Carl Bergstrom

Carl Bergstrom
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Born
Carl Theodore Bergstrom
Education
Known forEigenfactor
Disinformation dynamics
Spouse(s)Holly Ann Bergstrom
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Washington
ThesisGame-theoretic models of signalling among relatives (1998)
Doctoral advisorMarcus Feldman
Websitectbergstrom.com

Carl Theodore Bergstrom is a theoretical and evolutionary biologist and a professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. Bergstrom is a critic of low-quality or misleading scientific research. 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.

Education

Bergstrom completed his Ph.D. at Stanford University under the supervision of Marcus Feldman in 1998.

Research

Bergstrom's work concerns the flow of information through biological and social networks, as well as, the ecology and evolution of pathogenic organisms, including the development of resistance.

He is the coauthor (with Lee Dugatkin) of a college textbook, Evolution. With Jevin West, he developed the popular course and website Calling Bullshit. His work has led to the identification of him as a resource to explain the dynamics of disinformation and misinformation, in general.

In addition to evolutionary biology, Bergstrom's interests include the ranking of scientific journals. In 2007, he introduced the Eigenfactor, metrics for journal ranking. This and related work on open access earned him and his father, Ted Bergstrom, the SPARC Innovator Award in June 2007.

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