Baruch Fischhoff
Baruch Fischhoff is an American academic who is the Howard Heinz University Professor in the Institute for Politics and Strategy and the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine. His research focuses on judgment and decision making, including Risk perception and Risk Analysis. He has numerous academic books and articles. Fischhoff completed his graduate education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem under the supervision of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky.
He has been honored with a 'Distinguished Achievement Award' by the Society for Risk Analysis, a Distinguished Service Award by the American Psychological Association, an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship, and a Doctorate of Humanities, honoris causa, by Lund University. He has chaired committees of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, National Academy of Sciences, and Environmental Protection Agency. He is a past president of the Society for Risk Analysis and Society for Judgment and Decision Making.He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science, Society of Experimental Psychologists and Society for Risk Analysis.
