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; Co-founder and CRO; Homerun Presales)
  3. Rajeev Namboothiri (Ph.D. 2006; Principal Scientist; GE Vernova Advanced 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; Lead Software Engineer; Capital One)
  8. Olga Ortiz (Ph.D. 2008; North American Strategy & Transformation Supply Chain Director; PepsiCo)
  9. Aykagan Ak (Ph.D. 2008; TMS Practice Lead, Central Europe; Manhattan Associates)
  10. Emrah Uyar (Ph.D. 2008; Senior Operations Research Consultant; Blue Yonder)
  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; Jain Global)
  14. J. Antonio Carbajal (Ph.D. 2011; Senior Vice President, Data Science and AI; iHeartMedia)
  15. Kate Lindsey (Ph.D. 2012; Senior Director, Data Science; ADP)
  16. Yu Zhang (Ph.D. 2012; Applied Science Manager; Amazon Prime Video)
  17. Xing Wang (Ph.D. 2013; Clinical Assistant Professor; Purdue University)
  18. Yanling Chang (Ph.D. 2015; Associate Professor; Southern Methodist University)
  19. Brian Kues (Ph.D. 2016; Software Engineer; Slack)
  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 Director, Innovation; Kantar)
  24. Alborz Parcham-Kashani (Ph.D. 2018; Founder; Peak Perspective Consulting)
  25. Yassine Ridouane (Ph.D. 2020; Senior Operations Research Scientist; Delta Air Lines)
  26. Adolfo Rocco Rocco (Ph.D. 2021; Research Scientist; Amazon)
  27. Ramon Auad (Ph.D. 2021; Senior Applied 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