Juan Zhang, Ph.D.
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Biography
Dr. Juan Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management. She holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration with an emphasis on Supply Chain Management and M.S. in Supply Chain and Analytics from the University of Missouri – St. Louis. She teaches courses in International Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Dr. Zhang is an active researcher with primary interests in modeling and optimizing transportation, logistics, and supply chain systems, and she has worked with public and private sector organizations in the U.S., China, and Switzerland. Her recent research addresses drone delivery, supply chain optimization, transportation network design, supply chain risk management, and sustainability. Dr. Zhang is dedicated to advancing supply chain management through innovative research and effective teaching, fostering the next generation of supply chain leaders.
Education
Ph.D. in Business Administration, University of Missouri - St. Louis, St. Louis, USA
M.S. in Supply Chain and Analytics, University of Missouri - St. Louis, St. Louis, USA
B.S. in Logistics Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Teaching and Research Interests
Supply Chain Management
Logistics Management
Operations Management
Business Analytics
Mathematical Modeling
Simulation
Business Communication
Published Research
- Hupman, A., Zhang, J., Li, H., Subramaniam, J., Zhu, J., and Guan, S. (2024) "Predicting and Mitigating Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Disruptions Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic", Risk Analysis: An International Journal.
- Yang, L., Liu, K., Zhang, J., and Zelbst, P.J. (2024) “Inventory Management with Palletized Transportation and Lost Sales”, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 184, 103462
- Zhang, J., Campbell, J.F., and Sweeney II, D.C. (2024) “A Continuous Approximation Approach to Integrated Truck and Drone Delivery Systems”, Omega: International Journal of Management Science, 126, 103067
- Zhang, J., Campbell, J.F., Sweeney II, D.C., and Hupman, A.C. (2021) “Energy Consumption Models for Delivery Drones: A Comparison and Assessment”, Transportation Research Part D, 90, 102668.
- Hupman, A. C., and Zhang, J. (2019). Simulating profit loss in behavioral newsvendor problems. In 2019 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) (pp. 1859-1870). IEEE.
- Rust, D.L., Smith, L.D., Ryan, D.L., and Zhang, J. (2018). “The Other Side of Revenue Management: Managing Airport Infrastructure and Airside Operations”. International Journal of Revenue Management, 10(3-4), 189-215.
- Smith, L. D., Nauss, R. M., Xu, L., Zhang, J., Ehmke, J. F., and Hellmann, L. (2017). “Information Technologies and Analytical Models for Strategic Design of Transportation Infrastructure”. In C. Howard & K Hargiss (Eds.), Strategic Information Systems and Technologies in Modern Organizations (pp. 300-321). Hershey: IGI Global.