Micah Altman

Micah Altman
Born	(1967-08-31) August 31, 1967 (age 57) St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Nationality	American
Citizenship	American
Alma mater	Harvard University (Postdoctoral Fellow) California Institute of Technology (Ph.D.) Brown University (B.A.)
Scientific career
Fields	Social Science Informatics, Software Engineering, Social Science, Statistics, Political Philosophy
Institutions	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries Brookings Institution
Thesis	Districting Principles and Democratic Representation (1998)
Doctoral advisor	Joseph Morgan Kousser
Website	micahaltman.com

Micah Altman (born August 31, 1967) is an American social scientist who conducts research in social science informatics. Since 2012, he has worked as the head research scientist in the MIT Libraries, first as director of the Program on Information Science (2012-2018) and subsequently as director of research for the libraries' Center for Research on Equitable and Open Scholarship. Altman previously worked at Harvard University. He is known for his work on redistricting, scholarly communication, privacy and open science. Altman is a co-founder of Public Mapping Project, which develops DistrictBuilder, an open-source software.