PhD Alumni

Alumni	Year	Initial Placement	Current Institution	Quotes
Zachary Wright	2025	Brigham Young University
Mateus do Rego Ferreira Lima	2024	Indiana University
Soh Hyun Chu	2023	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
John Lowrey	2021	Northeastern University	Northeastern University
In Joon Noh	2020	Pennsylvania State University	Korea University Business School
Rahul Pandey	2020	University of Memphis	University of Memphis
Somak Paul	2019	California State University, East Bay	California State University, East Bay
Yingchao Lan	2018	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Myra Pan	2017	Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (Chengdu)	Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (Chengdu)
Keith Skowronski	2016	University of South Carolina	University of South Carolina	“The training and mentorship I received as a Ph.D. student at Ohio State was inspirational. The Operations and Business Analytics faculty’s passion for solving problems that are influential to both theory and practice sparked my passion for research and continues to inspire me today.”
Luv Sharma	2016	University of South Carolina	University of South Carolina
Claire Senot	2014	Tulane University	Tulane University
Brett Massimino	2014	Cornell University	Virginia Commonwealth University
Jurriaan de Jong	2013	SUNY, Buffalo	Ohio State University
John Gardner	2012	Brigham Young University	Brigham Young University
Stephanie Eckerd	2011	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	"The mentorship I received as a doctoral student at Ohio State provided me the tools and support necessary for me to develop into a careful researcher, a considerate teacher, and an actively contributing member of our academic community.”
Toyin Clottey	2010	Iowa State University	Wayne State University	“The Ohio State PhD program prepared me for a successful career in academia. I had ample resources to help me learn how to conduct high quality research and to teach students. Most importantly, I had amazing mentors who really invested in me and taught me the nuances of the profession.”
Liyan Hua	2010
Mi Kyong Newsom	2009	Ohio State University	Ohio State University
Sean Handley	2008	Rutgers University	University of South Carolina
Maurice Reid	2008	Berea College	Berea College
Zhixin Liu	2007	University of Michigan, Dearborn	University of Michigan, Dearborn
Kurt Hozak	2007	Indiana State University	Coastal Carolina University
Gopesh Anand	2006	University of Illinois, Champaign	University of Illinois, Champaign
Kathryn Marley	2006	Ohio University	Duquesne University
Angela Lewis	2006	Florida A&M University	Florida A&M University
Michael Stodnick	2005	University of West Texas	University of Dallas
Eric Olsen	2004	California Polytechnic State University	California Polytechnic State University
Honggeng Zhou	2003	University of New Hampshire	Zhejiang University
Rachna Shah	2002	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	University of Minnesota	“The foundations of my scholarly identity are grounded in my PhD training at Ohio State, where I learned to value tenacity and focus, explore diverse topics and methods, and embrace the challenges of risky exploration. Thank you, Ohio State faculty!”
Carol Prahinski	2001	University of Western Ontario	Michigan State University
Hojung Shin	2001	University of Notre Dame	Korea University
Seungwook Park	2000	California State University, Fullerton	Inha University
James Hill	1999	Vanderbilt University	Ohio State University
Sue Meyer	1998	University of Minnesota	University of Minnesota
Rebecca Duray	1997	University of Colorado, Colorado Springs	University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Darryl Wilson	1997	Florida State University	Old Dominion University
Mike Maloni	1997	Andersen Consulting	Kennesaw State University
Nagesh Murthy	1997	Georgia Tech	University of Oregon
John McCreery	1996	University of Notre Dame	North Carolina State University
Ling Li	1996	Butler University	Old Dominion University
Reza Barkhi	1995	Virginia Tech	Virginia Tech
Sumantra Sengupta	1995	School of Management California Lutheran University	Sul Ross The Frontier University of Texas
Timothy Baker	1994	Washington State University	Washington State University
Ken Boyer	1994	DePaul University	Ohio State University	"When working on my PhD I was privileged to work with some of the earliest scholars/experts in our field that used primarily methods in close cooperation with companies on the front lines. The training, pushing and support I was received was phenomenal. Today we seek to train a new generation of observers/researchers studying the evolution of Operations & Business Analytics in order to advance society."
Vaidy Jayaraman	1994	University of Southern Mississippi	University of Miami
Ali Amiri	1992	Weber State University	Oklahoma State University
Apurva Mathur	1992
Christopher Moyer	1992		Thomas More University
Lisa Williams	1992
Michael Marsh	1992		Shippensburg University
Craig Wood	1991	University of New Hampshire	University of New Hampshire
Erik Rolland	1991	University of California, Riverside	University of California, Merced
Vaidyanathan Nagarajan	1991	Central State University	RNET Technologies
P. Rammohan	1991
Sue Siferd	1990	Arizona State University
Manoj Malhotra	1990	University of South Carolina	Case Western Reserve University
Chwen Sheu	1990	Kansas State University	Kansas State University
Jay Kim	1989	Boston University	Boston University
Randolph Russell	1989	University of South Carolina	University of Calgary
Neng-Pai Lin	1989	National Taiwan University
Robert Bregman	1988	Texas A&M	University of Houston
Deven Sharma	1987	Booz Allen Hamilton	InfleXon, MIT Media
Donald McCaskey	1987
Peri Iz	1987	University of Baltimore
Robert Reid	1987	University of New Hampshire
Soumen Ghosh	1987	Georgia Institute of Technology	Georgia Institute of Technology
Sridhar Narasimhan	1987	Georgia Institute of Technology	Georgia Institute of Technology
Nada Sanders	1986	Texas Christian University	Northeastern University
Aleda Roth	1986	Boston University	Clemson University
Rajesh Srivastava	1986	Marquette University	Florida Gulf Coast University
William Hitzelberger	1985	Stevens Institute of Technology
Craig Harms	1984	University of North Florida	University of North Florida
Daniel Bragg	1984	Bowling Green State University	Bowling Green State University
Vicki Smith-Daniels	1983	University of Minnesota	KAC Health
Chen Hua "Chung" Chung	1982	University of Kentucky	University of Kentucky
Kevin Bott	1981	Case Western Reserve University
Mary Rothermel	1981		University of Akron
Harish Bahl	1980	California State University, Chico	California State University, Chico
Brooke Saladin	1980	University of Georgia	Wake Forest University
F. Robert Jacobs	1979	University of Houston	Indiana University
Paul Mangiameli	1979	University of Rhode Island	University of Rhode Island
David Collier	1978	Ohio State University	Florida Gulf Coast University
Avijit Banerjee	1977	Drexel University	Drexel University
Michael Showalter	1976		Florida State University
Joseph Biggs	1975	Bowling Green State University
Robert Banasik	1974	Capital University	Omnilife Systems, inc
Vince Mabert	1973	Purdue	Indiana University
Chan Hahn	1970	Bowling Green State University	Bowling Green State University