Bio
Can Zhang is an Associate Professor in the Operations Management area at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. His research centers on responsible and sustainable operations, with an emphasis on underserved populations and emerging markets. An overarching theme of his work is to study how distinctive operational challenges in these settings shape the design of operational policies and interventions. His work spans not-for-profit operations, healthcare supply chains, and smallholder agricultural supply chains. His research is grounded in close collaboration with industry partners, and he aims to deliver implementable solutions and actionable insights to make a practical impact.
His work has received multiple recognitions, including the winner for the 2021 MSOM Best Paper Award, the 2019 MSOM Award for Responsible Research in OM, the 2017 MSOM Practice-Based Competition, the 2017 MSOM Student Paper Competition, the 2017 INFORMS Doing Good with Good OR Student Paper Competition, an honorable mention for the 2019 INFORMS George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award, and a finalist for the 2022 Public Sector Operations Research Best Paper Award, the 2017 INFORMS Franz Edelman Award, and the 2015 INFORMS George Nicholson Student Paper Competition.