Aiqi Zhang - Research

Sustainable Water Operations

Planning Stormwater Retention for Resilience Against Extreme Rainfalls, with Sheng Liu, Wei Qi. Operations Research, 2026.

Accepted to 2024 MSOM Sustainable Operations SIG, 2024
Accepted for presentation at 2024 Early-Career Sustainable Operations Workshop

Distributionally Robust Dynamic Optimization for Urban Water Recycling Operations, with Wenzhuo Zhu, Zheng Cui. Under review.

Groundwater Recharge Net Metering: Optimal Location and Rebate Strategy, with Wenqing Ai, Yun Fong Lim, Wei Qi. In progress.

Robust and Equitable Supply Chains

Operating Distribution Center Networks at Scale: Efficient Formulations and Policies, with Chenxi Li, Sheng Liu, Wei Qi, Lun Ran, Peng Wu. Production and Operations Management, 2026.

Winner, 2022 MSOM Data Driven Research Challenge

Supermodularity in Two-stage Distributionally Robust Optimization, with Daniel Zhuoyu Long, Jin Qi. Management Science, 2024.

Second Place, 2020 POMS-HK Best Student Paper Competition
Winner, 2022 CSAMSE Best Paper Award sponsored by Columbia Business School’s China Business Initiative

Fairness in Turn: Order Randomization in Sequential Resource Allocation, with Eojin Han. Completed working paper; manuscript available upon request.

Accepted for presentation at 2026 Humanitarian Operations (HOPE) Research Workshop

Buy Fresh or Buy Later? Pricing and Replenishment for Strategic Grocery Demand, with Yang Zhan, Xianglong Chen (industry collaborator), Saman Lagzi, Sheng Liu. In progress.

Healthcare and Public Health Operations

Distributionally Robust Group Testing with Correlation Information, with Daniel Zhuoyu Long, Jin Qi, Yu Sun. Management Science, 2026.

Finalist, 2026 POMS College of Healthcare Operations Management Best Paper Competition

Which Test Next? A Certified Truncation Approach to Diagnostic Pathway Optimization, with Fengqiao Luo, Jize Xie, Yi Chen. Under review.

Optimal Design of Score-Based Pooled Screening, with Hussein El Hajj. In progress.