Honors & Awards

2025

  • Finalist, M&SOM Journal Best Paper Award for papers published in 2022-2024 (with V. Agrawal and S Yucel)
  • Finalist, M&SOM Society Responsible Research Award (with S. Wijnsma and D. Lauga)

2024

  • Research.com list of the world’s top business and management scientists

2022

  • Appointed Regents’ Professor

2021

    • M&SOM Journal Best Paper Award for papers published in 2018-2020 (with C. Zhang, A. Atasu, and T. Ayer)
    • Global Electronic Council Sustainability Champion Award

    2019

    • Impact Award Finalist, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce E3 Awards. The Impact Award recognizes “visionary individuals advancing sustainability in Atlanta.”
    • Graduate Student Government Association’s “Faculty of the Year” award, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Brady Family Award for Research Excellence, Scheller College of Business
    • Responsible Research in Operations Management Award, INFORMS M&SOM Society (with A. Atasu, T. Ayer, and C. Zhang)

    2018

    • Reimagine Education Top-Ten Finalist (out of 1,184 projects from 39 countries), Sustainability Category First Prize, and Natural Sciences Discipline First Prize for the Carbon Reduction Challenge.
    • Distinguished Service Award, INFORMS Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society
    • CTL Innovation in Extracurricular Education Award (for the Carbon Reduction Challenge), Georgia Tech.
    • Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Advisor Award, Georgia Tech

    2017

    • Distinguished Fellow, INFORMS Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society
    • Faces of Inclusive Excellence, Georgia Institute of Technology

    2016

    • Ernest Scheller Jr. Award for Service Excellence, Scheller College of Business

    2015

    • Women of Distinction Award, Georgia Institute of Technology
    • Management Science Best Paper in Operations Management Award, INFORMS MSOM Society (with V. Agrawal, M. Ferguson and V. Thomas)