Employment

George Mason University, VA, Associate Professor of Economics, 1999-present.

Research: Over 60 publications, mostly in applied economic theory. See vita for details. Taught: Microeconomics, Health Econ., Law & Econ., Enviro. Econ., Urban Econ, Industrial Organization.

University of California, Berkeley, CA, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar in Health Policy Research, 1997-1999.

Academic research in health economics.

NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, Research Scientist, 1989-1993.

Research in Bayesian Model-Based Learning within Artificial Intelligence group. Initiated project directions in Bayesian classification and multi-image modeling. Initiated projects in market-based belief coordination and reversibly-computable agents. Collaboration, mathematics, programming, publications, presentations.

Lockheed A.I. Center, Menlo Park, CA, Research Scientist, 1984-1989.

Research in spatial modeling for Vere's autonomous agent, intelligent training, parallel finite element simulation. Initiated classification learning project, applied to Order of Battle. Investigated application of expert systems to many areas. Collaboration, teaching, programming, interviewing.

Education

University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1997.

Seminars on Social Science & Health, American Medical Care System.

California Institute of Technology, CA, Ph.D. Social Science, 1997.

Research assistant in mechanism design and experimental economics with John Ledyard and Dave Porter. Teaching assistant. .

University of Chicago, IL, M.S. Physics, M.A. Conceptual Foundations of Science, 1984.

Foundations of physics and scientific method. Top 20% teaching assistant in student evaluations. GPA 3.50, 3.63

University of California, Irvine, CA, B.S. Physics, 1981.

Teaching assistant, tutor, engineer, lab assistant. Entered as engineering major. Last two years ignored homework to allow independent study. GPA 3.57