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 - )
    • consolidation network planning; last-mile routing
  • Weiqing Xu (2025 - )
    • middle-mile load scheduling

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