Rahul Bhui

Rahul Bhui is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

His research combines cognitive science, computational neuroscience, and behavioral economics to reveal the deep unifying principles that capture both rationality and irrationality. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications, Psychological Review, and Psychological Science, and featured in media outlets such as USA Today, the LA Times, and Scientific American.

Prior to joining the faculty at MIT, Rahul was Mind Brain Behavior Postdoctoral Fellow in the Departments of Psychology and Economics at Harvard University. He holds a BA (Hon) in economics from the University of British Columbia, as well as an MS in behavioral and social neuroscience and a PhD in computation and neural systems from Caltech.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) California Institute of Technology (2013 — 2016)
• Master of Science (MS) Caltech (2011 — 2013)
• Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA Hon.) The University of British Columbia / UBC (2005 — 2010)

Companies

• Assistant Professor MIT Sloan School of Management (2020)
• Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard University (2016 — 2020)
• Teaching Assistant Caltech (2014 — 2015)
• Data Science Intern Adaptly (2013 — 2013)
• Teaching Assistant California Institute of Technology (2012 — 2012)
• Research Assistant California Institute of Technology (2010 — 2011)
• Research Assistant The University of British Columbia (2008 — 2010)
• Student Director The University of British Columbia (2009 — 2009)
• Research Assistant The University of British Columbia (2007 — 2008)

Skills

• Data Analysis
• R
• Economics