Robert Krause earned a Ph.D. in Sociological Methods from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands in 2019. He also holds degrees in behavioral science and cognitive neuroscience from universities in the Netherlands and Germany, respectively. Prior to joining Gatton, he served as a postdoctoral scholar at the Free University in Berlin. Robert is arguably one the world’s leading experts in Stochastic Actor-Oriented Models and Exponential Growth Models. He will help extend the Department of Management’s already-world-leading reputation in social network analysis into many new, exciting directions. Aside from research, Robert will teach research methods courses in the Management Department’s PhD program and the new Master of Science in Strategic Human Resource Analytics program.