Students

  • Prem Murali Talwai, Expected graduation June 2024.
  • Chonghuan Wang, Expected graduation June 2024.
  • Feng Zhu, Expected, Expected graduation June 2024.
  • Yunzong Xu, Expected graduation June 2023. Finalist in 2019 APS student paper competition for "Phase Transitions and Cyclic Phenomena in Bandits with Switching Constraints."
  • Sabrina Zhai, Expected graduation June 2023.
  • Xiaoyue Gong, Expected graduation June 2022.
  • Yiqun Hu, Expected graduation August 2022.
  • Hanwei Li, Expected graduation August 2022.
  • Hanzhang Qin, Expected graduation August 2022.
  • Jinglong Zhao, Graduated June 2021. Assistant Professor, Boston University.
  • Ruihao Zhu, Graduated June 2021. Finalist 2019 George Nicholson Student Paper Competition for "Hedging the Drift: Learning to Optimize under Non- Stationarity." Assistant Professor of Supply Chain and Operations Management at Purdue Krannert School of Management.
  • Elaheh Fata, Graduated August 2020. Postdoc at Columbia University (starting September 1st, 2020); joined Queen's University as Assistant Professor January 1st, 2021.
  • Kirby Ledvina, Graduated February 2020. Currently at U.S. DOT Volpe National Transportation Systems Center.
  • Rui Sun, Graduated August 2020. Currently a research scientist at Alibaba.
  • Li Wang, Graduated June 2020. Currently a Research Scientist at Lyft.
  • Michael Beeler, Graduated August 2019. Currently at Athanor Capital LLC.
  • Louis Lester Chen, Graduated August 2019. Currently on the faculty at Naval Post-graduate School's Operations Research Department.
  • Milashini Nambiar, Graduated June 2019. Currently a research scientist at the Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency of Science, Technology and Research, Singapore. Winner, 2019 MSOM student paper competition for "Dynamic Learning and Pricing with Model Misspecification."
  • Peter Yun Zhang, Graduated June 2019. Currently on the faculty at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy.
  • Will Ma, Graduated July 2018. Currently on the faculty at Columbia Graduate School of Business.
  • Zachary Owen, Graduated May 2018. Currently at Verily (Google's biotech arm).
  • Clark Pixton, Graduated May 2018. Currently on the faculty at BYU Marriott School of Business.
  • Xiao Fang, Graduated November 2017. Currently at Facebook.
  • Yan Zhao, Graduated August 2017. Currently at Facebook.
  • Wang Chi Cheung, Graduated August 2016. Currently on the faculty at National University of Singapore.
  • He Wang, Graduated May 2016. Currently on the faculty at the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech.
  • Arzum Akkas, Graduated August 2015. Currently on the Faculty at Boston University Questrom School of Business.
  • Kris Johnson, Graduated June 2015. Currently on the Faculty at Harvard Business School.
  • Cristian Figueroa, Graduated August 2013. Currently serves as a Data Scientist at Facebook.
  • Chonnikarn (Fern) Jira, Graduated August 2013. Currently at McKinsey.
  • William Schmidt, Graduated August 2013. Currently on the faculty at Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management.
  • Yehua Wei, Graduated August 2013. Second Place in the 2011 Nicholson Student Paper Competition. Currently on the faculty at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.
  • Miao Song, Graduated August 2010. Currently on the faculty of the University of Hong Kong.
  • Ye Lu, Graduated 2009. Finalist in the 2009 Nicolson Student Paper Competition. Currently on the faculty at the Department of Management Sciences, College of Business, City University of Hong Kong.
  • Hamed Mamani, Graduated August 2008. Currently on the Faculty at the University of Washington, Foster School of Business. Finalist in the 2006 Nicholson Student Paper Competition. The paper ”Supply Chain Coordination and Influenza Vaccination,” co-authored with Stephen E. Chick and David Simchi-Levi was awarded the Pierskalla Best Paper Award, 2006.
  • Chiwon Kim, Graduated June 2008, currently at McKinsey.
  • Hariharan Lakshmanan, Graduated, September 2008. Currently at Oracle.
  • Pamela Pen-Erh Pei, Graduated April 2008. Finalist in the 2007 MSOM Student Paper Competition.
