Current Research Topics

Supply chain design, operational risk management, process development and introduction

Selected Publications

With L. Dong, "Managing Disruption Risk: The Interplay Between Operations and Insurance," Management Science, forthcoming; with Y. Wang and W. Gilland, "Mitigating Supply Risk: Dual Sourcing or Process Improvement?," Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 12(3), 2010; "The Impact of Supply-Learning When Suppliers are Unreliable," Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 11(2), 2009; "Disruption-Management Strategies for Short Life-Cycle Products," Naval Research Logistics, 56(4), 2009; with Y. Wang, "Pricing and Operational Recourse in Coproduction Systems," Management Science, 54(3), 2008; "On the Value of Mitigation and Contingency Strategies for Managing Supply-Chain Disruption Risks," Management Science, 52 (5), 2006, featured article; with Y. Wang, "On the Value of Mix-Flexibility and Dual-Sourcing in Unreliable Newsvendor Networks," Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 7(1), 2005; "Capacity Investments in Supply Chains: Sharing-the-Gain Rather Than Sharing-the-Pain," Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 5(4), 2003; with S. Graves, "Process Flexibility in Supply Chains," Management Science, 49(7), 2003

Awards

Production & Operations Management Wickham Skinner Best Paper Award, 2012; Meritorious Service Award, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 2011, 2009; Meritorious Service Award, Management Science, 2010; Frank Batten Young Scholar in Operations and Information Technology, 2004; Weatherspoon Award for Excellence in Teaching, Kenan-Flagler Business School, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004; Zannetos PhD Thesis Prize, Sloan School of Management, Massachusettes Institute of Technology, 2000

Professional Activities

Academic positions: Tuck School of Business, 2009–present; Associate Professor, 2008–09, Benjamin Cone Research Scholar in Business, 2007–09, Assistant Professor, 2002–08, Kenan-Flagler Business School, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Nonacademic positions: Director of Research, Optiant, Inc., 2001–02; Consultant, The Boston Consulting Group (U.K. and U.S.), 2000–01; Technical Leader, 1994–95, Senior R&D Process Engineer, 1994, Process Engineer, 1993–94, Environmental Engineer, 1992–93, General Electric Company (Ireland and U.S.)

Board memberships: Secretary, Production & Operations Management Society, College of Supply Chain Management, 2009–12

Editorial positions: Associate/Senior Editor, Management Science, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management