For hundreds of years philosophers have mused that man created God.  Finally, Dr. Upal explains HOW in Moderate Fundamentalists 

SCIENTIST

Dr. Upal is a computer scientist who studies how information spreads among social agents.  He has used his research to:

1. design a marketing technique (called Aha ad design) to design effective advertisements

2. design a machine learning technique for predicting popularity of social media messages (likes/shares)

3. develop the social identity entrepreneurship (SIE) model which explains how leaders develop and market ideas of social change

4. develop a cognitive science of new religious movements which explains the development of new religious movements

AUTHOR

SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVIST

A scientist-turned social justice activist, Dr. Upal  believes that if we see injustice and do not raise our voices, we are complicit in it.  As a life long feminist, he has advocated for changes in misogynistic beliefs and practices deeply rooted in South Asian Muslim cultures.