About

Korok is an Associate Professor at the Mays Business School of Texas A&M University, and an affiliate Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science.  He is an applied game theorist who studies the intersection of economics and computation, specifically in distributed systems, computer networking, cybersecurity, and cryptocurrencies.  He teaches classes on financial statement analysis and bitcoin.

Korok founded the Mays Innovation Research Center, an interdisciplinary center at Texas A&M dedicated to the study of innovation. It examines how software integrates with hardware in diverse fields like robotics, additive manufacturing, autonomous transportation, advanced materials, bitcoin, cybersecurity, and outer space. 

Korok earned a BS in mathematics from the University of Chicago and a PhD in economics from Stanford. He has taught at the University of Chicago and Georgetown, as well as Texas A&M.  He also served on the Council of Economic Advisers of the White House from 2007 to 2009 during the Great Financial Crisis.