Dr. Donglei Du is a professor in Quantitative Method and Quantitative Investment Management at the Faculty of Management (FOM), University of New Brunswick (UNB), Canada.

His main research interests are Quantitative Investment Management, Quantitative Finance, FinTech (Blockchain and cryptocurrencies) Operations Research, Algorithmic trading, Combinatorial Optimization, Approximations algorithms, Robust optimization, Social Network Analysis, Algorithmic Game Theory, Supply Chain Management, Facility Location, and Machine Scheduling.

Dr. Du's publications have appeared in top-tier journals, including Operations Research, Algorithmica, SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics, European Journal of Operation Research and Omega. He received several awards from UNB at both the university and faculty levels, including the University Research Scholar (UNB, 2014), University Merit Award (UNB, twice, 2006 and 2012), Excellence in Research Award (FBA, 2007), and Annual Research Award (FBA, 2004).

Dr. Du previously held a position at the Institute of Applied Mathematics in the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In addition to his theoretical interests, he is involved in a number of practical projects that use his optimization and statistical techniques, such as the design of the Scheduling and Dispatching System for Day & Ross during 2004-2006.