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About Nathan Kunz

Dr. Nathan Kunz is an Associate Professor of Operations Management in the Coggin College of Business. He holds a PhD in Management (Operations Management) from University of Neuchatel, Switzerland and a Master of Science in International Business Development from the same university. His undergraduate degree was in Engineering (Automotive Technology).

Dr. Kunz joined UNF in Fall 2015, where he teaches courses in Operations Management, Management Science and Modeling at the undegraduate and graduate level. Before joining UNF, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at INSEAD, France. He also worked as lecturer at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) and University of Neuchatel. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Kunz worked as Deputy Director and Director of Operations at the Digger Foundation, a Swiss charity manufacturing humanitarian demining machines.

Positions

August 2015 - Present Assistant Professor, University of North Florida Coggin College of Business
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Grants

2022 Societal Impact Faculty Development Grants
University of North Florida
2022 Sponsored Research Grant
Crowley Center for Transportation and Logistics, University of North Florida
2013 Research grant
University of Neuchatel Donations Fund
2012 Research grant
Swiss National Science Foundation for PhD research project on humanitarian logistics
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Honors and Awards

  • Nominated for the 2021-2022 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, University of North Florida (2022)
  • Finalist for the Best Paper Award, VHB (German Academic Association of Business Research) (2022)
  • High-Impact Research Article Award, University of North Florida (2021)
  • Finalist Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award 2018-2019, University of North Florida (2019)
  • Emerald Highly Commended Paper Award 2018 for a paper in Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management (2018)
  • Emerald Highly Commended Paper Award 2017 for a paper in Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management (2017)
  • Emerald Outstanding Paper Award 2013 for a paper in Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management (2013)

Education

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2013 Ph.D., University of Neuchatel, Switzerland ‐ Management
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2011 M.S., University of Neuchatel, Switzerland ‐ International Business Development
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2000 B.S., Berne University of Applied Science, Switzerland ‐ Engineering, Automotive Technology
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Contact Information

Coggin College of Business
University of North Florida
1 UNF Drive
Jacksonville, FL, 32224
USA

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Research Works (16)

Contributions to Books (1)