Matias D. Cattaneo is a Professor of Operations Research and Financial Engineering at Princeton University and an Amazon Scholar whose work lies at the intersection of econometrics, statistics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and applied mathematics. He develops statistical and computational methods for the social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences, with particular emphasis on program evaluation and causal inference.
Matias was awarded a 2026 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in Data Science. He is an elected Member of the International Statistical Institute and an elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and the International Association for Applied Econometrics. His research has also been recognized through multiple paper awards, journal distinctions, invited lectures, and highly cited publications.
Matias earned a Ph.D. in Economics and an M.A. in Statistics from the University of California, Berkeley, a Master in Economics from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, and a Licentiate in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires.
Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, he is married to Rocio Titiunik, and they have two daughters, Lucero (Lulu) and Maite.