Prof. Dr. Philipp Koellinger

since 2026Co-founder, Claims since 2021Co-founder and board member, DeSci Labs; CEO since June 2024 since 2021Co-founder, board member and President, DeSci Foundation since 2018Full Professor, Department of Economics, School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 2020–2022Full Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin–Madison 2015–2017Full Professor, Department of Complex Trait Genetics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 2013–2015Full Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Amsterdam 2006–2013Assistant Professor (tenured 2009), then Associate Professor, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam 2002–2006Research Fellow, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) since 2006Research Fellow, Tinbergen Institute and DIW Berlin

2002–2006PhD in Economics and Management Science (Dr. rer. pol.), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, summa cum laude 1998–2001MSc in Economics and Management Science, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, best of class 1997–1998Undergraduate studies in economics, Freie Universität Berlin

2026Winner, Proof of Pitch, Louvre, Paris, with Claims 2021Daniel Louis and Genevieve Rustvold Goldy Faculty Fellow Award, La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin–Madison 2020Seed grant, Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine, University of Wisconsin–Madison 2020Pilot project grant, Center for Demography of Health and Aging, University of Wisconsin–Madison 2018Netspar Topicality Grant, "The effects of genetic health risks on personal expected longevity, insurance coverage, and retirement decisions" 2017National Institutes of Health R01 subaward, "Gene environment interplay in the development of alcohol use and related problems", with Danielle Dick 2015Amsterdam Brain and Mind Project grant, "The interplay between genetic profiles and environment in higher cognitive function" 2015ERC Consolidator Grant, "The molecular genetic architecture of educational attainment and its significance for cognitive health" 2013Swedish Research Council grant, co-investigator, with Daniel Benjamin, David Cesarini, Magnus Johannesson and Peter Visscher 2012Top Talent Research Award, Erasmus School of Economics 2011Söderberg Foundation grant, co-investigator, with Daniel Benjamin, David Cesarini and Magnus Johannesson 2011National Institutes of Health OBSSR grant, co-investigator, with Daniel Benjamin and David Cesarini 2011DFG grant, "The sadder, the wiser? Mood, overconfidence, and uncertainty preferences", with Theresa Michl and Arnold Picot 2011Best paper of the conference and of the behavioural economics track, NeuroPsychoEconomics Conference, with Theresa Michl and Arnold Picot 2010National Science Foundation EAGER grant, co-investigator, with Daniel Benjamin and David Cesarini 2009EARIE Young Economist Essay Award, for "Entrepreneurship, firm formation and organizational design", with Christian Roessler 2007Prize for the best academic publication of 2007, Society of Friends of DIW Berlin, with Maria Minniti

since 2018Member of the Scientific Council, Research Master in Business Data Science, Tinbergen Institute 2018–2021Academic Editor, PLoS ONE (guest editor 2017) 2013–2018Co-director, Erasmus University Rotterdam Institute for Behavior and Biology (EURIBEB) 2008–2015Associate Editor, Small Business Economics