Victor Chernozhukov
Regular biography
Victor Chernozhukov is the Ford International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, affiliated with the ECON department. His research focuses on Econometrics. He can be contacted via email at vchern@mit.edu. His office is located in E52-524, and his office phone number is 617-253-4767. Assistant Paisley Gavin supports his work.
Scholar-generated biography
Victor Chernozhukov is a professor in Economics, Statistics, and Data Science at MIT, and an honorary professor at UCL. His research focuses on econometrics, mathematical statistics, and machine learning, with an emphasis on causal inference and high-dimensional data analysis. His work explores methods for estimating treatment effects, counterfactual distributions, and structural models, often integrating statistical learning techniques. Key contributions include developments in double/debiased machine learning, instrumental variable quantile regression, and inference on treatment effects after selection. His research bridges econometric theory with modern computational tools to address complex economic questions.