Sendhil Mullainathan

Sendhil Mullainathan
Mullainathan in 2014
Bornc. 1973 (age 52–53)
CitizenshipUnited States
EducationCornell University (BA)
Harvard University (PhD)
Known forBehavioral economics
Development economics
Corporate finance
AwardsMacArthur Fellow
Scientific career
FieldsEconomics, Behavioral economics
InstitutionsMIT 2024–
University of Chicago Booth School of Business 2018–2024
Harvard University 2004–2018
MIT 1999–2004
Doctoral advisorDrew Fudenberg
Lawrence Katz
Andrei Shleifer
Doctoral studentsEbonya Washington
Benjamin Jones

Sendhil Mullainathan (pronunciation) (born c. 1973) is an American professor of economics and professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.