Students

Prospective Students

I work with a large group of outstanding Ph.D. students on logistics and transportation research projects. If you are interested in joining the team, please send me an email.

Current Students

  • Ravit Pichayavet (2021 - )
    • last-mile logistics; freight transportation
  • Tasnim Ahmed (2024 - )
    • sustainability in last-mile retail operations
  • Ceren Konak (2024 - )
    • middle-mile consolidation network planning

Ph.D. Alumni

I’ve had the pleasure of advising the outstanding students below, listed in order of year of graduation with current placement.

  1. Ricardo Gatica (Ph.D. 2002; Professor; Pontificia U. Catolica de Valparaiso)
  2. Brian Lewis (Ph.D. 2005; Executive VP; Vanguard Software)
  3. Rajeev Namboothiri (Ph.D. 2006; Senior Scientist; GE Global Research)
  4. Juan Carlos Morales (Ph.D. 2006; Director of Data Science; Otis Elevator)
    • winner, 2007 INFORMS TSL Dissertation Prize
  5. Burak Karacik (Ph.D. 2006; Senior Manager; Amazon)
  6. Prashant Warier (Ph.D. 2007; CEO; Qure.ai)
  7. Steve Morris (Ph.D. 2007; Senior Software Engineer; Capital One)
  8. Olga Ortiz (Ph.D. 2008; Senior Manager; PepsiCo)
  9. Aykagan Ak (Ph.D. 2008; Director; Manhattan Associates)
  10. Emrah Uyar (Ph.D. 2008; JDA Software)
  11. Mike Hewitt (Ph.D. 2009; Professor and Ralph Marotta Endowed Chair in Free Enterprise; Loyola University - Chicago)
  12. Ashlea Bennett Milburn (Ph.D. 2009; Associate Professor; University of Arkansas)
    • NSF CAREER Award, 2016
  13. Yang Zhang (Ph.D. 2010; Portfolio Manager; Axonic Capital)
  14. J. Antonio Carbajal (Ph.D. 2011; Head, Analytics; iHeartMedia)
  15. Kate Lindsey (Ph.D. 2012; Senior Manager Data Science and Advanced Analytics; Racetrac Petroleum)
  16. Yu Zhang (Ph.D. 2012; Senior Applied Scientist; Amazon)
  17. Xing Wang (Ph.D. 2013; Lecturer; Purdue University)
  18. Yanling Chang (Ph.D. 2015; Associate Professor; Southern Methodist University)
  19. Brian Kues (Ph.D. 2016; Software Engineer; Zuora)
  20. Mathias Klapp (Ph.D. 2016; Assistant Professor; Pontificia U. Catolica de Chile)
  21. Ilke Bakir (Ph.D. 2017; Associate Professor; University of Groningen, Netherlands)
  22. L. Damian Reyes Rodriguez (Ph.D. 2018; Research Scientist; Amazon)
  23. Satya Malladi (Ph.D. 2018; Senior Data Scientist; Kantar)
  24. Alborz Parcham-Kashani (Ph.D. 2018; Senior Technical Program Manager; Amazon Web Services)
  25. Yassine Ridouane (Ph.D. 2020; Data Scientist; Amazon)
  26. Adolfo Rocco Rocco (Ph.D. 2021; Data Scientist; Amazon)
  27. Ramon Auad (Ph.D. 2021; Research Scientist; Amazon)
  28. Alex Stroh (Ph.D. 2021; Lead Operations Research Scientist; Target)
    • Winner, 2024 INFORMS TSL Best Paper Award
  29. Reem Khir (Ph.D. 2021; Assistant Professor; Purdue University)
    • Winner, 2022 IISE Transactions Focus Issue on Supply Chain and Logistics Best Application Paper
  30. Daniel Ulch (Ph.D. 2022; Research Scientist; Amazon)
  31. Dipayan Banerjee (Ph.D. 2024; Assistant Professor; Loyola University - Chicago)
    • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship; Finalist, 2023 INFORMS TSL Best Student Paper Award
  32. Lacy Greening (Ph.D. 2024; Assistant Professor; Arizona State University)
    • Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship
  33. Ritesh Ojha (Ph.D. 2024; Research Scientist; Amazon)
    • 1st place, 2021 IISE Logistics and Supply Chain (LSC) Division Best Student Paper Award