Colin F. Camerer

Colin F. Camerer is the Robert Kirby Professor of Behavioral Economics and Director of the T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He holds affiliations with the Caltech Brain Imaging Center, the Ronald and Maxine Linde Institute of Economic and Management Sciences, and the Center for Theoretical and Experimental Social Sciences (CTESS). His research integrates psychology, neuroscience, and economics to advance behavioral economic theory through experimental methods and neural data.

• B.A., Johns Hopkins University (1976)
• M.B.A., University of Chicago (1979)
• Ph.D., University of Chicago (1981)

Camerer's research spans neuroeconomics, behavioral game theory, and experimental economics. Key interests include how visual salience affects decision-making, habit formation, risk preferences, and the neuroscience of economic choices. His work employs cutting-edge techniques such as fMRI, EEG, and machine learning to analyze cognitive processes in markets and games.

Recent publications focus on risk preferences across adolescence, prosocial behavior in social contexts, and neural mechanisms underlying habit formation. His articles highlight interdisciplinary approaches combining economics, psychology, and computational modeling to address behavioral regularities and market anomalies.

Scientific awards include the MacArthur Fellowship (2013) and an Honorary Doctorate from the Stockholm School of Economics (2019). These recognize his pioneering contributions to behavioral economics and neuroeconomics.

Camerer directs Caltech's T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience, contributing to its leadership in decision science. He has been involved in Caltech's Watson Lectures, including the 100th-anniversary season, and teaches courses like Social and Decision Neuroscience, Behavioral Game Theory, and Analytical Foundations of Social Science.