# Professor Maher Said is featured in Poets & Quants 2020 "Best 40 Under 40" list; Professor Said was highlighted for his extensive research citations and thoughtful student nominations

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Excerpt from [Poets & Quants](https://poetsandquants.com/2020/04/29/2020-best-40-under-40-professors-maher-said-new-york-university-stern-school-of-business/?pq-category=best-profs) -- "[Maher Said](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/maher-said) is an award-winning researcher and teacher at New York University’s Stern School of Business. A 38-year-old assistant professor of economics, Said won the NYU Stern Distinguished Teaching Award in 2019. 'Professor Said demonstrates an uncanny ability to make a dry, theory-heavy course accessible, fun, and intellectually stimulating,” one nominator said. “He has an absolutely contagious love for economics and game theory that I could not help but to catch through taking his course. He is funny, witty, clever, and always teaches with a smile on his face.'"

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