I am a Professor of Economics at Boston College and a microeconomic theorist who has research interests in market design, mechanism design, and game theory with an emphasis on the theory and practice of matching markets and allocation/exchange of discrete resources.

My Curriculum Vitae / Google Scholar Page / BC Department Page / IDEAS-RePec Page

My more recent research focuses on

  • The design and analysis of new organ allocation and exchange policies, such as kidney, liver, and dual-donor exchange clearinghouses
  • Axiomatic properties of matching and discrete resource allocation mechanisms, and probabilistic mechanisms
  • Balanced exchange and matching in two-sided matching markets such as tuition exchange in college admissions, teacher and student exchanges
  • Improving recommendation systems used in the adoption of children in foster care
  • School choice and mechanisms used in school admissions

On The 2012 Economics Prize in Memory of Alfred Nobel:
The Economics Prize in Memory of Alfred Nobel was awarded in 2012 to Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley for their contributions on the “Theory of Stable Allocations and the Practice of Market Design.” My heartfelt congratulations go out to them. I am also grateful to The Nobel Committee, which extensively cited my research in the scientific background document among the main contributions that led to this prize.

Academic Positions

Visiting Fellowships

  • Professorial Research Fellow, Deakin University Australia (’17-’20, 15 days a year)
  • Visiting Professor, MIT (Fall ’17)
  • Distinguished Research Fellow, Koç University, (July’s, ’13-’17)
  • Honorary Professor, Deakin University Australia (’13-’15, 15 days a year)
  • Visiting Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Jan’14-Apr’14)
  • Visiting Researcher, Microsoft Research Lab, New England (Aug’10-Dec’10)
  • Research Fellow, Harvard Business School (Sep’02-Aug’03)

Education

  • Ph.D. in Economics, University of Pittsburgh (2000)
  • M.A. in Economics, Bilkent University (1995) and University of Pittsburgh (1997)
  • B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University (1993)

Editorial Affiliations

Prizes, Grants, Awards, Honors

Prizes, Awards, and Honors

Grants

Personal Information

  • Born in 1971 in Ankara, Turkey and lived there until 1995.
  • Attended Ankara Ataturk Anadolu Middle and High School (AAAL) from 1982 to 1989.
  • Married to Lori since 2000 with two boys, Berk (born in 2003) and Baran (born in 2008).
  • Enjoys running, hiking, board games, and science non-fiction/fiction.

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