Dr. Jun Zhuang has been an Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York (SUNY-Buffalo), since he obtained his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering in 2008 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Zhuang has a M.S. in Agricultural Economics in 2004 from the University of Kentucky, and a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering in 2002 from Southeast University, China.
Dr. Zhuang's long-term research goal is to integrate operations research and game theory to better mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from both natural and man-made hazards. Other areas of interest include health care, sports, transportation, supply chain management, and sustainability.
Dr. Zhuang's research has been supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through the National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) and the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) through the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).
Dr. Zhuang is a
fellow of the 2011 U.S. Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program (AF SFFP), sponsored by the AFOSR. Dr. Zhuang is also a fellow of the 2009-2010 Next Generation of Hazards and Disasters Researchers Program, sponsored by the NSF.
Dr. Zhuang has published 24 peer-reviewed journal articles in Operations Research, European Journal of Operational Research, Annals of Operations Research, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Military Operations Research, Risk Analysis, Decision Analysis, among others. His research has been highlighted in The Wall Street Journal, Industrial Engineer, Stanford GSB News, The Pre-Engineering Times, among others. He is on Editorial Board of Decision Analysis, is the co-Editor of Decision Analysis Today, and has reviewed proposals for NSF/ASEE/DOD/NASA, book chapters for Springer, and articles for 40+ academic journals and conferences for 140+ times. |
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