Joseph L. McCauley (born 1943) is Professor of Physics at the University of Houston. He was Lars Onsager's last graduate student. His main research fields are economics and finance (econophysics), nonlinear dynamics, and statistical physics. He has also published papers on the theory of superfluids, quantum theory of vortices, cosmology, porous media, critical phenomena, and science wars. McCauley predicted a Dollar crisis in April, 2007, this is described in chapter 9 of his 2009 book . He serves on the Advisory Board of the Econophysics Forum and as an editor of .