Donald G. Saari

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Distinguished Research Professor: Mathematics, Economics
Professor (Courtesy): Logic and Philosophy of Science
Director Emeritus: Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences
School of Social Sciences
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1967, Mathematics
Phone: (949) 824-8651
Fax: (949) 824-3733
Email: dsaari@uci.edu
University of California, Irvine
(IMBS & Economics) 3295 Social Sciences Plaza A
(Mathematics)
Mail Code: 5100
Irvine, CA 92697
Research Interests
Mathematical Economics, Dynamical systems; Newtonian N-body problem; voting and decision theory; social choice; micro-econonomics; dynamics in econ and behavioral sciences, evolutionary games
Academic Distinctions
National Academy of Science, May 2001
Fellow: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2004
Foreign Member: Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, 2009
Foreign Member: Russian Academy of Sciences, 2016

Fellow: American Association for Advancement of Science
Fellow: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Fellow: American Mathematical Society
Fellow: Society for Advancement of Economic Theory


Honorary PhDs:
Purdue University (1989)
Universite de Caen (France) (1998)
Michigan Technological University (1999)
University of Turku (Finland) (2009)
Russian Academy of Sciences (2016)

Guggenheim Fellow (1988-89)

UCI, Distinguished Faculty Award for Research, 2005
UCI, Daniel Aldrich Distinguished University Service Award, 2011
UCI, Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education (Physical Sciences) 2011

Purdue University: Outstanding Alumnus Award, 2002
Appointments
Post-doc: Yale University; Dept. of Astronomy

Northwestern University (1968 - 2000):
Pancoe Prof. of Mathematics
Prof. of Economics
Current: Pancoe Professor of Mathematics Emeritus
Professional Societies
AMS, MAA, SIAM, SC&W, AAAS
Research Centers
Director Emeritus: Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences
Last updated
06/14/2019