Frank R. Lichtenberg, Ph.D.

Courtney C. Brown Professor of Business
Columbia University Graduate School of Business

Frank R. Lichtenberg, Ph.D. is the Courtney C. Brown Professor of Business at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business and research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.  His work focuses on how new technologies affect the productivity of companies, industries and nations.

Dr. Lichtenberg’s research, which have addressed issues such as the impact of pharmaceutical innovation to the consequences of leveraged buyouts for efficiency and employment, has earned several fellowships and awards, including the 1998 Schumpeter Prize, the 2003 Milken Institute Award for Distinguished Economic Research, and has earned funding grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Merck and Co., the Fulbright Commission, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. He has worked for several U.S. government agencies, including the Department of Justice and the Congressional Budget Office and has taught at Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Lichtenberg received a B.A. in history from the University of Chicago and an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania.