Yousef Ghiami

Yousef Ghiami is an Assistant Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management at the Department of Operations Analytics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He holds a PhD in Inventory and Supply Chain Management from Southampton Business School (2014). His expertise spans supply chain sustainability, inventory optimization, and operations analytics, contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to responsible consumption and production (SDG 12).

Research Interests:

• Green supply chain management
• Inventory systems for deteriorating items
• Carbon pricing and emissions reduction
• Healthcare logistics and pharmaceutical supply chains
• Multi-echelon inventory routing
• Stochastic demand modeling in operations

Recent work focuses on:

• Carbon-sensitive supply chain models (2023-2025)
• Pharmaceutical supply chain resilience in the Netherlands (2021-2025)
• Optimization of LNG distribution networks (2015-2019)

Collaborations include projects funded by TKI Urban Energy, with emphasis on sustainable logistics solutions. He teaches Global Supply Chain Management and contributes to the Amsterdam Business Research Institute's operations research initiatives.