Bio

Shripad Tuljapurkar received his Ph.D. from Portland State University in 1976. He has pioneered methods in theoretical ecology and mathematical demography, especially for analyzing and forecasting populations subject to variability in their dynamics. He has shown how these methods can be used to study the evolution of life cycles in biology, to predict human mortality patterns, and to carry out risk analysis in areas ranging from species conservation to the management of public pension systems. Professor Tuljapurkar's research group develops population mathematics and applies it to study the dynamics and evolution of human and natural populations.

Professor Tuljapurkar is a member of the Center for the Demography and Economics of Aging at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1990, he was elected a fellow of the American Association of Arts and Sciences; in 1996, he received the Mindel Sheps Award from the Population Association of America; and in 1998, he received the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship. He serves on the editorial boards of several scientific journals and on review panels for national scientific agencies.