Teaching

  • Fall 2008-2009: Calculus for Business Freshmen.
  • Spring 2009-2010, 2010-2011: Computational Methods for Industrial Engineering. An introductory course for freshmen, where basic optimization problems and heuristic optimization techniques are taught and applied using a general-purpose programming language.
  • Fall 2010-2011, Spring 2010-2011: Calculus for Engineering Freshmen.
  • Fall 2011-2012: Quality and Operations Management, MBA module.
  • Spring 2011-2012: Decision Modelling and Analysis, MBA module.
  • Spring 2011-2012: Supply Management, MBA module.
  • Spring 2011-2012: Operations Management, undergraduate module.
  • Fall 2012-2013: Quality and Operations Management, MBA module.
  • Spring 2012-2013: Decision Modelling and Analysis, MBA module.
  • Spring 2012-2013: Operations Management, undergraduate module.
  • Fall 2013-2014: Quality and Operations Management, MBA module.
  • Spring 2013-2014: Decision Modelling and Analysis, MBA module.
  • Spring 2013-2014: Operations Management, undergraduate module.
  • Fall 2014-2015: Decision Analysis, graduate unit.
  • Spring 2014-2015: Business Computing, undergraduate unit.
  • Spring 2014-2015: Business Analytics, undergraduate unit.
  • Fall 2015-2016: Decision Analysis, graduate unit.
  • Spring 2015-2016: Business Computing, undergraduate unit.
  • Spring 2015-2016: Business Analytics, undergraduate unit.
  • Fall 2016-2017: Optimisation, graduate unit.
  • Fall 2016-2017: Spreadsheet Modelling, graduate unit.
  • Spring 2016-2017: Business Analytics, undergraduate unit.
  • Fall 2017-2018: Optimisation, graduate unit.
  • Fall 2017-2018: Spreadsheet Modelling, graduate unit.
  • Spring 2017-2018: Business Analytics, undergraduate unit.
  • Fall 2018-2019: Optimisation, graduate unit.
  • Fall 2018-2019: Spreadsheet Modelling, graduate unit.
  • Fall 2019-2020: Optimisation, graduate unit.
  • Fall 2019-2020: Spreadsheet Modelling, graduate unit.
  • Spring 2019-2020: Heuristics & Simulation, graduate unit.
  • Fall 2019-2020: Optimisation, online MSc unit co-developed and delivered with Wiley.
  • Spring 2019-2020: Spreadsheet Modelling, online MSc unit co-developed and delivered with Wiley.
  • Fall 2019-2020: Optimisation, online MSc unit co-developed and delivered with Wiley.
  • Fall 2019-2020: Spreadsheet Modelling, online MSc unit co-developed and delivered with Wiley.
  • Fall 2021-2022: Spreadsheet Modelling, online MSc unit.
  • Fall 2021-2022: Optimisation, online MSc unit.
  • Fall 2022-2023: Optimisation & Spreadsheet Modelling, MSc unit.
  • Fall 2022-2023: Spreadsheet Modelling, online MSc unit.
  • Spring 2022-2023: Analytics in Practice, MSc unit.
  • Spring 2022-2023: Heuristics & Simulation, MSc unit.
  • Fall 2023-2024: Optimisation & Spreadsheet Modelling, MSc unit.
  • Fall 2023-2024: Optimisation & Spreadsheet Modelling, MSc unit.

Graduate student supervision

  • Hosang Song, 2021- , PhD student.
  • Bonan Wang, 2017-2022, PhD student.
  • Oliver Thomasson, 2016-2021, PhD student.
  • Marcos de Melo da Silva, 2013-2014, PhD student (Universite Paris 13).
  • Narges Haghi, 2011-2014, PhD student.
  • Zeya Rui, 2013-2014, PhD student.
  • Gulsah Hancerlioglullari, 2013-2014, Research Fellow.

Professional Activities

  • Reviewer: Operations Research, Computational Management Science, Computers & Operations Research, European Journal of Operational Research, Information Sciences, INFORMS Journal on Computing, International Transactions in Operational Research, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, Networks, Neural Computing and Applications, Transportation Science, Optimization Letters, Transportation Research Part B, Transportation Research Part E, Expert Systems with Applications. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik.
  • Editor: Area Editor (Transportation) for Computers & Operations Research (ABS3) since January 2018.
  • Guest editor: Special Issue of Networks for VeRoLog 2013 with co-editors M. Battarra and Richard Eglese.
  • Serving on the Board of Studies at the School of Management, University of Bath September 2022 – July 2025.
  • Serving on the Governance Board of Institute for Mathematical Innovation at the University of Bath since June 2021.
  • Served on the Steering Committee of Institute for Mathematical Innovation at the University of Bath 2018 - 2019.
  • Member of the executive board of NATCOR (A National Taught Course Centre in Operational Research) 2017 - 2019.
  • Developed five open-source, Excel-based solvers for the Vehicle Routing Problem, Facility Location Problem, 2D Bin Packing Problem, 3D Bin Packing Problem, and Data Envelopment Analysis.
  • Consulting. Short term contract with MapMechanics and EvoGro, 2010.