Present | Director of the Virtual Center for Supernetworks, University of Massachusetts Amherst | |
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Present | John F. Smith Memorial Professor of Operations Management, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Supernetworks; network systems including: transportation, logistical/supply chain, financial and economic networks, social and knowledge networks, energy/power grids and the internet., Network metrics and design for robustness and vulnerability analysis, synergies in network integration; sustainable systems, humanitarian operations and logistics, environmental decision-making and corporate social responsibility, and Methodologies: Risk analysis, multicriteria decision-making, network and optimization theory, game theory, variational inequalities, dynamical systems.
Honors and Awards
- 2014 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Fellow
- Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, University of Massachusetts Amherst, April 14, 2013
- Walter Isard Award in Recognition of Distinguished Scholarly Achievement in the Field of Regional Science, the North American Regional Science Council, 2012
- Spotlight Scholar, University of Massachusetts Amherst 2012
- 2011-2012 Research Excellence Award, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Certificate of Appreciation, 65th Public Affairs Operations Center, Massachusetts Army National Guard, from Lt. Col. James Sahady, 2012
- Visiting Professor of Operations Management, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, 2012-2013.
- Certificate in Appreciation of Outstanding Service, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2011
- The Ernst & Young Inclusive Excellence Award for Accounting and Business School Faculty 2010 Honor
- Stellar Scholar in Production and Operations Management, 2008
- Faculty Advisor to the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter, 2006-2008
- Fulbright Senior Specialist Award in Business Administration, Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, University of Catania, Italy, 2008
- RSAI (Regional Science Association International) Fellow, 2007
- 2007 Award for the Advancement of Women in Operations Research / Management Science (WORMS), 2007
- Radcliffe Institute Science Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2005-2006
- Moving Spirit Award, INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences), San Francisco, California, 2005
- Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Research and Creative Activity, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2005
- College Outstanding Research Award, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2004 - 2005
- The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Research Team Residency Fellowship, 2004
- 2004 Best Paper Award, 2003
- Named Intellectual Leader in Regional Science, 2004
- AT&T Faculty Fellowship in Industrial Ecology, 2002
- Fulbright/University of Innsbruck Distinguished Faculty Chair in Economics, Innsbruck, Austria, 2001-2002
- AT&T Faculty Fellowship in Industrial Ecology, 2001
- Chancellor's Medal, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2000
- Distinguished Faculty Lecturer, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1999 - 2000
Contact Information
Isenberg School of Management
121 Presidents Drive
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003
Tel: 413-545-5635
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