College of Business: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Richard Engelbrecht-Wiggans

IBE Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Business Administration

Biographical Sketch

Richard Engelbrecht-Wiggans is a Professor in the Department of Business Administration. He graduated from Harvard with a degree in Chemistry and Physics and earned a Ph.D. in Games and Optimization from Cornell University. Professor Engelbrecht-Wiggans is a member of the American Economic Association and INFORMS. His research focuses on the design and evaluation of auctions and related competitive pricing mechanisms for allocating, procuring and/or pricing items in settings with uncertainty. He teaches courses in quantitative decision analysis and related disciplines.