Supply Chain Ph.D. Placements

The Supply Chain doctoral graduates since 2001 are listed below by year of graduation with thesis, initial placement and thesis advisor.

Recent Placement Records

Note: Placements are within one year of graduation, and all academic placements are tenure track unless an alternate job title is provided.

Ji, Bianji (Max) 2026

• Initial Placement: University College Dublin, Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School

Ruiz Moreno, Daniela 2026

• Initial Placement: IPADE Business School

Moon, Ji Won 2026

• Initial Placement: University of San Diego

Li, Dongsheng 2024

• Initial Placement: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Shi, Siyu 2024

• Initial Placement: Colorado Mesa University

Kosilova, Natalia 2022

• Initial Placement: Oracle Corporation

Chatterjee, Punya 2022

• Initial Placement: University of Memphis

Liu, Yi 2021

• Initial Placement: Beacom School of Business at The University of South Dakota

Swift, Caroline 2020

• Initial Placement: University of Delaware

Xu, Liang (Leon) 2019

• Initial Placement: University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Sharma, Rashmi 2018

• Initial Placement: The Pennsylvania State University

Mutha, Akshay 2018

• Initial Placement: University of Vermont

Cheng, Yue 2017

• Initial Placement: Peking University HSBC Business School

Fan, James 2017

• Initial Placement: Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

Scott, Frank Alexander 2016

• Thesis: Service Refusals, Information Sharing, and Commitments: Empirical Essays in For-Hire Trucking

• Initial Placement: Northeastern University

Quiroga, Bernardo (Bernie) 2015

• Initial Placement: Clemson University

Chen, Chun-Miin (Jimmy) 2014

• Initial Placement: Bucknell University

Goldschmidt, Kyle 2014

• Initial Placement: University of St. Thomas

Abbey, James 2013

• Thesis: Essays in Closed-Loop Supply Chains

• Initial Placement: Texas A&M University

Zhang, Yang 2013

• Thesis: Decentralized Interactions in Networks

• Initial Placement: Tsinghua University

Okajima, Hiroko 2013

• Thesis: Essays on Pharmaceutical Capacity Planning and Outsourcing

• Initial Placement: Towson University

Letizia, Paolo 2012

• Thesis: The Impact of Consumer Returns on Manufacturer's Investment, Returns Policies and Sales Channel Design

• Initial Placement: Erasmus University

Wowak (Dunn), Kaitlin 2012

• Thesis: Product Recalls in Food Supply Chains: A Farm-To-Fork Perspective

• Initial Placement: University of Notre Dame

Davis, Andrew 2011

• Thesis: Service-Level Agreements and Supply Chain Coordination

• Initial Placement: Cornell University

Jia, Zheng 2011

• Initial Placement: Purdue University

Santamaria, Natalia 2011

• Thesis: An Analysis of Bidding Strategies in Reverse and Combinatorial Auctions

• Initial Placement: Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia

Shan, Zhe 2011

• Thesis: Integrated Business Process Adaption Towards Friction-Free Business-to-Business Collaboration

• Initial Placement: Manhattan College

Kuzu, Kaan 2010

• Thesis: Analytical and Empirical Investigations of Ticket Queues: Implications for System Performance, Customer Perceptions & Behavior

• Initial Placement: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Li, Kate 2009

• Initial Placement: Suffolk University

Pavlov, Valery 2009

• Thesis: Essays on Supply Chain Coordination

• Initial Placement: University of Auckland, New Zealand

Gao, Long 2007

• Thesis: The Impact of Real-Time Information on Supply Chain Strategies and Operations

• Initial Placement: University of California at Riverside

Robbins, Thomas R. 2007

• Thesis: Managing Service Capacity Under Uncertainty

• Initial Placement: East Carolina University

Spears, Janine 2007

• Thesis: Institutionalizing Information Security Risk Management: A Multi-method Empirical Study on the Effects of Regulation

• Initial Placement: DePaul University

Srinivasan, Mahesh 2007

• Thesis: Optimal and Approximate Policies for Periodic Review Inventory Systems: The Case of Order Crossover and Multiple Supply Options

• Initial Placement: The University of Akron, Ohio

Neidigh, Robert F. 2006

• Thesis: Optimizing Lot Sizing and Order Scheduling with Nonlinear Production Rates

• Initial Placement: Shippensburg University

Saldanha, John 2006

• Thesis: Choosing the Right Information Coordinating Mechanism for the International Ocean Shipping Process

• Initial Placement: Ohio State University

Wu, Diana 2006

• Initial Placement: University of Kansas

Zhang, Zuopeng 2005

• Thesis: Managing Knowledge Assets in Organizations: Role of Incentives and Information Systems

• Initial Placement: Eastern New Mexico University

Li, Zhaolin 2004

• Thesis: Managing Production Systems with Technology Innovations

• Initial Placement: City University of Hong Kong

Natarajan, Harihara 2004

• Thesis: Optimization Models to Support Negotiation and Coordination in Supply Chains

• Initial Placement: University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

Sheikh, Farooq 2004

• Thesis: Essays on Modularity, Innovation and Compatibility in Operations Management

• Initial Placement: Bloomsburg University

Sun, Daewon 2004

• Thesis: Pricing Strategy and Resource Management in the Digital Era

• Initial Placement: University of Notre Dame

Feng, Juan 2003

• Thesis: Economic Models of Information Systems: Internet Auctions and Information Gatekeepers

• Initial Placement: University of Florida at Gainesville

Chatfield, Dean 2001

• Thesis: SISCO and SCML- Software Tools for Supply Chain Simulation Modeling and Information Sharing

• Initial Placement: Virginia Tech