  • Pranava Goundan, (co-advisor with Andreas S. Schulz) Graduated August 2007. Currently working for Analytics Solutions, Boston, MA. Finalist in the 2007 Nicholson Student Paper Competition.
  • Stephen Shum, Graduated August 2007. Currently on the Faculty at the Business School, Chinese University of Science at Technology, Hong Kong. Awarded an honorable mention in the 2006 Nicholson Student Paper Competition.
  • Tieming Liu, graduated August 2005. Currently on the faculty at Oklahoma State University.
  • Louis Laungkesorn, Graduated August 2004 (co-advisor with Seyed Iravani). Currently working at the University of Pittsburgh.
  • Victor Martinez de Albeniz, Graduated in June 2004. Currently on the faculty at IESE University of Navarro. Awarded an honorable mention in the 2003 Nicholson Student Paper Competition.
  • Chen, Graduated May 2003. Currently on the faculty at UIUC. Awarded an honorable mention in the 2002 Nicholson Student Paper Competition as well as a Second Prize in the 2002 MSOM Student Paper Competition.
  • Yao Zhao, Graduated July 2002. On the faculty at Rutgers University, School of Management.
  • Deniz Ceglar, graduated May 2001. Received the Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Award from the Society of Logistics Engineers. Currently an associate with the management consultants Booz Allen & Hamilton
  • Cheng-Feng Mabel Chou, graduated September 2001. Received the Dissertation-Year Graham Fellowship for 2000-2001 awarded by the McCormick School of Engineering. Currently on the faculty at National University of Singapore, Department of Decision Sciences.
  • Hui Liu, graduated June 2001. Received the Dissertation-Year Henderson Fellowship for 2000-2001 awarded by the McCormick School of Engineering. Currently working for Verizon Laboratories.
  • Julie L. Swann, graduated September 2001. Received the Doctoral Dissertation Award for 2002 given by the Council of Logistics Management. Currently on the faculty at the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech.
  • Max Zuo-Jun Shen, graduated August 2000. Currently holding a faculty position at the University of California, Berkeley, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research.
  • Ebru Bish, graduated July 1999. Currently holding a faculty position at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering.
  • Ann Bixby, graduated September 1998. Co-advisor with Collette Coullard. Currently working for Aspen Technology, Inc.
  • Phil Kaminsky, graduated August 1997. Received an honorable mention in the 1996 MSOM Student Paper Competition. Currently holding a faculty position at the University of California, Berkeley, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research.
  • Ana Muriel, graduated July 1997. Currently holding a faculty position at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts.
  • Jennifer Ryan, graduated June 1997. Currently holding a faculty position at Purdue University, the IE Department.
  • Lap Mui Ann Chan, graduated August 1995. Currently holding a faculty position at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). Received an honorable mention in the 1994 ORSA Nicholson Student Paper Competition and the 1995 INFORMS Nicholson Student Paper Competition.
  • Qun Deng, graduated November 1994. Currently working for GAT in the area of Object-Oriented Design, Optimization and Fixed Income Modeling.
  • Julien Bramel, graduated May 1992. Currently serves as VP, Risk Management CDCIXIS Financial Guaranty. Recipient of the 1992 ORSA Nicholson Prize and the Transportation Science Section Prize for the best Ph.D. Thesis in 1992.
  • Chung-Lun Li, graduated May 1990. Currently holding a faculty position at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Post Doctoral Fellow

The joy of research.

  • Dr. Ali Shameli, September 2020-Present
  • Dr. Jinzhi Bu, August 2019-July 2021.
  • Dr. Xinshang Wang, September 2017-November 2018.
  • Dr. Nir Halman, September 2005-August 2009.
  • Dr. Xin Chen, September 2003-August 2004.
  • Dr. Frank Y. Chen, September 1996-August 1997.
  • Dr. Lap Mui Ann Chan, September 1995-August 1996.