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Ilan Lobel is a Professor of Technology, Operations, and Statistics at New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business, where he has been a faculty member since 2010. He holds the Robert L. & Dale Atkins Rosen Faculty Fellowship and is the incoming Academic Director of the Andre Koo Technology and Entrepreneurship MBA Program. His academic work bridges operations research, economics, and technology, with a focus on pricing, market design, and learning in networks.
His research interests include:
- Pricing and Revenue Management
- Market and Mechanism Design
- Learning in Social Networks
- Dynamic Pricing
- Operations Research
- Algorithmic Economics
- Online Marketplaces
His recent publications span topics in dynamic pricing, auction design, platform operations, and social learning, often combining theoretical rigor with practical applications in digital platforms. The work frequently appears in top journals such as Management Science, Operations Research, and Review of Economic Studies, and addresses real-world challenges in ride-sharing, gig economy regulation, and algorithmic decision-making.
His scientific awards include:
- 2018 MSOM Young Scholar Prize
- 2021 INFORMS TIMES Award
- Multiple INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section Prizes (2014, 2021, 2024)
- 2021 INFORMS Technology, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Best Paper Award
- 2018 Stern Distinguished Teaching Award
- Inclusion in 2017 Poets & Quants Top 40 MBA Professors Under 40
Lobel has advised numerous students, many of whom have co-authored papers with him and received student paper awards. He teaches Decision Models & Analytics across BS, MBA, EMBA, MSBA, and MSQM programs. He currently serves as an area editor for Operations Research and associate editor for Management Science. He earned his Ph.D. in Operations Research from MIT in 2009 and was a post-doctoral researcher at Microsoft Research New England before joining NYU Stern.
