Charles Macal, PhD, PE
Group Leader of the Social & Behavioral Systems Group
Global Security Sciences Division
Argonne National Laboratory
Charles Macal, PhD, PE, is Senior Systems Engineer, Argonne Distinguished Fellow, and Group Leader of the Social & Behavioral Systems Group within the Global Security Sciences Division of Argonne National Laboratory. He is also Senior Fellow in the Computation Institute at the University of Chicago, and Lecturer at the Harris School of Public Policy and at the Graham School of Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies, University of Chicago. Dr. Macal is recognized globally as a leader in the field of agent-based modeling and simulation and has led interdisciplinary research teams in developing innovative computer simulation models in application areas including global and regional energy markets, critical materials, electric power, healthcare and infectious diseases, environment and sustainability, and technology adoption. Dr. Macal is Principal Investigator of the free and open source Repast Simphony agent-based modeling toolkit.
Education:
BS Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
MS Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
PhD, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Research Interests:
Agent-based Simulation
Large-scale Simulation Analytics
Modeling Social Processes
Modeling Healthcare Systems and Infectious Diseases