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=Doctoral Dissertation Committee Members=

My dissertation committee at Berkely is Berkeley was comprised of:

Michael is the chair of my dissertation committee. He is an excellent a world-class economic theorist and his primary research area is the economics of innovation. I took two directed studies courses with Michael in 2010before I advanced to candidacy, and was proud to have him on my oral's committee.

I currently work with Michael on [[Models of Venture Capital]] and research related to [[Patents]]. Michael is my theory and innovation guru, though he provides input into every aspect of my work.

Toby is the co-chair of my dissertation committee and is currently visiting Berkeley from Harvard. Toby claims to be a sociologist(I'm pretty sure he's actually an economist), but is also a fantastic empiricist , and is one of the leading names in the entrepreneurship literature. I met Toby in a meeting with Silicon Valley Bank, and am glad to call him both a friend and a mentor.

I currently work with Toby on a project on [[Attributing Performance to VC Partners]] and another relating to [[Online Dating]]. Toby is my empirical strategy and VC/entrepreneurship guru.

Christine is my finance field advisor. I met Christine when I took her [[PHDBA239DA | Market Microstructure class]]. Christine is a superb contract theorist and brings her finance perspective to my researchwork.

I have auditted or taken (for grade) the Discrete Time Asset Pricing, Macro Finance, Empirical Finance, Corporate Finance, and Market Microstructure courses offered at Berkeley, and Christine helps me to bring a out the finance perspective to aspects of my research.

Suzanne is my 'outside' advisor. Suzanne holds Chairs in the Economics Department, The Goldman School of Public Policy, and the School of Law at UC Berkeley, and brings her unique and refreshing perspective blend of viewpoints to my work. I was delighted to have Suzanne as the outside member of my Oral's Committee and heartily recommend [http://www.amazon.com/Innovation-Incentives-Suzanne-Scotchmer/dp/0262693437/ref=ed_oe_p/104-9085612-3468751?ie=UTF8 her book] to other PhDs considering research on innovation and incentives.

Dave is an economic historian and is famous for his work on the effects of policy towards university-based innovation. Dave was the chair of my oral's committee, and is the supervisor of my collegue colleague, friend and rival (and office-mate) Neil Thompson. 

Thomas is a clear leader in the field on of entrepreneurial finance, and was my second supervisor at UBC. Thomas and I worked together on a number of highly data-intensive projects, and I took my first directed studies class in venture capital from him. I was delighted to attend his NBER [[Entrepreneurship Research Boot Camp]] in July 2011.