M. Ali Ãœ±ô°ìü
Professor; Director, Centre for Research in Sustainable Supply Chain Analytics
Faculty of Management
, Department of Industrial Engineering
, School for Resource and Environmental Studies
Email: ulku@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-4098
Fax: 902-494-1107
Mailing Address:
Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building
6100 University Avenue, Room 4062
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2
Education
- PhD (Waterloo), Management Sciences
- MSc (Çukurova), Operations Research
- BSc (Bilkent), Industrial Engineering
Research Interests
M. Ali Ãœ±ô°ìü, Ph.D., P.Eng., is the Director of the . Dr. Ãœ±ô°ìü's research includes studies in circular and sustainable supply chain and (humanitarian) logistics systems, analysis of manufacturing/retailing and service operations, green marketing and optimal contract designs, analytical modelling of sustainable consumption and development, and interdisciplinary research on big data and societal/environmental problems. Ali believes in the "science and teaching of better" and is an avid supporter of student-led research.
Selected Awards and Honours
- A. Gordon Archibald Teaching Excellence Award, 2023
- Global Triple E Awardee (Education Champion), 2023
- Research Star Award, Faculty of Management, 2021
- Distinguished Professor Award, IEOM Society, 2019
- Program Chair, Canadian Operational Research Society 60th Annual Conference, 2018
- Best Paper Award in the Service Science Cluster (runner up), INFORMS Conference, 2013
Selected Recent Publications
- Sustainable supply chain risk management in a climate-changed world: Review of extant literature, trend analysis, and guiding framework for future research. Yun, N. Y., & Ãœ±ô°ìü, M. A. Sustainability, 15(17), 13199 (2023)
- On the value of shipment consolidation and machine learning techniques for the optimal design of a multimodal logistics network. Oguntola, I. O., Ãœ±ô°ìü, M. A., Saif, A., & Engau, A. INFOR: Information Systems and Operational Research, 1-52  (2023)
- Freight delivery in a physical internet supply chain: An applied optimisation model with peddling and shipment consolidation. Chadha, S. S., Ãœ±ô°ìü, M. A., & Venkatadri, U. International Journal of Production Research, 60(16), 4995-5011 (2022)
- A game-theoretic analysis of the impact of government subsidy on optimal product greening and pricing decisions in a duopolistic market. Ling, Y., Xu, J., & Ãœ±ô°ìü, M. A. Journal of Cleaner Production 338, 130028 (2022)
- Reconciling conflict of interests in a green retailing channel with green sales effort. Heydari, J., Bineshpour, P., Walther, G., & Ãœ±ô°ìü, M. A. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services 64, 102752 (2022)
Current Teaching
- COMM 4520 - Supply Chain Planning & Execution
- COMM 3507 - Logistics & Supply Chain Management
- COMM 3508 - Transport Modes & Policy
- BUSI 5551 - Operations Management