His research interests are in the area of data-driven decision-making with a focus on applications in e-commerce, pricing and revenue management, online advertising, operations management and service systems. Besbes is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique (France) and received a M.Sc. from Stanford University and a PhD from Columbia University. Before joining Columbia, he was on the faculty at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He has been selected as the best "40 Under 40" b-school professors worldwide by Poets & Quants.