I am actively involved with leading international professional societies, namely, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) and Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) in several leadership roles. In addition to being associated with professional societies, I am also invovled in various committees at the university-, college- and department-level at MU. Besides, I also serve as a reviewer for numerous reputed international journals and review the research works in the field of data analytics, operations managagement, operations research and industrial engineering. Listed below are some of my recent professional contributions.

Professional Roles in International Societies

• President-Elect, IISE Operations Research Division, 2022 – 2023
• Director, IISE Operations Research Division, 2020 – 2022
• Member, Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS)
• Member, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE)

Editorial and Refereeing Responsibilities

• Edited a book titled “Supply Chain Management in Manufacturing and Service Systems: Advanced Analytics for Smarter Decisions” for Springer publisher along with Suchithra Rajendran (University of Missouri) and Hans Ziegler (University of Passau) as co-editors.
• Ad-hoc reviewer for the following journals and reviewed over 75 articles:
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computers and Industrial Engineering
  • Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing
  • Health Systems
  • Expert Systems with Applications
  • npj Digital Medicine
  • Computers and Industrial Engineering
  • Networks and Spatial Economics
  • International Journal of Production Research
  • Omega

Organization and Chairmanship of Technical Sessions, Workshops And Conferences

• Lead Track Chair, Operations Research Track, IISE Annual Conference, 2022
• Judge, IISE Operations Research Division Undergraduate Student Paper Competition, 2020
• Co-Chair and Co-organizer, Operations Research Track, IISE Annual Conference, 2021
• Invited Session Organizations
  • Chair and Organizer for a session titled “Empowering Smarter Healthcare Decisions Using Operations Research and Data Analytics” at the INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, October 20-24, 2019
  • Chair and Organizer for a session titled “Operations Research and Analytics for Healthcare” at INFORMS Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, October 22-25, 2017
  • Chair and Organizer for a session titled “Service Systems Engineering and Management” at IISE Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, May 19-22, 2017.
  • Chair and Organizer for a session titled “Healthcare Modeling” at the INFORMS

Service to MU

• Led the operations team that conducted a process reengineering study of the MU Emergency Department to reduce overcrowding and patient waiting time
• Advised a group of graduate students in a six-sigma based process improvement study for improving service responsiveness at MU Campus Dining Services Service to the UM System
• Participated in UM Faculty Scholars, 2019-2020 Cohort

Division/College Service

• Serve on College of Engineering Annual Lectureship Committee, 2019-present
• Participated in Trulaske College of Business faculty candidate interviews, 2019-2020
• Served on Global Supply Chain Management Certificate development committee, 2018
• Served on Global Supply Chain Management Certificate advisory committee, 2018

Departmental Service

• Faculty Advisor, MU IISE Student Chapter, 2021-Present
• Member, IMSE Faculty Search Committe, 2022
• Member, IMSE Faculty Search Committe, 2021
• Participated in Management Department’s faculty candidate interviews, 2020
• Participated in Management Department’s faculty candidate interviews, 2020
• Member, Course Planning Committee, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Missouri – Columbia, 2019 - Present
• Member, Curriculum Development Committee, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Missouri – Columbia, 2017 - Present
• Member, Marketing Analytics Committee, Department of Marketing, University of Missouri – Columbia, 2017 – Present
• Participated in Marketing Department’s faculty candidate interviews, 2018 and 2019
• Participated as a guest speaker in IMSE graduate seminar, 2017-2019