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Jonathan Levin
Levin in 2021
13th President of Stanford University
Designate
Assuming office
August 1, 2024
SucceedingMarc Tessier-Lavigne
Personal details
Born (1972-11-17) November 17, 1972 (age 51)
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Children3
Parent
AwardsJohn Bates Clark Medal (2011)
Academic background
EducationStanford University (BA, BS)
Nuffield College, Oxford (MPhil)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
ThesisRelational contracts, incentives and information (1999)
Doctoral advisorBengt Holmstrom
InfluencesPaul Milgrom
Academic career
InstitutionStanford University
FieldMicroeconomics
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Jonathan Levin (born November 17, 1972) is an American economist and academic. He is currently the Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business.[1] On April 4, 2024, the Stanford University Board of Trustees announced Levin would become Stanford's 13th president, effective August 1, 2024.[2]

Levin is known for his research in industrial organization, particularly in the areas of market design, antitrust economics, and the economics of contracting.

Academic career

Levin received his Bachelor of Arts in English and Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Stanford University in 1994, a Master of Philosophy in Economics from Nuffield College, Oxford in 1996, and his PhD in Economics from MIT in 1999.[3] He was a post-doctoral scholar at the Cowles Foundation at Yale University. He joined Stanford as an assistant professor in 2000 and became a full professor in 2008.

His research is in the field of Industrial Organization. Since 2016, he has been the Philip H. Knight Professor and Dean of Stanford Graduate School of Business. He was the Holbrook Working Professor of Price Theory in the Department of Economics at Stanford and chair of Stanford Department of Economics from 2011 to 2014. Since 2021, he has been a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).[4]

On August 1, 2024, he will assume the role of president of Stanford University. Levin will succeed Richard Saller, who has served as Stanford's president on an interim basis since September 2023 after the resignation of Marc Tessier-Lavigne.

Awards and honors

Levin has received over a dozen honors and awards. He was awarded the 2011 John Bates Clark Medal[5][6] as the outstanding American economist under the age of 40, regarded as the most distinguished economic title after the Nobel Prize.

Some of his other notable achievements include:

  • John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, 2014
  • American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Best Paper Award, 2014
  • Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium, 2006
  • Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 2004–2006
  • George Webb Medley Thesis Prize, Oxford, 1996

Personal life

Levin lives in Palo Alto with his wife, Amy, a physician, and their three children.

He is the son of former Yale University President Rick Levin.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ Chaykowski, Kathleen. "Stanford Business School Names Economist Jonathan Levin As Its New Dean". Forbes. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  2. ^ Nietzel, Michael T. "Jonathan Levin Named Stanford University's 13th President". Forbes. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  3. ^ "CV" (PDF). Jonathan Levin.
  4. ^ "President Biden Announces Members of President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology". White House. September 22, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  5. ^ Lahart, Justin (April 19, 2011). "Stanford's Jonathan Levin Wins John Bates Clark Medal". Wall Street Journal.
  6. ^ Einav, Liran; Tadelis, Steve (2012). "Jonathan Levin: 2011 John Bates Clark Medalist". Journal of Economic Perspectives. 26 (2): 207–218. doi:10.1257/jep.26.2.207. ISSN 0895-3309.
  7. ^ Gellman, Lindsay (May 23, 2016). "Stanford Business School Names Economist Jonathan Levin as New Dean". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  8. ^ Saul, Stephanie (April 4, 2024). "Jonathan Levin, Dean of Business School, Is Stanford's New President". The New York Times.

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