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Prof. Michal Tzur is a distinguished faculty member at Tel Aviv University's Industrial Engineering Department within The Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering. She has served as department chair during two separate terms (2004-2006 and 2019-2021) and previously held faculty positions at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and as a visiting faculty member at Northwestern University's Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences. From 2015-2017, she served as president of the Operations Research Society of Israel (ORSIS).
Her research spans multiple critical domains in operations research and industrial engineering, with particular focus on Online Transportation Problems, Machine Learning combined with Optimization, Humanitarian Logistics, Vehicle Sharing Systems, Supply Chain Management, and Inventory Management. Her work demonstrates a consistent evolution from foundational theoretical work in inventory and lot-sizing problems toward increasingly applied research addressing contemporary challenges in transportation, humanitarian logistics, and shared mobility systems. Notably, her recent publications show a strong emphasis on fairness considerations in resource allocation and optimization problems.
Prof. Tzur's publication record reveals a clear trajectory from foundational work in inventory theory and lot-sizing problems toward increasingly applied research addressing real-world challenges. Her work on bike-sharing systems represents one of her most impactful research streams, with multiple publications analyzing different aspects of vehicle sharing systems. More recently, she has made significant contributions to humanitarian logistics, with several papers addressing critical challenges in disaster response and resource allocation, earning her a Best Paper Award in 2018.
- Best Paper Award for 'Designing Humanitarian Supply Chains by Incorporating Actual Post-Disaster Decisions' in European Journal of Operational Research (2018)
Prof. Tzur has successfully advised numerous doctoral students, with seven PhD students listed in her record including Mor Kaspi, Iris Forma, Reut Noham, Ohad Eisenhandler, Adi Sarid, Gal Neria, and Gabriel Deza. Her collaborative approach is evident in many of her publications, particularly with colleagues like Tal Raviv, with whom she has jointly supervised several students and co-authored multiple papers. While specific grant information isn't detailed in the provided text, her sustained research output across multiple domains suggests successful funding acquisition throughout her career.
Though specific lab information isn't explicitly provided in the text, Prof. Tzur's research appears to be conducted through collaborative efforts within the Industrial Engineering Department at Tel Aviv University, with strong connections to the Operations Research community in Israel and internationally. Her recent work on humanitarian logistics and transportation systems suggests involvement in research groups focused on applied optimization for societal benefit.
