Maya Shankar Bio | Wiki
Maya Shankar is an American Creator, Host, and Executive Producer of “A Slight Change of Plans” at Pushkin Industries. She joined the station in February 2021. She is also the Senior Director of Behavioral Economics at Google since March 2017. Shankar was the Founder and Chair of the White House Behavioral Science Team for four years from 2013 to 2017.
Maya Shankar Age
She was born in a state in the United States of America. Shankar is around 30 years old, although details regarding her date and year of birth remain unknown.
Maya Shankar height
She is a woman of average stature. Shankar stands at a height of 5 ft 5 in (Approx 1.65 m).
Maya Shankar Family
She was born to her hardworking and loving parents in a state in the United States of America. Shankar is the daughter of Ramamurti Shankar. Ramamurti works as a physicist at Indian theoretical particle and is also a professor at Yale University. When she was a teenager, she had a tendon injury on her left hand that ended her musical career. She also has a sister Meera.
Maya Shankar Husband
She is happily hitched to her handsome husband Jimmy Li. Jimmy works at Google as a Senior Software Engineer in February 2017. The couple met while they were students at Yale University as he was pursuing his Doctor of Law. However, they have kept their relationship status away from their career life.
Maya Shankar Education
She is a graduate of the pre-college program at the Juilliard School, a private school. She attained her bachelor’s degree in cognitive science from Yale University. Shankar later matriculated with her Ph.D. from the University of Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship in cognitive neuroscience at Stanford University.
Maya Shankar Google
She serves as the Creator, Host, and Executive Producer of “A Slight Change of Plans” at Pushkin Industries. Shankar joined the station in February 2021. She is also the Senior Director of Behavioral Economics at Google since March 2017. Shankar was the Founder and Chair of the White House Behavioral Science Team for four years from 2013 to January 19, 2017. The team was formalized by Executive Order 13707 in 2015.
In January 2016, she joined the United Nations, where she served as the first Science Advisor to the Secretary-General for less than a year in 2016. She worked under Ban Ki-moon, and as a core member of Pete Buttigieg’s debate preparation team during his 2020 presidential run. Further, she was a Post-Doctoral Fellow, Neuroscience & Economics at Stanford University from 2010 to 2013.
Maya Shankar Podcast
She serves as the host of the A Slight Change of Plans podcast at Pushkin Industries since February 2021. Shankar is also the Creator and Executive Producer of the show. Further, the podcast was named the best show of the year in 2021. In addition, the show has featured celebrities, journalists, and also science experts and it contains 73 episodes as of March 13, 2023.
Maya Shankar Net Worth
She has worked as a cognitive scientist for over a decade and judging from her lifestyle, she has attained decent possessions. Shankar’s net worth is $986,750.
Who Is Maya Shankar
Shankar is a famous American Creator, Host, and Executive Producer of “A Slight Change of Plans” at Pushkin Industries. She joined the station in February 2021. She is also the Senior Director of Behavioral Economics at Google since March 2017. Shankar was the Founder and Chair of the White House Behavioral Science Team for four years from 2013 to 2017.
Is Maya Shankar Married
Shankar is happily hitched to her handsome husband Jimmy Li. Jimmy works at Google as a Senior Software Engineer in February 2017. The couple met while they were students at Yale University as he was pursuing his Doctor of Law.