معرفی
Arcan Nalca is an Associate Professor at the Smith School of Business, Queen's University. He holds cross/joint appointments as Assistant Dean at Smith School of Business and as a member of the Scotiabank Centre for Customer Analytics. His research focuses on supply chain management, particularly modeling demand uncertainty and strategic coordination between operations and marketing. He teaches courses such as MMAI 847 (Capstone Project) and MBAS 841 (Ops & Supply Chain Mgmt).
Education:
- PhD (2009) in Business Administration (Operations Management), McGill University
- MSc (2003) in Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University
- BSc (2001) in Mathematics, Middle East Technical University
- BSc (2000) in Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University
Affiliations/Visiting Roles:
- Visiting Scholar, Koç University (Jan 2016 – July 2016)
- Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley (Jan 2015 – Jan 2016)
- Instructor, McGill University (Sep 2006 – Dec 2006)
- Research Assistant, McGill University (Jan 2003 – Jan 2008)
Awards:
- Scotiabank Scholar
Teaching & Research: His teaching spans operations management, supply chain analytics, and decision-making. Research emphasizes competition, coordination, and contracting in uncertain demand environments, leveraging mathematical modeling.


