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• Digital Marketing
• Marketing Analytics
• Retailing Strategy
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Sonika Singh is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Business School and serves as the Marketing Postgraduate Program Director. She holds a PhD in Management Science from the University of Texas at Dallas. Her research focuses on Digital Marketing, Marketing Analytics, and Retail Strategy, with emphasis on AI applications, consumer information search, and sustainability. She has been recognized with awards including the 2020 UTS Learning and Teaching Team Citation Award and Top Teaching List 2023. Education: PhD in Management Science (UT Dallas, 2012) Industry Experience: Market research roles at Sandvik Asia, Kirloskar Oil Engines, and Premier Automobiles Her research explores topics such as Google search advertising, social media marketing, and AI-driven recommendation systems. She has presented at international marketing conferences and published in journals like Journal of Retailing and Customer Needs and Solutions . Recent funded projects include examining geographic disparities in aged care access and evaluating domestic violence support programs. She actively engages in social impact initiatives, including volunteering for Survivor Vision Australia. Awards: UTS Teaching Citation (2020), Social Impact Grant (2023) In teaching, she combines industry insights with research expertise, delivering courses in Digital Marketing, Marketing Analytics, and Business Statistics. She supervises PhD students in areas like predictive analytics in fast fashion and social media brand analysis.

Lucy ChenView profile

Associate Professor

• Supply Chain Management
• Inventory Management
• Operations-Marketing Interface
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Associate Professor Lucy Chen is a faculty member at the NUS Business School , National University of Singapore, specializing in the Department of Analytics & Operations. With over 15 years at NUS, she bridges operations management and business analytics in her teaching and research. PhD and MSc in Operations Management from Cornell University Her research explores inventory management , supply chain dynamics , and the intersection of operations-marketing . Recent work investigates corporate behavior around quarterly targets, including publications like Supply Chain Performance with Target-Oriented Firms . She employs immersive teaching methods such as supply chain simulations and role-playing games to engage students. Lucy's Google Scholar profile reveals 15 years of contributions spanning: Strategic inventory optimization Behavioral aspects of supply chain decision-making Co-opetition models in service clusters Impact of financial turbulence on operations Cultural influences on inventory behavior Architectural innovations in balanced ordering systems In 2022, her research on target-oriented firms demonstrated how operational adjustments benefit trading partners more than focal companies. She actively mentors students in operations/supply chain management , emphasizing skill transferability to sectors like banking analytics and logistics consulting.

Xiaolei GuoView profile

Professor

• Transportation
• Supply Chain Management
• Congestion Pricing
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Xiaolei Guo is a Professor of Management Science at the Odette School of Business, University of Windsor. His expertise spans transportation systems, supply chain optimization, and infrastructure pricing strategies. He holds a Ph.D. in Transportation from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2008) and a B.A. in Hydraulic Engineering from Tsinghua University (2004). His research focuses on congestion pricing mechanisms, transportation network modeling, and toll road economics. Notable areas include optimizing toll designs under uncertainty, analyzing autonomous vehicle impacts on ridesharing, and evaluating strategic distribution channel decisions under environmental regulations. Dr. Guo has contributed to over 30 peer-reviewed articles since 2005, exploring topics such as Braess paradox under bounded rationality, Pareto-improving congestion schemes, and profit maximization for private toll roads. His work bridges theoretical optimization with practical policy applications. He is an active member of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF) since 2011 and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) since 2009.

