Our Faculty
Tolga Aydinliyim
Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences
Dr. Aydinliyim has been a member of the Department of Decision Sciences since August 2007. Prior to joining the University of Oregon, he received his Ph. D. in operations research from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering and a minor in economics, with an emphasis on economic policy. Professor Aydinliyim’s main research interests include coordination and competition issues in production planning and supply chain management, with particular emphasis on outsourcing and subcontracting. As opposed to the common approach in supply chain management research, which focuses on coordination at the aggregate inventory level, his approach puts more emphasis on the timeliness of the production activities and the coordination benefits at the shop floor level.
James C. Bean
University of Oregon Provost , Harry B. Miller Professor
Dean Emeritus of the Lundquist College of Business
Dr. Bean was formerly associate dean for academic affairs and associate dean for graduate education, codirector of the Joel D. Tauber Manufacturing Institute, and a professor in the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. His research interests are in genetic algorithms, integer programming and infinite horizon optimization as applied to equipment replacement, capacity expansion, asset management, production, and scheduling. Dr. Bean continues to serve as a guest lecturer in the M.B.A. program on these topics.
Dr. Howard-Grenville received her Ph.D. in Technology, Management, and Policy from MIT. She studies how cultural and institutional processes constrain or advance organizational change, with a focus on changes in corporate environmental practice, industrial ecology, business and environmental change. Her work has examined change processes in the semiconductor industry, and other manufacturing organizations, as well as explored the influence and effectiveness of voluntary environmental programs. Prior to academia, Howard-Grenville worked as a strategy consultant.
Nagesh Murthy
Associate Professor in Decision Sciences
Dr. Murthy received his Ph.D. in operations management from The Ohio State University. His interdisciplinary research interests fall in the areas of supply chain management, revenue management, and new product development. His prior work experience includes faculty positions at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Michigan State University, along with management positions in Indian Railways and Sundaram Clayton Ltd. In addition to publishing in premier refereed journals, he has consulted with several Fortune 100 firms and taught in both general and custom executive education programs. He has also engaged with numerous major firms to offer experiential learning opportunities for students by incorporating plant tours, guest speakers, and real-world problem-solving projects in his operations and supply chain management courses. Since his arrival at the Lundquist College of Business in 2003, he has engaged with senior executives and organized over a 100 company sponsored projects in the areas of facility operations, supply chain management, and sustainability using a pool of firms that include Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Tektronix, JELD-WEN, Keen, States Industries, Weyerhaeuser, Monaco Coach, Columbia Distributing, Myers Container/CMS, Parr Lumber, Xerox, PCC Structurals, Shindaiwa, Kettle Foods, Organically Grown Company, Growing Solutions, Invitrogen, and PSC among others.
Andrew Nelson
Assistant Professor in Management
Dr. Nelson joined the Lundquist College of Business in 2008 from Stanford University. He researches technology entrepreneurship, focusing on the diffusion and commercialization of university-developed technologies. With Tom Byers (Stanford University) and Dick Dorf (University of California, Davis) Professor Nelson is the author of Technology Ventures (McGraw-Hill, 2009). His doctoral dissertation on technology transfer in the digital audio and biotechnology sectors won the 2008 Best Dissertation Award from the Technology Management Section of INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences). He has also been named one of five inaugural Kauffman Foundation junior faculty fellows for promising research in the field of entrepreneurship. Nelson holds a Ph.D. in management science and engineering from Stanford University, an M.S. from Oxford University, and a dual B.A. from Stanford.
Michael Pangburn
Associate Professor of Decision Sciences
Dr. Pangburn completed his Ph.D. in management from the University of Rochester. Professor Pangburn teaches courses in both the operations and MIS (Management Information Systems) domains.His research interests include retail inventory management, supply chain coordination, capacity and pricing strategies, product versioning, and operations/marketing interfaces. Currently he is researching how operational decisions regarding inventory and capacity shape demand for a firm's products as well as how consumer uncertainty impacts the expected demand pattern across a firm's product line. In another project, he is analyzing the conditions under which it is advantageous for a supplier to fully share inventory information with its customers.
Anne Parmigiani
Assistant Professor in Management
Dr. Parmigiani received her Ph.D. in management from the University of Michigan and her M.B.A.from Penn State University. She conducts research involving vertical interfirm relationships, procurement decisions, knowledge transfer, and firm capabilities. One of her current research interests is the complexity and interfirm relationships in the supply chain of the recreational vehicle industry. Formerly a market analyst and then a procurement manager, she has worked in various manufacturing industries for ten years and is certified as a professional purchasing manager.
Michael Russo
Academic Director of the Center for Sustainable Business Practices
Charles H. Lundquist Professor of Sustainable Management and Department Head in Management
Dr. Russo earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. His current research focuses on strategies for environmental management, policies for clean technology, and social entrepreneurship. In the recent past Russo has worked with the Mexican government to improve markets for environmentally certified wood products. Prior to his academic career, Russo worked to commercialize wind and solar energy.