Dr. Ayelet Gneezy

Professor

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Biography

Ayelet Gneezy holds the Carol Lazier Family Endowed Chair in Social Innovation Impact at UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management, where she serves as a Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Marketing. Her research focuses on prosocial behaviors, including charitable giving, environmental sustainability, and health-related decision-making. Gneezy's work has been published in top-tier journals such as Science, PNAS, and Marketing Science, and she has extensively collaborated with various organizations to conduct field experiments that influence real-world outcomes. Additionally, she is a co-founder and faculty director of Rady School's Centers of Excellence, which promote innovation and social impact across academic and industry sectors. Gneezy completed her Ph.D. at the Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, and has previously managed strategic planning at DataPro Proximity, a subsidiary of BBDO Worldwide.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of California, San Diego

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:85
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in physical, biological, or earth sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Differential and integral calculus. One year of calculus-based physics with laboratory. One year of chemistry with laboratory.
Application Checklist
  • Statement of Purpose (max 2 pages)
  • Unofficial transcripts
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Application fee ($135 domestic / $155 international)
Specialization Notes

Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).