Shyanika RoseView profile

Associate Professor

• Tobacco Control
• Health Equity
• Health Disparities
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Shyanika Rose serves as an Associate Professor and holds key research roles within the Behavioral Science program, Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program, Center for Health Equity Transformation, and Markey Cancer Center. Her work focuses on tobacco regulatory science with emphasis on health equity and disparities reduction across multiple research initiatives. Her academic credentials include a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of North Carolina (2014), Master of Arts from the University of South Florida (2001), and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania (1996). Rose's research program centers on tobacco control, health disparities, and equity-focused policy analysis. She investigates how tobacco marketing, residential segregation, and discrimination affect tobacco use patterns—particularly among youth and young adults in vulnerable populations. Her work integrates social determinants of health frameworks with tobacco regulatory science to address systemic inequities. Recent publications (2024-2025) reveal three dominant research trajectories: 1) Equity-centered evaluation of flavored tobacco bans and menthol regulations, 2) Digital/social media marketing exposure impacts on youth tobacco initiation, and 3) Structural determinants of tobacco use through residential segregation and discrimination frameworks. These studies consistently employ national datasets with intersectional analysis approaches. As an active mentor, Rose accepts PhD students and leads multiple NIH-funded projects including the Appalachian Tobacco Regulatory Science Team (AppalTRuST) Project 2 and NCI-funded diversity supplements. Her $2.5M+ active grant portfolio demonstrates sustained funding success in tobacco regulatory science. Rose contributes to the Center for Health Equity Transformation and Markey Cancer Center's Cancer Prevention and Control Research Program through the Appalachian Tobacco Regulatory Science Team. This multi-institutional collaboration addresses tobacco-related health disparities in rural and underserved Appalachian communities through policy-relevant research.

Valerie GoodView profile

Assistant Professor

• Marketing
• Sales Management
• Retail Marketing
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Valerie Good serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Marketing and Transportation at the Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas, where she contributes to academic research and teaching in marketing disciplines. Her research spans critical domains including: Sales Management : Investigating salesperson well-being, motivation, and digital transformation impacts Retail Marketing : Analyzing online retail formats and product sales dynamics B2B Marketing : Exploring brand leverage and end-user engagement strategies Corporate Social Responsibility : Examining CSR's role during economic recessions Analysis of her 15 recent publications (2021-2025) reveals three dominant trajectories: (1) Human elements in sales processes, including resilience, loneliness, and purpose-driven motivation; (2) Digital transformation effects on retail formats, lead quality, and sales arrangements; (3) Strategic applications of corporate social responsibility during economic volatility. Her work consistently bridges theoretical rigor with practical sales and marketing applications, demonstrating increasing focus on psychological factors within commercial contexts.

• Simulation
• Computational Probability
• Queueing Theory
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Peter W. Glynn is the Thomas Ford Professor in the Department of Management Science and Engineering (MS&E) at Stanford University's School of Engineering, and also holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Electrical Engineering. Additionally, he serves as a Senior Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study at City University of Hong Kong. His distinguished career spans over four decades, with significant contributions to the fields of simulation, computational probability, and stochastic modeling. Professor Glynn received his Ph.D. in Operations Research from Stanford University in 1982 and his B.S. with Honors in Mathematics from Carleton University in 1978. His academic journey began at the University of Wisconsin at Madison (1982-1987) before returning to Stanford, where he has held various leadership positions including Deputy Chair of MS&E (1999-2005), Director of Stanford's Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering (2006-2010), and Chair of MS&E (2011-2015). His research interests focus on simulation , computational probability , queueing theory , statistical inference for stochastic processes , and stochastic modeling . Professor Glynn's work has developed algorithms widely used across the field of Monte Carlo simulation, with applications in financial risk management, service systems engineering, logistics, and retail operations. His recent publications demonstrate continued innovation in areas such as numerical methods for stochastic systems, rare-event simulation, and analysis of queueing systems under various traffic conditions, showing a strong trajectory of advancing both theoretical foundations and practical applications. Professor Glynn's scholarly contributions have been recognized with numerous prestigious awards, including: Fellow of INFORMS (2007) Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1998) John von Neumann Theory Prize from INFORMS (2010) Member of the US National Academy of Engineering (2012) Lifetime Professional Achievement Award, INFORMS Simulation Society (2021) Philip McCord Morse Lecturer, INFORMS (2020) Throughout his career, Professor Glynn has mentored numerous doctoral students whose research has made significant contributions to operations research and related fields. His editorial service has been extensive, including founding Editor-in-Chief of Stochastic Systems and service on the editorial boards of leading journals in operations research, probability, and statistics. His professional service extends to numerous advisory boards and committees at national and international levels, reflecting his standing as a leader in his field.

