Joachim Vandekerckhove (PhD 2009, University of Leuven, Belgium) is a Full Professor at the University of California, Irvine, where he has appointments at the Department of Cognitive Sciences, Department of Statistics, and the Department of Logic & Philosophy of Science.  He is also a Senior Fellow of the National Research Council.  He is an internationally recognized expert in statistical and experimental methodology as well as in cognitive and behavioral modeling, and lectures and consults on these topics for clients in the academic, public, and private sector.

Vandekerckhove has authored over 90 academic publications and is the developer of multiple popular software packages for cognitive model fitting and evaluation.  His research focuses on the measurement of cognitive processes and involves cognitive modeling, psychometrics, meta-science, and the development of robust research methods that improve on classical methods with modern technologies.

He has held a number of service roles, including guest editing for Psychonomic Bulletin & Review and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, serving on the editorial boards of Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, Behavior Research Methods, and Journal for Mathematical Psychology. Since 2018, he has served as the standing Conference Chair for the Society for Mathematical Psychology, which organizes three annual events, including a Psychonomics satellite meeting.


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Joachim Vandekerckhove
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2324 Social & Behavioral Sciences
Mail Code: 5100
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California 92697 USA

Email: joachim@uci.edu