Brian Lukoff

I am an educator, technology designer, and engineer with a passion for assessment and innovation. I am co-founder and CEO of Perusall, a social reading platform for increasing engagement in reading assignments. In 2013, Pearson acquired Learning Catalytics, a company that I founded with Eric Mazur and Gary King that produced a cloud-based educational assessment and engagement platform. Learning Catalytics grew out of research work I engaged in as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Technology and Education at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. I am also an Assistant Professor of Instruction at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, where I teach statistics. Previously, I was a software engineer at adap.tv, a video advertising startup in Silicon Valley. I received a Ph.D. from the Stanford University School of Education where I studied educational measurement and technology. I also hold an M.S. in statistics from Stanford University and a B.A. in mathematics from Cornell University.

Education

• Ph.D. Stanford University (2004 — 2010)
• M.S. Stanford University (2004 — 2006)
• B.A. Cornell University (2000 — 2004)

Companies

• Co-founder and CEO Perusall LLC (2015)
• Lecturer, Statistics, Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin (2014)
• Program Director, Learning Catalytics Pearson North America (2013 — 2015)
• Co-founder and CEO Learning Catalytics (2011 — 2013)
• Postdoctoral Fellow in Technology and Education Harvard University (2010 — 2013)
• Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics Boston University (2012 — 2012)
• Lecturer, Department of Mathematics Harvard University (2011 — 2011)
• Software Engineer Adap.tv (2007 — 2010)