Carl Bergstrom
Professor, Department of Biology
Big data, COVID-19
Expertise: Behavior, evolution and systematics, mathematical and computational biology
Carl Bergstrom is a professor in the Department of Biology. Though trained in evolutionary biology and mathematical population genetics, Carl is perhaps best known for working crossing field boundaries and integrating ideas across the span of the natural and social sciences.
Recently, Carl teamed up with Jevin West to launch the Calling Bullshit project, developing a website and course materials for teaching quantitative reasoning and information literacy: callingbullshit.org
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Carl has worked to combat the spread of misinformation and stressed the importance of “flattening the curve.”
Carl is also very active on Twitter.