Liyuan WeiView profile

Associate Professor

• Digital Marketing
• Consumer Psychology
• Technology and Wellbeing
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Dr Liyuan Wei is an Associate Professor in Marketing at Southampton Business School, University of Southampton. She joined the university in 2024 after academic positions at Brunel University London and City University of Hong Kong. Her research explores intersections between digital strategies, consumer psychology, technology, wellbeing, and quantitative methods. PhD: Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto Her research focuses on responsible consumption, ethical marketing practices, and consumer wellbeing. She employs quantitative methodologies to examine digital marketing impacts and develops frameworks for healthy aging interventions through marketing strategies. Recent publications demonstrate expertise in tourism marketing, film industry analytics, healthcare interventions, and sustainability research. Key themes include mindfulness in ethical consumption, pandemic response strategies, and digital loyalty systems. Articles appear in journals like Journal of Policy Research in Tourism , International Journal of Research in Marketing , and Journal of Business Research . Teaching responsibilities include Marketing Research Methods, Marketing Analytics, Digital Marketing, and Strategic Marketing. She actively supervises PhD students in marketing-related topics and welcomes new applicants.

Saibal RayView profile

Professor

• Supply Chain Management
• Supply Chain Risk Management
• Retail Operations Management
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Saibal Ray is a James McGill Professor of Operations Management and Vice-Dean, Faculty at the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University. He holds the Desautels Business Leadership Chair and has served in multiple academic leadership roles, including Vice-Dean, Research and Academic Director of the Bensadoun School of Retail Management. His expertise spans supply chain management, risk management, and retail operations, with a focus on agri-food and natural resources sectors. He has published extensively in top journals like Management Science and Operations Research, and holds editorial roles at journals such as Production and Operations Management. Ray earned a PhD from the University of Waterloo, an MEng from the Asian Institute of Technology, and a BEng from Jadavpur University. His research bridges operations and marketing, addressing challenges like supply chain risk, pricing strategies, and sustainability. He has secured major grants from NSERC, SSHRC, and Quebec agencies, and received awards including the Desautels Faculty Scholar and Quebec Teaching Excellence Award. His teaching focuses on operations and supply chain management at the MBA and graduate levels. Ray’s work integrates academic leadership with practical impact, advising on initiatives like the McGill Center for the Convergence of Health and Economics. His recent research explores behavioral retail tactics, health-conscious bundling, and supply chain resilience in dynamic markets.

Inge GeyskensView profile

Professor

• Marketing
• Retail Marketing
• Private Labels
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Inge Geyskens is a Full Professor of Marketing at Tilburg University's Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM), where she has been a faculty member since 1998. She is affiliated with the Department of Marketing and actively contributes to research, teaching, and PhD supervision. Her work is widely published in top-tier marketing and management journals. Her primary research interests include marketing channel management, strategic interactions between manufacturers and retailers, private labels, national brands, retail strategy, and consumer welfare. She investigates how retailers position private labels, the impact of national brands in hard discounters, and the effectiveness of marketing-mix variables across retail formats. Her recent publications (2022–2025) focus on the evolution of private labels, including budget and premium tiers, the strategic implications of national-brand listings in hard discounters, and consumer welfare effects. These works appear in leading journals such as Journal of Retailing , Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science , and Impact at JMR , reflecting a strong trend toward empirical analysis of retail dynamics and strategic branding. Winner of the 2015 Alton G. Clayton Competition (Max Nohe, PhD student) Winner of the 2019 Research for Practice Dissertation Award (Kristopher Keller, PhD student) Winner of the GfK Market Research Award (Kristopher Keller, PhD student) Finalist of the 2014 EMAC-McKinsey Doctoral Dissertation Award Competition (Johanna Slot, PhD student) Winner of the 2010 ISBM Business Marketing Doctoral Support Award Competition (Johanna Slot, PhD student) Runner-up of the 2013 EMAC-McKinsey Doctoral Dissertation Award Competition (Anne ter Braak, PhD student) Winner of the 2012 EMAC-McKinsey Doctoral Dissertation Award Competition (Néomie Raassens, PhD student) Professor Geyskens has supervised eight PhD students, many of whom have secured academic positions or prominent industry roles. She has led and participated in multiple research projects on private labels, collaborative product development, and outsourcing. Her teaching includes Marketing Channel Management in the MSc program and coordination of various research methodology courses across bachelor's and pre-master's programs. Her research contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to responsible consumption and economic growth, particularly through insights into retail sustainability and equitable market practices.

