Marcus Alexander
Senior Research Associate

Email
marcus.alexander@yale.eduPhone
(203) 436-4758Office
Yale Institute for Network Science
School of Engineering & Applied Science
PO BOX 208263
New Haven, CT 06520-8263Website
https://marcusalexander.ioTwitter
@mqdicer
Marcus Alexander
Senior Research Associate
Marcus Alexander is a Senior Research Associate in the Human Nature Lab at the Yale Institute for Network Science. He received his PhD from Harvard and his postdoctoral training at Stanford. His research is focused on genomics of social networks, human cooperation, and network targeting interventions.
Selected Publications
- “Algorithms for seeding social networks can enhance the adoption of a public health intervention in urban India,” PNAS, May 2022
- “No increase in COVID-19 mortality after the 2020 primary elections in the USA,” Forthcoming in Nature Human Behavior, 2023, Oct 2020
- “Mindfulness Meditation Activates Altruism,” Scientific Reports, Apr 2020