Surya Pathak is an Associate Professor of Operations Management at the University of Washington, Bothell School of Business , with a PhD in Interdisciplinary Management of Technology from Vanderbilt University (2005). His research focuses on supply chain management through the lens of complex adaptive systems and network theory. PhD: Interdisciplinary Management of Technology, Vanderbilt University (2005) MS: Electrical Engineering, Vanderbilt University (2001) BE: Industrial Electronics Engineering, Pune University (1999) His research explores: Supply network dynamics under risk and uncertainty Policy design frameworks for large-scale networks Sustainability implications in networked supply chains Diffusion of lean practices via complexity theory Interfunctional interfaces (marketing-finance-operations) Agent-based simulations and reliability-based design optimization Recent work includes NSF-funded research on technical networks and environmental performance. Publications span Decision Sciences , Journal of Supply Chain Management , and IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management . Awards include multiple MBA Faculty of the Year recognitions and NSF grant contributions. 2017: Nominated for Distinguished Teaching Award with Technology 2016: Inducted as Research Collaborator at IIM Bengaluru 2010: $311,205 NSF grant He teaches courses like Introduction to Operations Management and Quantitative Business Methods , and serves as Area Coordinator for Operations Management and Information Systems.










