Dr. Lei Lei graduated from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1989 with a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and a minor in Computer Sciences. She jointed Rutgers Business school as an Assistant Professor in 1989 and received her tenure in 1996. Her main research interests are in supply chain logistics optimization, distribution network designs, channel coordination analysis and optimization, cyclic scheduling, computer simulation and resource constrained project management. She has published a number of research papers in academic journals such as Management Science, IIE Transactions, ORSA Journal on Computing, European Journal of Operations Research, Computers and Operations Research, Interfaces, etc. Her recent work includes the development of optimal operational strategies to minimize the inventory, purchasing, and distribution costs for supply chains. She is also a leading researcher for a recent industry project on integrated planning of production, inventory, and transportation which led to a multiple-million-dollar annual saving for the company. She is currently the director of Rutgers Center for Supply Chain Management, Rutgers Business school, and the dissertation advisor of seven Ph.D. students. She is also an Associate Editor of IIE Transactions.