Operations and Business Analytics

Faculty

Eren Çil, Robert J. and Leona M. DeArmond Research Scholar, associate professor (game theory, queueing theory, service operations, strategic pricing and competition, supply chains); Academic Director, Oregon MBA; BS, 2004, Middle Eastern Technical; MS, 2006, Koç; PhD, 2010, Northwestern. (2010)

Yuanyuan Ding, assistant professor (behavioral operations, consumer behavior, retail operations, operations/marketing interface); BS, 2016, Shanghai Maritime University; MS, 2018 Case Western; PhD, 2024, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. (2024)

Erik Ford, associate teaching professor (information technology). BS, 2013, MBA, 2015, Oregon. (2015)

Ming Jin, instructor (operations management, business analytics, supply chain management). BE, 2001, Shanghai Jiao Ton University; MS, 2005 Brigham Young; MS, 2007, Columbia; PhD, 2016, Utah. (2017)

Nagesh Murthy, Roger Engemann Professor (call center industry, health-care operations). BE, 1982, MMS, 1983, Birla Institute of Technology and Science; MS, 1988, MA, 1994, PhD, 1997, Ohio State. (2003)

Michael Pangburn, Ehrman V. Giustina Professor (retail operations, pricing models, product line design). BS, 1990, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ. MS, 1993, PhD, 1997, Rochester. (2002)

Pradeep Pendem, assistant professor (operational performance impact on financial outcomes, people operations, retail, healthcare, energy product delivery, customer contact services). BE, 2006, Andhra; MTech, 2008, Indian Statistical Institute; MS, 2015, PhD, 2018, North Carolina. (2018)

Behrooz Pourghannad, assistant professor (health care, business model innovation, supply chain management). Coordinator, Operations and Business Analytics PhD Program; BS, 2008, Azad University; MA, 2013, Sabanci University,Turkey; MA, 2015, Michigan; PhD, 2019, Minnesota. (2022)

Yasamin Vahdati, instructor (empirical strategy, CEO and CMO activism). BSc, 2009, Azad; MBA, 2013, Mazandaran University of Science and Technology; PhD, 2019, Oklahoma State. (2020) 

Xiaoyue Yan, assistant professor (data-driven decision-making and analytics, machine learning, statistical learning, and algorithmic fairness); BA, BS, 2018, Shanghai University of Finance & Economics; PhD, 2024, Cornell. (2024)

Zhibin "Ben" Yang, Edwin E. and June Woldt Cone Research Scholar, associate professor (applied machine learning and machine learning in business; operations research; supply chain contract design, management, risk management, and sustainability). BS, 1994, Southwest Jiaotong; MS, 2002, Arizona State; PhD, 2009, Michigan. (2009)

Fang Yin, associate teaching professor (business value of IT, electronic commerce, recommender systems). BA, 1992, Peking, Beijing; PhD, 2002, Texas, Austin. (2008)

Emeriti

Sergio Koreisha, professor emerit. BA, 1974, ME, 1975, California; DBA, 1980. Harvard. (1980)

James Reinmuth, professor emerit. BA, 1963, Washington; MS, 1965, PhD, 1969, Oregon State. (1967)

Larry Richards, associate professor emerit. BA, 1962, MBA, 1963, Washington; PhD, 1969, California, Los Angeles. (1966)

The date in parentheses at the end of each entry is the first year on the University of Oregon faculty.