Michael Hamilton

Michael Hamilton is an Assistant Professor of Business Analytics and Operations at the University of Pittsburgh's Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. He specializes in pricing strategies, prescriptive analytics, and market design.

Education:

• PhD in Operations Research, Columbia University (2019)
• BSc in Mathematics, Rutgers University (2014)

His research examines how pricing mechanisms impact market outcomes, with applications in online dating platforms, e-commerce, and socially beneficial market design. He actively collaborates with Ph.D. students including Alex Lim, Kasra Ganjizadeh, and Qiqi Hao.

His recent work focuses on opaque product pricing, personalized pricing strategies, and loot box design in digital economies. He serves as local chair for the 2025 ACM Conference on Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization (EAAMO).

Michael maintains affiliations with the Center for Analytical Approaches to Social Innovation (CAASI) and contributes to open-source academic website templates through his GitHub repositories.