Ronald McGarvey

Ronald McGarvey is a Full Professor at IÉSEG School of Management since 2022, with prior roles including Associate Professor with Tenure at the University of Missouri (2013-2022) and Senior Operations Researcher at RAND Corporation (2002-2022). He holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Pennsylvania State University and an H.D.R. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Paul Sabatier, France.

• Education:
  • H.D.R. (2024), Industrial Engineering, University of Paul Sabatier
  • Ph.D. (2002), Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Pennsylvania State University

His research focuses on Operations Research and Robust Optimization applied to diverse domains:

• Healthcare Logistics: Modeling access disparities in rural obstetric care for American Indian populations
• Environmental Sustainability: Analyzing biomass energy systems, forest carbon impacts, and waste management frameworks
• Network Design: Developing optimization models for supply chain resilience, military logistics, and urban transit safety
• Policy Analysis: Evaluating multi-state environmental collaborations and localized food systems

His publications demonstrate strong interdisciplinary applications of mathematical programming and spatial optimization to real-world challenges in healthcare access, energy sustainability, and transportation systems.

• Key Collaborations: Working with researchers in public health (Thorsen, Noble), environmental science (Aguilar), and engineering (Mirzaee, Gutierrez-Lopez)