Expertise

Areas of Expertise:

  • Operations management for energy sustainability: investment and operations management of energy resources, renewable energy in electricity market competition, sustainable energy supply, and energy demand management. Empirical research on supply chain management and financial performance, supply chain structure and risk management.

Research Interests

  • Operations Management for Energy Sustainability:
    •  Investment and operations management of energy resources, including conventional and renewable energy resources and energy storage
    •  Renewable energy in electricity market competition: theories and empirics
    •  Sustainable energy supply: efficiency, reliability, and environmental impacts
    •  Energy demand management: demand-side energy efficiency, demand response, grid integration of electrical vehicles
  • Operations Management for Social Responsibility:
    •  Humanitarian assistance for refugees
    •  Nonprofit operations and cross-sector partnership
  • Supply chain management:
    •  Empirical research on supply chain management and financial performance
    •  Supply chain structure and risk management
Communities
Natural Resources Conservation, Management, Business
Degrees
PhD, University of British Columbia, Management Science, 2006
MEng, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2001
BEng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, Mechanical Engineering, 1999