Carl Bergstrom
American theoretical and evolutionary biologist
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Carl Theodore Bergstrom is a theoretical and evolutionary biologist and a professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, United States.[3] Bergstrom is a critic of low-quality or misleading scientific research.[4] He is the co-author of a book on misinformation called Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World and teaches a class by the same name at University of Washington.[5]
Disinformation dynamics
Carl Bergstrom | |
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| Born | Carl Theodore Bergstrom |
| Education | |
| Known for | Eigenfactor[1] Disinformation dynamics |
| Scientific career | |
| Workplaces | University of Washington |
| Thesis | Game-theoretic models of signalling among relatives (1998) |
| Marcus Feldman[2] | |
| Website | ctbergstrom |
Education
Bergstrom earned his B.A. from Harvard University in 1993, then completed his Ph.D. at Stanford University under the supervision of Marcus Feldman[2] in 1998.
Research
Bergstrom's work concerns the flow of information through biological and social networks,[6] as well as the ecology and evolution of pathogenic organisms, including the development of resistance.[7][8][9][10][11][12]
He is the coauthor (with Lee Dugatkin) of a college textbook, Evolution.[13] With Jevin West, he developed the popular course and website Calling Bullshit.[14][15][16][17][18][19] His work has led to the identification of him as a resource to explain the dynamics of disinformation and misinformation,[20] in general.
In addition to evolutionary biology, Bergstrom's interests include the ranking of scientific journals. In 2007, he introduced the Eigenfactor,[1] metrics for journal ranking.[21] This and related work on open access earned him and his father, Ted Bergstrom, the SPARC Innovator Award in June 2007.[22]
