Associate Professor Murali Agastya is a member of the School of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney. He holds a PhD from the University of Western Ontario, completed in 1993, and an M.Stat from the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi. His research specializations encompass mathematical economics and economic theory, with main interests in the theory of auctions, optimal selling procedures, mechanism design, learning in games, and market design. These focus areas are reflected in his Google Scholar profile under game theory, mechanism design, bargaining, and auctions.

Agastya has built his academic career at the University of Sydney, appearing in faculty handbooks as early as 2001 and continuing as Associate Professor. He co-organizes the Microeconomics Theory seminar series. His publication record features contributions to leading journals, including 'Adaptive Play in Multiplayer Bargaining Situations' in the Review of Economic Studies (1997), 'On choosing which game to play when ignorant of the rules' in Economic Theory (2008), 'On choice in a complex environment' (2009), 'Dynamic choice in a complex world' in the Journal of Economic Theory (2015), 'Optimal Task Scheduling under Adverse Selection and Hidden Actions' co-authored with Oleksii Birulin in the American Economic Journal: Microeconomics (2022), and 'Auction Design with Shortlisting When Value Discovery is Covert' (2022). Additional works appear in the Journal of Mathematical Economics. On Google Scholar, his research has received 337 citations, with an h-index of 7 and i10-index of 7, including 87 citations since 2021. Agastya's scholarship influences discussions in auction theory and mechanism design through publications and academic engagements.

Professional Email: murali.agastya@sydney.edu.au