He received his doctoral degree in Transportation and Logistics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005, his master’s degree in Industrial Engineering and Management Science from Northwestern University in 2001, and his master’s and bachelor’s degrees in Control Theory and Control Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2000 and 1997, respectively. His research interests include supply chain management, logistics planning, and healthcare analytics. His research has been published in major journals, including IIE Transactions, Interfaces, Production and Operations Management, Naval Research Logistics, Operations Research Letters, European Journal of Operational Research, among others.