Mohsen Mosleh

Mohsen is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the University of Exeter Business School, a Fellow at Alan Turing Institute, and a Research Affiliate at MIT Sloan School of Management. Mohsen has been a postdoctoral fellow at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Department of Psychology at Yale University. Prior to his post-doctoral studies, Mohsen received his PhD from Stevens Institute of Technology in Systems Engineering with a minor in Business Intelligence and Analytics. He has five years of prior industry experience as a Software & Systems Integration Lead. Mohsen’s research interests lie at the intersection of computational/data science and cognitive/social science. In particular, he studies how information and misinformation spread on social media, collective decision-making, and cooperation. His work has been published in leading journals such as Nature, Nature Communications, PNAS, and CHI and has been covered in major media outlets including The Washington Post, the Telegraph and the Financial Times.

Honors and Awards

Exemplary Systems Engineering Doctoral Dissertation Award, Omega Alpha Association, 2018 (Grant: $5,000). INCOSE Foundation Doctoral Award for Promising Research in Systems Engineering and Integration, 2015 (Grant: $5,000). Journal Outstanding Paper Award, Systems Engineering journal in 2016 The Fabrycky-Blanchard Award for exemplary academic performance, excellence in research, and promise in the study and practice of systems engineering (Grant: $1,500). School of Systems Enterprises, Stevens. Inst. of Tech. 2017 Travel Grant, European Symposium on Computational Social Science (Grant: 800 Euro). Zurich, Switzerland. Outstanding Dissertation Award, (Grant: $500), School of Systems Enterprises, Stevens. Inst. of Tech. 2017 Best Presentation Award, 2015 Doctoral Research Symposium (Grant: $200), School of Systems Enterprises, Stevens. Inst. of Tech. Search Committee for the Dean of School Systems and Enterprises, selected student member, Office of Provost, Stevens Institute of Technology. Most Downloaded paper in Systems Engineering Journal, Outstanding Systems and Software Integration Lead UIS international in two consecutive years, 2007 and 2008.

Companies

• Research Affiliate MIT Sloan School of Management (2020)
• Lecturer (Assistant Professor) University of Exeter Business School (2020)
• Research Scientist MIT Sloan School of Management (2018 — 2020)
• Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Psychology Yale University (2017 — 2018)
• Research Assistant Stevens Institute of Technology (2012 — 2017)
• Systems and Software Integration Lead UIS International (2008 — 2012)
• Systems and Software Integration Lead Information Technology Architects (ITA) (2007 — 2012)

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Stevens Institute of Technology
• Graduate Certificate Stevens Institute of Technology
• Master of Business Administration (MBA) Sharif University of Technology
• Electrical Engineering Sharif University of Technology