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.
- Ricardo Gatica (Ph.D. 2002; Professor; Pontificia U. Catolica de Valparaiso)
- Brian Lewis (Ph.D. 2005; Co-founder and CRO; Homerun Presales)
- Rajeev Namboothiri (Ph.D. 2006; Principal Scientist; GE Vernova Advanced Research)
- Juan Carlos Morales (Ph.D. 2006; Director of Data Science; Otis Elevator)
- winner, 2007 INFORMS TSL Dissertation Prize
- Burak Karacik (Ph.D. 2006; Senior Manager; Amazon)
- Prashant Warier (Ph.D. 2007; CEO; Qure.ai)
- Steve Morris (Ph.D. 2007; Lead Software Engineer; Capital One)
- Olga Ortiz (Ph.D. 2008; North American Strategy & Transformation Supply Chain Director; PepsiCo)
- Aykagan Ak (Ph.D. 2008; TMS Practice Lead, Central Europe; Manhattan Associates)
- Emrah Uyar (Ph.D. 2008; Senior Operations Research Consultant; Blue Yonder)
- Mike Hewitt (Ph.D. 2009; Professor and Ralph Marotta Endowed Chair in Free Enterprise; Loyola University - Chicago)
- Ashlea Bennett Milburn (Ph.D. 2009; Associate Professor; University of Arkansas)
- NSF CAREER Award, 2016
- Yang Zhang (Ph.D. 2010; Portfolio Manager; Jain Global)
- J. Antonio Carbajal (Ph.D. 2011; Senior Vice President, Data Science and AI; iHeartMedia)
- Kate Lindsey (Ph.D. 2012; Senior Director, Data Science; ADP)
- Yu Zhang (Ph.D. 2012; Applied Science Manager; Amazon Prime Video)
- Xing Wang (Ph.D. 2013; Clinical Assistant Professor; Purdue University)
- Yanling Chang (Ph.D. 2015; Associate Professor; Southern Methodist University)
- Brian Kues (Ph.D. 2016; Software Engineer; Slack)
- Mathias Klapp (Ph.D. 2016; Assistant Professor; Pontificia U. Catolica de Chile)
- Ilke Bakir (Ph.D. 2017; Associate Professor; University of Groningen, Netherlands)
- L. Damian Reyes Rodriguez (Ph.D. 2018; Research Scientist; Amazon)
- Satya Malladi (Ph.D. 2018; Senior Director, Innovation; Kantar)
- Alborz Parcham-Kashani (Ph.D. 2018; Founder; Peak Perspective Consulting)
- Yassine Ridouane (Ph.D. 2020; Senior Operations Research Scientist; Delta Air Lines)
- Adolfo Rocco Rocco (Ph.D. 2021; Research Scientist; Amazon)
- Ramon Auad (Ph.D. 2021; Senior Applied Scientist; Amazon)
- Alex Stroh (Ph.D. 2021; Lead Operations Research Scientist; Target)
- Winner, 2024 INFORMS TSL Best Paper Award
- Reem Khir (Ph.D. 2021; Assistant Professor; Purdue University)
- Winner, 2022 IISE Transactions Focus Issue on Supply Chain and Logistics Best Application Paper
- Daniel Ulch (Ph.D. 2022; Research Scientist; Amazon)
- Dipayan Banerjee (Ph.D. 2024; Assistant Professor; Loyola University - Chicago)
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship; Finalist, 2023 INFORMS TSL Best Student Paper Award
- Lacy Greening (Ph.D. 2024; Assistant Professor; Arizona State University)
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship
- Ritesh Ojha (Ph.D. 2024; Research Scientist; Amazon)
- 1st place, 2021 IISE Logistics and Supply Chain (LSC) Division Best Student Paper Award