Alvin Roth

Elvin Ross was born on December 19, 1951, and is an American economist currently serving as George Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Ross has made significant contributions in the fields of game theory, market design, and experimental economics, winning the 2012 Nobel Prize in Economics. Ross graduated with a bachelor's degree in Operations Research from Columbia University in 1971, and then went to Stanford University to pursue a master's degree in Operations Research in 1973. One year later, he obtained a doctoral degree in Operations Research. After leaving Stanford, Ross taught at the University of Illinois until 1982. Afterwards, he served as Andrew Mellon Professor of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh until 1998, and later joined Harvard University where he has been working ever since. Ross is a recipient of the Sloan Award for Outstanding Young Professor in the United States, a member of the Guggenheim Foundation, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is also a member of the National Bureau of Economic Research NBER and the American Society of Econometrics. His main works include the Game Theory Model of Negotiation in 1985, the Six Perspectives of Experimental Economics translated into Chinese in 1987, the Handbook of Experimental Economics in 1995, and Bob Wilson's Traditional Economics in 2001.