Research Awards
2020/21 M&SOM Practice-Based Research Competition Finalist; S. Cho, M. Ferguson, P. Pekgün and A. Vakhutinsky, “Estimating Personalized Demand with Unobserved No-purchases using a Mixture Model: An Application in the Hotel Industry”.
2019 INFORMS Service Science Best Paper Award Finalist; S. Cho, P. Pekgün, R. Janakiraman and J. Wang, “Competitive Spillover Effects of User Generated Content on Hotel Demand”.
2018 Journal of Operations Management - Jack Meredith Best Paper Award Finalist; G. Shang, P. Pekgün, M. Ferguson and M. Galbreth, "How Much do Online Consumers Really Value Free Product Returns? Evidence from eBay".
2013 INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section Practice Prize Finalist; P. Pekgün, S. Acharya, K. Mallery, J. van Sistine, K. Christianson, J. Fuller, “Carlson Hotels Maximizes Revenue through Improved Demand Management and Price Optimization”.
2012 INFORMS Franz Edelman Award Finalist; P. Pekgün, R. P. Menich, S. Acharya, P. G. Finch, F. Deschamps, K. Mallery, J. van Sistine, K. Christianson, J. Fuller, “Carlson Hotels Maximizes Revenue through Improved Demand Management and Price Optimization”.
2009 IIE Transactions Best Paper Award in Scheduling and Logistics; P. Pekgün, P. M. Griffin and P. Keskinocak, “Coordination of marketing and production for price and lead-time decisions”.
2008 INFORMS George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award Honorable Mention; P. Pekgün, “An Analysis of Pricing and Leadtime Policies within the Marketing/Operations Interface”.
Teaching and Service Awards
2022 Recipient of September Golden Gamecock Award in the Moore School Management Science department in recognition of accomplishments in the areas of teaching and service
2020 M&SOM Meritorious Service Award.
Thank a Prof Certificate, University of South Carolina. May 2016.
Thank a Teacher Certificate, Georgia Tech. May 2012.
Professional Recognition
Senior Member of INFORMS.
Recognized as one of the Top 50 Women Leaders of South Carolina for 2022 by Women We Admire.
2022-2023 Dean’s Fellow, Darla Moore School of Business.