Gunduz Caginalp

Gunduz Caginalp (died December 7th, 2021) was a Turkish-born American mathematician whose research has also contributed over 100 papers to physics, materials science and economics/finance journals, including two with Michael Fisher and nine with Nobel Laureate Vernon Smith. He began his studies at Cornell University in 1970 and received an AB in 1973 "Cum Laude with Honors in All Subjects" and Phi Beta Kappa. In 1976 he received a master's degree, and in 1978 a PhD, both also at Cornell. He held positions at The Rockefeller University, Carnegie-Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh (since 1984), where he was a professor of Mathematics until his death on December 7, 2021.^[1] He was born in Turkey, and spent his first seven years and ages 13–16 there, and the middle years in New York City.

Caginalp and his wife Eva were married in 1992 and had three sons, Carey, Reggie and Ryan.

He served as the Editor of the Journal of Behavioral Finance (1999–2003), and was an Associate Editor for numerous journals. He received awards from the National Science Foundation as well as private foundations.