He was named the winner of the 2020 biannual Calvó-Armengol International Prize, which recognizes a “top researcher in [e]conomics or social sciences younger than 40 years old for contributions to the theory and comprehension of the mechanisms of social interaction.”[4] Golub received a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics from the California Institute of Technology in 2007.
He received his PhD in economics from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2012.
He is now a Professor in the departments of Economics and Computer Science at Northwestern University, where he has been since 2021.
[3][6] Golub received the Calvó-Armengol International Prize in a ceremony in Andorra in November 2021.
He has been recognized for his contributions to the study of social learning,[2][9] particularly the DeGroot model.