Robert is an empiricist who studies supply chains. He received his B.S. in industrial engineering, operations research from UC Berkeley in 2006, and his Ph.D. in business administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2012. He grew up in Palos Verdes, CA.

• PhD, 2012, Operations, Information, and Technology, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
• BS, 2006, Industrial Engineering Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley

• Donald P. Jacobs Scholar/Assistant Professor, Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2012-present
• Lecturer: Introduction to Operations (PhD), Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, 2009-2011
• Course Assistant: Electronic Commerce (MBA), Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, 2009-2011
• Teaching Assistant: Discrete Event Simulation (undergraduate), University of California at Berkeley, 2006-2006
• Research Assistant: Cohn Visual Detection Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, 2004-2005

• Referee: Management Science, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 2009-present
• Participant: Chicago-Argonne Initiative for Computational Economics, Program on estimation of structural econometric models, 2009-2009
• Student consulting project, Restoration Hardware, 2006-2006
• Semiconductor Manufacturing Consultant, Leachman & Associates, 2006-2007
• Manufacturing Engineering Co-op, Intel, 2005-2005
• Industrial Engineering Co-op, Disneyland, 2005-2005
• Participant: Georgia Tech East Asia Industrial Engineering Program, Tsinghua University and National University of Singapore, 2004-2004

• Finalist, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Best Paper Award, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 2015-2018
• Winner, Data Driven Research Challenge, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 2018
• Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Meritorious Service Award, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 2017
• Outstanding Reviewer Recognition, Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), 2016
• Finalist, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Best Paper Award, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
• Finalist, Management Science Best Paper in Operations Management Award, INFORMS, 2011-2014
• Finalist, Management Science Best Paper in Operations Management Award, INFORMS, 2010-2013
• Winner, Best Student Paper Competition, Production and Operations Management, 2011
• Finalist, George Nicholson Student Paper Competition, INFORMS, 2011
• Finalist, MSOM Student Paper Competition, MSOM Society, 2011