Research Professor and Professor Emerita
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Chair, Social, Political and Economic Sciences section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Research Expertise
Economic and organizational sociology, firm networks, industrial change and social bases of technology adoption.
Course Taught
Strategic Innovations in Energy Efficiency
Fast Facts
Lecturer
Master of Science (M.S.), UC Davis
Nicholas Briscoe is Chief Economist at Briscoe Economics Group, Inc. He provides valuation consulting and expert witness testimony in a wide variety of economic and financial matters. He teaches as the UC Davis Graduate School of Management as part of the adjunct faculty. Briscoe’s prior positions include manager in the forensic services division of the accounting firm Crowe Horwath, LLP, as well as Senior Economist at Cohen | Volk Economic Consulting Group.
Lecturer
Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Toronto
Research Expertise
The development of persuasive, professional speaking and writing skills for business, and the use of critical thinking protocols that optimize decision making.
Lecturer and Director of Biotechnology Industry Immersion
Ph.D. Microbiology, Sardar Patel University, India
Post Doctoral Fellowship in Clinical Chemistry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO
Research Expertise
Healthcare, In Vitro Diagnostics, product development, executive management, Healthcare Biotechnology
Continuing Lecturer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of California, Los Angeles
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Genetics, UC Davis
Research Expertise
Product Management, New and Small Business Ventures, Business Planning
Professor Emerita
Ph.D., University of Iowa
Research Expertise
International financial reporting issues and corporate governance, including the role of internal control and auditing in the development of high-quality financial information.
Distinguished Professor of Management (Emeritus)
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Research Expertise
Regression analysis, model selection, high-dimensional data, time series, biostatistics, application of statistics in business.
Teaching Field
Statistics
Professor Chih-Ling Tsai is a recognized expert in the practical application of statistics in business, including regression analysis, model selection, high-dimensional data, time series and biostatistics. He has had more than 100 research papers published in academic journals relating to statistics, marketing, finance and biostatistics. He teaches courses on forecasting and managerial research methods, and time series analysis and forecasting.
Tsai earned a Ph.D. in statistics from the University of Minnesota and an Master of Science (M.S.) in mathematics from the University of Illinois, Chicago Circle. He earned his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in mathematics from Tamkang University.
Lecturer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of California, Davis
Master of Science (M.S.), Cal State Los Angeles
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Professor
Ph.D., Stanford Graduate School of Business
Research Expertise
Category strategy, market evolution, stigma in markets
Elizabeth Pontikes is a professor of management at the University of California, Davis, which she joined in 2019. She was formerly on the faculty of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business as an associate professor and was a visiting associate professor at the Kellogg School of Management. She is an associate editor at Management Science and a senior editor at Strategy Science.
Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Davis
Research Expertise
Executive coaching, performance management, leadership, teamwork, life planning, corporate culture and developing strategy