Bio

Dr. Qin Zhou is a Lecturer (Tenured Assistant Professor) with the Department of Decision Analytics and Risk at Southampton Business School, University of Southampton, UK. She joined Southampton in December 2022. 

She obtained her Ph.D. in Engineering from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2023. Prior to that, she obtained her bachelor’s degree in management from Southwest Jiaotong University, China, in 2015. 

The foundations for her research lie in the fields of closed-loop supply chain management. Broadly, her research employs game-theoretical models to solve the problems that exist in firms’ manufacturing and remanufacturing processes.

Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2023).

• B.Sc. in Management, Southwest Jiaotong University, China (2015).

Distinctions/Honours:

• Nanyang Technological University CEE Best PhD Thesis Award (Winner)  2023

• Nanyang Technological University Full Research Scholarship     2020—2023

• Outstanding Graduates of Southwest Jiaotong University    2015

• Pacemaker to Merit student of Southwest Jiaotong University 2014

• National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of China 2013/2016

• Outstanding Student Scholarship of SWJTU 2011-2015.