Ivana Ljubic

Ivana Ljubic is a Full Professor in Operations Research at ESSEC Business School, specializing in combinatorial optimization, bilevel optimization, and network design with applications in telecommunications, logistics, and bioinformatics. She holds a PhD in Computer Science from TU Wien (2004) and a Habilitation from the University of Vienna (2013).

• Editorial roles: Associate Editor for Operations Research, Transportation Science, and Networks
• Professional leadership: Chair of INFORMS Telecommunication & Network Analytics Section

Her research focuses on mixed-integer programming, metaheuristics, and exact algorithms for problems like Steiner trees, regenerator location, and capacitated vertex separators. Recent work includes applications in community energy storage, social media influence maximization, and sustainable last-mile delivery.

She has received multiple awards, including the Glover-Klingman Prize (2021) and Marguerite Frank Award (2022). Her publications span leading journals like Management Science, Operations Research, and Mathematical Programming, with over 70 articles to date.