Research

Research Areas: Empirical Operations | Energy & Sustainability | Digital Platforms

Publications & Papers Under Revision: 

1. “Impact of Market Thickness and Heterogeneity on Matches in Online Marketplaces with Active Providers,” with Nur Sunar and Jayashankar M. Swaminathan. (2024). Major Revision at Management Science. Available at SSRN: https:// ssrn.com/ abstract=4723150.

2. “Do Noisy Customer Reviews Discourage Platform Sellers? Empirical Analysis of an Online Solar Marketplace,” with Herbie Huang, Nur Sunar, and Jayashankar M. Swaminathan. (2023). Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 25 (6), 2195–2215.

Working Papers:

3. “Data-Driven Dynamic Assortment in Online Platforms: Learning about Two Sides,” with Nur Sunar and Jayashankar M. Swaminathan. (2026). Under Review. Available at SSRN: https:// ssrn.com/ abstract=6906628. 

Research in Progress:

4. “Fairness in Online Platforms: An Asset or a Liability?,” with Nur Sunar and Jayashankar M. Swaminathan. (2026). 

5. “An Empirical Analysis of Sustainable EV Charging: Human versus Smart Algorithm,” with Nur Sunar and Jayashankar M. Swaminathan. (2026). 

6. “Learning When to Audit: Sequence-Aware Analysis of Self-Checkout Under-Scan Risk,” with Daniel Corsten. (2026)

Pre-PhD Research (MSc Research): 

1. “Understanding Controlled EV Charging Impacts Using Scenario-Based ForecastingModels: Poster,” with Trivikram Dokka, David A. Ellis, Esther Dudek, and Paul Barnfather. (2021). Proceedings of the Twelfth ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems, 288–289.

2. “Mixed Uncertainty Sets for Robust Combinatorial Optimization,” with Trivikram Dokka and Marc Goerigk. (2020). Optimization Letters, 14 (6), 1323–1337.