Yao Zhao

I am a professor at Rutgers Business School. I hold a Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences from Northwestern University. I am the recipient of the National Science Foundation Career Award in 2008 and Dean’s Research Professorship 2019-2025. I teach core operations and analytics courses at all levels at Rutgers Business School, both online and offline, and won numerous teaching awards, including 1st prize of INFORM case writing competition in 2014, Dean’s Meritorious Teaching Award 2016, and Finalist DSI Instructional Innovation Award 2019. I have offered several popular MOOC courses to at least tens of thousands of students world-wide.