Hossein Zolfagharinia

Dr. Hossein Zolfagharinia is an Associate Professor in the Department of Global Management Studies at the Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University. He holds a PhD in Operations and Supply Chain Management from Wilfrid Laurier University and has a strong academic and professional background in Industrial Engineering and logistics.

• BSc in Industrial Engineering
• MSc in Industrial Engineering
• PhD in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Wilfrid Laurier University

His research focuses on Supply Chain Management, Sustainable Operations, Collaborative Transportation, and Green Product Development. He applies advanced operations research and optimization techniques to real-world logistics and sustainability challenges across industries such as trucking, maritime, healthcare, and reverse logistics. His work emphasizes environmental performance, regulatory impacts, and operational resilience.

The recent publications reveal a strong trend in integrating sustainability into transportation and supply chain systems, with a focus on green trucking, carbon reduction, healthcare logistics, and reverse supply chains. His methodological expertise lies in robust optimization, scenario-based modeling, and handling uncertainty in dynamic environments.

• Dean's Scholarly, Research, and Creative Activity Award (2017)
• TRSM Research Recognition Awards (2018, 2020)
• Best Paper Award at ASAC (2019)
• Best Paper Award at RAMS Conference (2020)
• TRSM Outstanding Research Recognition Funding Awards (seven times)
• Nominated for CAGS/ProQuest-UMI Distinguished Dissertation (2016)
• OCE Research Award (2015)

Dr. Zolfagharinia has successfully secured over $500,000 in research funding from major agencies including NSERC, SSHRC, FedDev Ontario, and Ontario Centres of Excellence. His grants support innovative work in sustainable logistics, healthcare operations, and supply chain resilience. He has supervised research projects involving PhD students and postdoctoral researchers and has collaborated extensively with industry partners in trucking, logistics, and maritime sectors.

He is actively involved in academic and professional communities, presenting at conferences such as INFORMS, DSI, CORS, and ASAC. He also contributes to scholarly discourse through editorial roles, including co-editing a book and authoring a book chapter on facilities location.