Bin Li 李彬

Bio

I am an Assistant Professor of Management Science and Engineering at Economics and Management School (EMS) of Wuhan University. I joined EMS in July 2020 after receiving a PhD in Operations Management from Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University. My research interests include agricultural operations, OM-finance interface, sustainable operations, and strategic sourcing and procurement. My work has been published in books edited by prestigious scholars in OM, and also in flagship journals such as Management Science and Naval Research Logistics. I serve as Ad Hoc reviewers for leading journals such as Production and Operations Management, Naval Research Logistics, and IISE Transactions, etc. 

Education

2015-2020 Ph.D. in Operations Management 

Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University, Singapore

2012-2015 M.S. in Management Science and Engineering

   School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai

2008-2012 B.E. in Logistics Engineering 

School of Transportation and Logistics, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 

Research Interests

Agricultural Operations, OM-Finance Interface, Sustainable Operations, Strategic Sourcing and Procurement 

Publications

1. Li, B. (2024). Optimal Procurement from Multiple Contracts in Agricultural Processing. Naval Research Logistics. Forthcoming.

2. Li, B., Boyabatlı, O., & Avcı, B. (2023). Economic and environmental implications of biomass commercialization in agricultural processing. Management Science, 69(6), 3561-3577.

   • Featured by Wuhan University Academic Newsletter: http://news.whu.edu.cn/info/1015/68047.htm

3. Li, B., Boyabatlı, O., & Avcı, B. (2023). The Impact of Commodity Price Uncertainty on the Economic Value of Waste-to-Energy Conversion in Agricultural Processing. Foundations and Trends® in Technology, Information and Operations Management: Vol. 16: No. 3–4, pp 229-249.

4. Boyabatlı, O., & Li, B. (2022). Procurement Management in Agricultural Commodity Processing. In Boyabatlı, O., B. Kazaz, C. Tang (Eds.), Agricultural Supply Chain Management Research: Operations and Analytics in Planting, Selling, and Government Interventions, (pp. 71-85). Springer, Cham.

Teaching

1. R Programming

   • Undergraduate (2022-2024), Wuhan University

2. Business Analytics

   • Undergrate (2020-2024), Instructor, Wuhan University

   • MEM (2021-2024), Instructor, Wuhan University

3. Frontier in Industrial Engineering

   • Graduate (2020-2024), Instructor, Wuhan University

4. Risk Management in Global Supply Chains

   • MBA, Teaching Assistant, (2016-2019), Singapore Management University

Conference and Talks 

1. Management Science Workshop for the Celebration of the 60th Birthday of Professor Saif Benjaafar, December, 2024, Xi'an, Shanxi, China

2. POMS-China International Conference, June 2024, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

3. CSAMSE, July 2023, CUHK (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, China

4. POMS-China International Conference, June 2022, Xi'an, China

5. INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2021, Online

6. M&SOM Conference, June 2021, Online

7. POMS Conference, April 2021, Online

8. INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2019, Seattle, USA

9. CSAMSE, July 2019, Chengdu, China

10. M&SOM Conference and Sustainable Operations SIG Meeting, June 2019, Singapore 

11. POMS-HK International Conference, January 2019, Hong Kong, China

Services 

Ad Hoc Reviewers (Alphabetical Order)

1. European Journal of Operational Research

2. IISE Transactions

3. Naval Research Logistics

4. Omega

5. Production and Operations Management

6. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Session Chair

1. "Sustainable Operations in Agriculture", INFORMS Annual Meeting, October 2019, Seattle, Washington, USA

2. "Sustainable Operations Management", CSAMSE Conference, July 2019, Chengdu, Sichuan, China