Carl Theodore Bergstrom is a

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and

evolutionary biologist Evolutionary biology is the subfield of biology that studies the evolutionary processes (natural selection, common descent, speciation) that produced the diversity of life on Earth. It is also defined as the study of the history of life for ...

and a

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at the

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. Bergstrom is a critic of low-quality or misleading scientific research. He is the co-author of a book on misinformation called ''Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World'' and teaches a class by the same name at University of Washington.

Education

Bergstrom completed his

Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is ...

at Stanford University under the supervision of

Marcus Feldman Marcus William Feldman (born 14 November 1942) is the Burnet C. and Mildred Finley Wohlford Professor of Biological Sciences, director of the Morrison Institute for Population and Resource Studies, and co-director of the Center for Computational, ...

in 1998.

Research

Bergstrom's work concerns the flow of information through biological and social networks, as well as the ecology and evolution of

pathogenic organisms Pathogenic bacteria are bacteria that can cause disease. This article focuses on the bacteria that are pathogenic to humans. Most species of bacteria are harmless and are often beneficial but others can cause infectious diseases. The number of ...

, including the development of resistance. He is the coauthor (with Lee Dugatkin) of a college textbook, ''Evolution''. With Jevin West, he developed the popular course and websit
Calling Bullshit
His work has led to the identification of him as a resource to explain the dynamics of

disinformation Disinformation is false information deliberately spread to deceive people. It is sometimes confused with misinformation, which is false information but is not deliberate. The English word ''disinformation'' comes from the application of the L ...

and misinformation, in general. In addition to evolutionary biology, Bergstrom's interests include the ranking of scientific journals. In 2007, he introduced the

Eigenfactor The Eigenfactor score, developed by Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom at the University of Washington, is a rating of the total importance of a scientific journal. Journals are rated according to the number of incoming citations, with citations from ...

, metrics for journal ranking. This and related work on open access earned him and his father, Ted Bergstrom, the SPARC Innovator Award in June 2007.

References

External links

Carl Bergstrom page at Santa Fe
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