Biography

I am an Associate Professor of Strategy and Behavioral Decision Making at UCLA Anderson. I study non-monetary incentives and organizational design, with a special emphasis on collaborative knowledge work. Much of my past work has focused on studying the causal effects of awards and social recognition. My methodological focus on field experiments has allowed me to collaborate with organizations such as Wikipedia, NASA, Coursera and other private sector firms (mostly in tech), the American Red Cross, hospitals, schools, and universities.

At UCLA Anderson, I teach Business Strategy in the full-time and fully-employed MBA programs, a course where my students run field experiments (FEiSty), as well as courses in different Executive Education programs. I joined UCLA from Harvard, where I was a postdoctoral fellow. I received my Ph.D. in economics from the University of Zurich, with the distinction summa cum laude, and I hold two master’s degrees, from Sciences Po Paris in France and the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. 

At home, my children keep me on my toes and smiling. Click here for a photo of 3/4 (hard to get them all on one shot these days).