Pavel KireyevView profile

Assistant Professor

• Digital Marketplaces
• Quantitative Marketing
• Platform Strategies
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Pavel Kireyev is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research explores quantitative marketing strategies in digital marketplaces using modern analytics methods. Kireyev holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, an MA in Statistics from Yale University, and a BSc in Business Mathematics and Statistics from LSE. His research focuses on: Coordination of pricing and advertising across platforms Leveraging crowd intelligence and data analytics Market design in multi-sided digital platforms Innovative marketing technologies Kireyev's publications examine driver misconduct in delivery systems, ideation contest design, multichannel pricing strategies, and digital advertising attribution. His work bridges quantitative methods with practical business applications.

• Operations Research
• Management Science
• Mathematical Programming
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Benjamin Lev is a Professor in the Department of Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems (DS&MIS) at the LeBow College of Business, Drexel University. He previously served as Trustee Professor (2014–2021) and Department Head (2009–2014) at Drexel. His academic leadership extends to prior roles as Professor, Department Head, and Dean at the University of Michigan-Dearborn (1990–2009), Professor and Department Head at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1987–1990), and Professor and Department Head at Temple University (1970–1987). He has held short appointments at institutions in China and the U.S., including the Wharton School and Tel Aviv University. Lev’s research spans Operations Research, Management Science, and Decision Sciences , with expertise in mathematical programming, operations planning, inventory control, supply chain management, and optimization under uncertainty. His recent work focuses on applications in disaster management, sustainable supply chains, AI in operations, water resource allocation, and emergency logistics. He has published over 150 journal articles and authored or edited 18 books, with a strong emphasis on real-world problem-solving using quantitative methods. The trends in his recent publications (2022–2025) reflect a focus on complex optimization under uncertainty , particularly in humanitarian logistics, environmental sustainability, and digital commerce. His work frequently employs advanced methodologies such as bi-level programming, stochastic optimization, fuzzy logic, and data envelopment analysis (DEA), often applied to critical societal challenges like disaster response, air pollution, and resource scarcity. Lev is an INFORMS Fellow (2003) and has received several honors, including the 2023 Top Cited Article award in Naval Research Logistics and the 2023 First Prize from the Jiangxi Province Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award. His editorial leadership is most notably demonstrated by his 23-year tenure as Editor-in-Chief (2002–2025) of OMEGA – The International Journal of Management Science , one of the premier journals in the field. He has advised numerous scholars and presented his work globally, particularly on his experience as EiC of OMEGA . He has been actively involved in academic collaborations, especially in China, serving on advisory boards and as an external reviewer for institutions like Sichuan University. He has also received significant grant funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, U.S. Public Health Service, and U.S. Air Force for research in medical information systems and operations research applications. Lev has been instrumental in organizing major international conferences and has served on the editorial boards of over 20 journals, including Interfaces, IIE Transactions, OR Journal, and Financial Innovation . His role as Vice President of TIMS and INFORMS further underscores his leadership in the global operations research community.

