Education
MBA, PhD, Business, University of Chicago
MA, Sociology, New York University
BA, MA, English, Beijing Foreign Studies University
Positions Held
At Haas since 2004
2004 - present, Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business
Current Research and Interests
- Entrepreneurship
- Innovation
- Technology strategy
- Strategic alliances
- Sociology of science
Selected Papers and Publications
- “The Impact of Information Technology on Scientists’ Productivity, Quality and Collaboration Patterns,” with Sharon G. Levin, Paula E. Stephan and Anne E. Winkler. Under review at Management Science.
- "Commercial Science: A New Arena for Gender Differences in Scientific Careers?" with Fiona Murray and Toby E. Stuart. Under review at Academy of Management Journal.
- "The Impact of Founder Professional Education Background on the Adoption of Open Science by For-Profit Biotechnology Firms," Under review at Management Science.
- "Divergent Paths or Stepping Stone: A Comparison of Scientists’ Founding and Advising Activities," with Emily Choi. Conditionally accepted by Research Policy.
- “Do We Know Who Values Us? Dyadic Meta-Accuracy in the Perception of Professional Relationships,” with Hillary Anger Elfenbein and Noah Eisenkraft. Psychological Science. Forthcoming.
- "The Impact of Academic Patenting on the Rate, Quality and Direction of (Public) Research Output," with Pierre Azoulay and Toby E. Stuart. Journal of Industrial Economics, forthcoming.
- "The Determinants of Faculty Patenting Behavior: Demographics or Opportunities?” with Pierre Azoulay and Toby E. Stuart. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 63 (2007): 599-623.
- "Vertical Alliance Networks," with Salih Z. Ozdemir and Toby E. Stuart. Research Policy 36 (2007): 477-498.
- “Gender Differences in Patenting in the Academic Life Sciences,” with Fiona Murray and Toby E. Stuart. Science 313, no. 5787 (Aug 4 2006): 665-667.
- "When Do Scientists Become Entrepreneurs? The Social Structural Antecedents of Commercial Activity in the Academic Life Sciences," with Toby E. Stuart. American Journal of Sociology 112, no. 1 (July 2006): 97-144.
Honors and Awards
- Inaugural Kauffman Junior Faculty Fellowship, $50,000, 2009-2011
- Schwabacher Fellowship Award, 2009-2010
- Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship mini Research Grant, $25,000, 2007-2009
- UC Berkeley COR Faculty Research Grant, 2004-2009
- UC Berkeley Regents' Junior Faculty Fellowship, UC Berkeley, 2006
- Kauffman Emerging Scholars Initiative Dissertation Research Grant
- Oscar Meyer Fellowship, University of Chicago
- GSB Fellowship, University of Chicago
- P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship

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