People
The team includes the founding director, core members, and research collaborators contributing to the lab's work on digital markets, mechanism design, and AI for economic research.
Founding Director
Adrasteia Labs; Central University of Finance and Economics; Research Assistant at The University of Hong Kong
Founder of Adrasteia Labs. Heikichi Hayashi works on digital currency, FinTech and DeFi, AI for economic research, causal inference in RCT design, game theory, and mechanism design.
Core Member
University of Chicago, Computer Science
Core member contributing computer science expertise to interdisciplinary work on digital markets, algorithmic behavior, and AI-enabled research workflows.
Core Member
Boston College, Economics
Core member contributing to research in economics, market design, digital finance, and collaborative paper development across the lab.
Core Member
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Economics
Core member whose economics background supports the lab's work on mechanism design, digital assets, and strategic behavior in emerging markets.
Core Member
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Computer Science
Core member contributing technical and computational perspectives to the lab's interdisciplinary agenda in AI, FinTech, and economic research tools.
Research Collaborator
Adrasteia Labs
Collaborating researcher on strategic behavior, mechanism design in financial and digital markets, and experimental design for lab projects.