Mehmet GumusView profile

Professor

• Supply Chain Management
• Operations Management
• Revenue Management
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Dr. Mehmet Gumus is a Professor of Operations Management and Academic Director of the Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) at the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University. He holds the Desautels Chair in Supply Chain Management and Business Analytics (2024–2029). His research focuses on supply chain dynamics, consumer behavior, and risk management, with publications in top journals like Management Science and Operations Research . Education : PhD (2007), Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley MA (2007), Economics, UC Berkeley MS (2002), Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, UC Berkeley BSc (1997), Control Systems Engineering and Naval Science, Turkish Naval Academy Research Interests : Supply chain risk management, consumer behavior models, dynamic pricing, supply chain contracting, and mechanism design. His work integrates game theory, dynamic programming, and data analytics to address real-world operational challenges. Recent Article Trends : Recent work explores payment method impacts on urban mobility, channel profit optimization, and personalized delivery systems. Themes include sustainability, digital transformation, and ethical consumerism in retail and logistics. Awards : Bensadoun Faculty Scholar Award (multiple terms) M&SOM iFORM Best Paper Award (2015) MDIIM Faculty Fellow (2015–2017) Grants & Leadership : Principal Investigator on NSERC grants totaling CAD 400K+ for supply chain and pricing research Co-investigator in SSHRC grants for supply chain risk management and sustainable agriculture Academic Contributions : Leads the MMA program, teaches courses in operations analytics and statistics, and collaborates on initiatives like the Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management.

Diego F. AranhaView profile

Associate Professor

• Cryptography
• Cybersecurity
• Homomorphic Encryption
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Diego F. Aranha is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Aarhus University . His research focuses on cryptographic systems, cybersecurity, and privacy-preserving technologies with applications in voting systems, post-quantum cryptography, and secure computation. He has contributed extensively to homomorphic encryption, secure multiparty computation (MPC), and cryptanalysis of cryptographic implementations. Key projects include: MPCC (2025-2028) : Multi-Party Computation in the Confidential Cloud SCI (2024-2027) : Secure Computation Infrastructures for the Retail Industry RENAIS (2021-2026) : Residue Number Systems for Cryptography His work emphasizes practical efficiency and formal verification of cryptographic protocols. Recent publications highlight advancements in lattice-based cryptography, secure voting schemes, and mitigating side-channel vulnerabilities in post-quantum algorithms. He actively collaborates on open-source cryptographic libraries and standards, with a focus on bridging theoretical security and real-world implementation challenges.

Mogens BjerreView profile

Associate Professor

• Sustainable Development Goals
• Marketing
• Retail Management
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Mogens Bjerre is an Associate Professor at Copenhagen Business School , affiliated with the Department of Marketing . His research focuses on areas contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , particularly in marketing and retail contexts. Expertise: Sustainable development, brand competition, customer satisfaction, retail strategy His recent publications highlight trends in private label branding, retail channel dynamics, and strategic sales optimization. He has contributed to both academic journals and accessible media formats, emphasizing practical applications for retail stakeholders. Details of his supervised work, extensive media contributions (779), and academic network are documented in the full description below.

Wanja WellbrockView profile

Professor

• Supply Chain Management
• Sustainability
• Circular Economy
• +4 more

Prof. Dr. Wanja Wellbrock is a Professor at Heilbronn University's Faculty of Economics, focusing on Supply Chain Management, Sustainability, and Circular Economy. She leads the cooperative doctoral program with Tallinn University of Technology, focusing on 'Innovative Supply Chain Management in the Context of Industry 4.0 and Sustainable Management.' Her research spans funded projects like the 'Emission-free campus transport' (€200,000) and collaborations with organizations such as Hendricks, Rost & CIE and Lumics GmbH. Her academic roles include membership in the Senate Committee for Research, Transfer and Innovation, the Ethics Committee, and the Contact Point against Racism. She supervises doctoral students at the Schwäbisch Hall campus and actively contributes to international conferences and journals, including the 'Supply Management' symposium and 'GSI Journals Serie C.' Key research themes include sustainable procurement, risk management in supply chains, and digital technologies in logistics. Recent work explores circular economy innovations, cross-cultural communication, and the environmental impact of consumer choices. Research Collaborations: Philips University of Marburg (Innovative Supply Chain Management) Lumics GmbH (Process Orientation and Disruption Management) Grants: €200,000 from the Baden-Württemberg Ministry for 'Emission-free Campus Transport.' Her publications address sustainability in various sectors, including automotive, construction, and retail, with a focus on practical case studies and policy implications.