Terry Burnham

TERRY BURNHAM is a leader in the application of biology to
economics and finance. He was an economics professor at
Harvard for many years, beginning at the Kennedy School and,
most recently, at the Harvard Business School. His
biological research has taken him to Africa to observe wild
chimpanzees and to the laboratory to study the role of
testosterone in negotiation. He is coauthor of the
international bestseller Mean Genes. Before joining the
Harvard faculty, he worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. and was
the president and CFO of the successful start-up
biotechnology firm, Progenics Pharmaceuticals, whose work in
AIDS and cancer treatment has been widely praised. Dr.
Burnham has a PhD in business economics from Harvard
University, a master's in finance from MIT, an MS in
computer science from San Diego State University, and a BS
in biophysics from the University of Michigan. He served
with distinction as a tank driver in the U.S. Marine Corps.