CV

CV

EDUCATION

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. 1997 Cornell University (Theoretical and Applied Mechanics)
    Dissertation Title: The Structure and Dynamics of Small-World Systems

 

  • B.Sc. (Hons, 1st class) 1991 University College, University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy (Physics).

Work

Work

  • 2019 — Stevens University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and Professor in Department of Computer and Information Science, Annenberg School of Communication, and Operations, Information and Decisions Department, Wharton School of Business

 

  • 2019 — Inaugural Rowan Fellow, Wharton School of Business

 

  • 2012 – 2019 — Principal Researcher and Partner, Microsoft

 

  • 2007 – 2012 — Principal Research Scientist, Yahoo! Research

 

  • 2006 – 2009 — Professor of Sociology, Columbia University

 

  • 2003 – 2006 — Associate Professor (with tenure), Sociology, Columbia University

 

  • 2002 – 2003 — Associate Professor (without tenure), Sociology, Columbia University

 

  • 2002 – 2007 — Director, Collective Dynamics Group

 

  • 2000 – 2002 — Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Columbia University

 

  • 1999 – 2000 — Postdoctoral fellow, Sloan School of Management, MIT

 

  • 1998 – 1999 — Postdoctoral fellow, Santa Fe Institute

 

  • 1997 – 1998 — Postdoctoral fellow, Lazarsfeld Center for the Social Sciences, Columbia University

 

  • 1993 – 1997 — Teaching assistant and research assistant, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University

 

  • 1991 – 1993 — Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Australian Navy

 

  • 1988 – 1991 — Midshipman, Royal Australian Navy

Honors & Awards

Honors & Awards

  • 2023 — Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

  • 2020 — Andrew Carnegie Fellow

 

  • 2018 — Elected as inaugural Fellow of the Network Science Society

 

  • 2018 — Newman, Strogatz, and Watts (2001). “Random graphs with arbitrary degree distributions and their applications” listed as one of 50 significant papers in the 125-year history of Physical Review

 

  • 2015 — Newman, Strogatz, and Watts (2001). “Random graphs with arbitrary degree distributions and their applications” named “milestone paper” by Physical Review

 

  • 2014 — Everett Rogers Award

 

  • 2013 — Lagrange-CRT Foundation Prize

 

  • 2013 — AD White Professor at Large, Cornell University

 

  • 2009 — German Physical Society Young Scientist Award for Socio- and Econophysics

 

  • 2001 — NSF Career Award

 

  • 1999 — ASA award for best paper in Mathematical Sociology

 

  • 1996 — H. D. Block teaching award, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University

Involvement

Involvement

  • 2019 — Present Member, NSF Advisory Committee for Cyberinfrastructure

 

  • 2017 — Present Member, NSF Advisory Committee for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate

 

  • 2015 — Present Board Member, Pew Research Center

 

  • 2017 — Member, National Academy of Sciences Committee on the Value of the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences to National Priorities

 

  • 2005 – 2008 — Member, Information Science and Technology Advisory Committee, DARPA

 

  • 2005 — Member, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Network Science for Future Army Applications
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