About
Michael Pangburn is the Ehrman V. Giustina Professor and Head of the Department of Operations and Business Analytics at the University of Oregon’s Lundquist College of Business. He specializes in operations-management research spanning pricing, retail operations, product-line design, and sustainability, with recent extensions into AI-guided decision support and healthcare operations.
Education:
- PhD, University of Rochester, 1997
- MS, University of Rochester, 1993
- BS, Virginia Tech, 1990
Research Interests: Pangburn’s work centers on how operational policies—especially pricing, inventory disclosure, and product variety—shape consumer behavior and firm profitability. Current projects examine online inventory transparency, mass-customization guardrails, and optimal timing of product versioning. His studies integrate analytical modeling with empirical data to derive managerial guidelines for retailers, platforms, and service providers.
Publication Trends: Across 15 recent articles (2004-2024), Pangburn addresses pricing and inventory intersections, sustainability considerations (take-back programs, packaging waste), and emerging service models (ridesharing, streaming rentals). A growing strand leverages AI techniques for feature selection and explores healthcare-service implications of platform economies.
Doctoral Advising: He has mentored students who co-author research in leading journals; advisees include Monire Jalili, Saeed Piri, Meysam Rabiee, and Mohsen Mirhashemi.
