Summary
Rob Chavez is an associate professor and cognitive neuroscientist with 11 years of research experience probing how individual dispositions shape signaling and behavior in digital social networks. He progressed from research roles at The Mind Research Network and a postdoc at Ohio State to faculty positions at the University of Oregon, where he now directs empirical investigations into social cognition and network dynamics. His work blends experimental neuroscience, computational modeling, and novel measures of social signaling to test models of egocentric subversion and interpersonal stability. Trained at Dartmouth (PhD) and the University of New Mexico (BS Psychology), he brings rigorous experimental design and quantitative analysis to interdisciplinary problems. Colleagues describe him as someone who translates abstruse theoretical constructs into testable, data-driven hypotheses that illuminate real-world online behavior. Based in Eugene, Oregon, he combines academic scholarship with practical collaboration across labs and departments to advance understanding of digital social systems.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Cognitive Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Cognitive Neuroscience at Dartmouth College
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), PSYCHOLOGY, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), PSYCHOLOGY at The University of New Mexico