | Email | Web I am a doctoral student in behavioral decision research working with George Loewenstein and Baruch Fischhoff. My interests include: when and why people disclose sensitive information, using incentives to change behavior, research ethics, and medical decision making. I completed my undergraduate work in psychology at the University of Waterloo.  Tamar Krishnamurti(412) 268-2869 | BP 321 | Email | Web I am a doctoral student in the joint Psychology and Behavioral Decision Research program. My research interests include the impact of intoxication on judgments and behavior, perceptions of sexual risk among adults and adolescents, and sexual and reproductive health decision-making and relevant policy applications. I hold a BS in Biological Anthropology from Carnegie Mellon University.  Peter Kriss(412) 268-2869 | BP 321 | Email I am working with Roberto Weber and others on projects concerning costly communication and the effects of forecasting on group-determined outcomes. I hold a BA from Swarthmore College in Mathematics, with minors in Philosophy and Psychology.  Piper Lincoln(412) 268-2869 | BP 321 | Email  Paul Litvak(412) 268-2869 | BP 321 | Email I am a fourth-year graduate student in Behavioral Decision Research and Psychology. I graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.S. in Philosophy and Computer Science in 2002, and worked as a programmer until 2005. Currently, I have several lines of research. With Jennifer Lerner, I am studying how emotions impact risk-taking. With George Loewenstein and Tamar Krishnamurti I am examining how emotional experience changes over the life-span. With Carey Morewedge, I am researching how the perceived value of goods interact with sunk costs to influence consumption behavior. I am currently visiting as a Research Fellow at the Harvard Decision Science Laboratory.  Wei Siong Neo(412) 268-2869 | BP 321 | Email  Mark Patterson(412) 268-2869 | BP 321 | Email I am currently working with Erte Xiao in order to understand what brings people to volunteer their time rather than their money in charitable giving scenarios. I am also interested in evolutionary games, characterizing economic freedom of choice, and reductionism in social science. I hold an MSc. in Philosophy of Social Science from The London School of Economics, and a BA from Northwestern University in Mathematical Models in the Social Sciences, Mathematics, and Philosophy.  Nathanial Peterson(412) 268-2869 | BP 321 | Email I work with Robyn Dawes, Roberto Weber, and Don Moore. My primary line of research is concerned with how much people value others' risky outcomes relative to their own. Other projects investigate the use of random and biased information in judgment. I received a B.S. in Applied Economics and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Minnesota.  Jonas Rolo(412) 268-2869 | BP 321 | Email | Web I am a student in the Technological Change and Entrepreneurship Program, in the scope of the Carnegie Mellon|Portugal partnership. I have an MBA degree from the Faculdade de Economia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, and a 5-year BS in Industrial Engineering from the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, also at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. My research interests focus on the power of influence of social networks on the individual consumption decisions of each consumer. I will try to understand the importance of social networks' power of influence on the consumption decisions and try to measure it against the more traditional sources of influence in consumption decisions like product, price, service, etc.  Daniel Schwartz(412) 268-2869 | BP 321 | Email  Gabriel Silverman(412) 268-2869 | BP 321 | Email I am a student in the Medical Scientist Training Program, through which I am studying to receive an M.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and a Ph.D. in Behavioral Decision Research from SDS. I am working with Baruch Fischhoff and George Loewenstein on projects relating to medical and public health decision making. I received a B.A. in Cognitive Science and Psychology from Yale. Jessica Wisdom(412) 268-2869 | BP 321 | Email  Michael Yu(412) 268-2869 | BP 321 | Email |
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