Research Professor
Leigh Tesfatsion received a Ph.D. degree in economics from the University of Minnesota, Mpls., in 1975, with a minor supporting program in mathematics. She is currently Research Professor, and Professor Emerita of Economics, Mathematics, and Electrical & Computer Engineering, at Iowa State University. Her current research focuses on two topics: (1) the study of new designs for electric power markets to facilitate the increased penetration of variable energy resources and the management of systemic risks; and (2) the development of Agent-based Computational Economics (ACE) software platforms to facilitate the study of coupled physical, natural, and human systems, such as electric power systems and watersheds. She has published a wide variety of research articles on these and related topics in journals, edited books, and conference proceedings.
She has also served as editorial board member and associate editor for a number of journals, including: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (JEDC); Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination; Journal of Public Economic Theory; International Journal of Microsimulation; Journal of Energy Markets; IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE-TEC); and Applied Mathematics and Computation. She has guest-edited special issues on ACE for the JEDC, Computational Economics, and the IEEE-TEC. From 2002-2004 she was a consultant for the Los Alamos National Laboratory. From 1996-2004 she served as contributing co-editor in charge of the Complexity-at-Large section of the journal Complexity.
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About Leigh Tesfatsion
Leigh Tesfatsion received a Ph.D. degree in economics from the University of Minnesota, Mpls., in 1975, with a minor supporting program in mathematics. She is currently Research Professor, and Professor Emerita of Economics, Mathematics, and Electrical & Computer Engineering, at Iowa State University. Her current research focuses on two topics: (1) the study of new designs for electric power markets to facilitate the increased penetration of variable energy resources and the management of systemic risks; and (2) the development of Agent-based Computational Economics (ACE) software platforms to facilitate the study of coupled physical, natural, and human systems, such as electric power systems and watersheds. She has published a wide variety of research articles on these and related topics in journals, edited books, and conference proceedings.
She has also served as editorial board member and associate editor for a number of journals, including: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (JEDC); Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination; Journal of Public Economic Theory; International Journal of Microsimulation; Journal of Energy Markets; IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE-TEC); and Applied Mathematics and Computation. She has guest-edited special issues on ACE for the JEDC, Computational Economics, and the IEEE-TEC. From 2002-2004 she was a consultant for the Los Alamos National Laboratory. From 1996-2004 she served as contributing co-editor in charge of the Complexity-at-Large section of the journal Complexity.
| Present | Professor, Iowa State University ‐ Department of Economics | |
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