TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS

Teaching Focusing: Big Data Analytics for Operations, Operations and Supply Chain Management

Research Areas: Agricultural Operations Management, Operations - Finance Interface, Sustainable Operations Management

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor, Department of Management Science and Engineering, Wuhan University, 2025.09 – Present

Associate Research Professor, Department of Management Science and Engineering, Wuhan University, 2023.07 – 2025.09

Lecturer, Department of Management Science and Engineering, Wuhan University, 2020.07 – 2023.06

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Advisor, Wuhan University (Class of 2024), 2024

• Grand Prize, Challenge Division, and Outstanding Advisor, 3rd International Supply Chain Modeling and Design Competition, 2023

• National Third Prize and Outstanding Advisor, 7th National College Student Logistics Design Competition ("Sinotrans Cup"), 2021

• Most Popular Teacher for Professional Master's Program (MEM), Academic Year 2021 - 2022, Wuhan University

EDITORIAL BOARDS (REFEREE SERVICES)

· European Journal of Operational Research

· IISE Transactions

· Naval Research Logistics

· Omega

· Production and Operations Management

· Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

INVITED SPEECH AND MEDIA COVERAGE

· POMS China Chapter Conference, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, 2022.06

· Invited Participant, "Operations Management Issues in Agriculture" Session, INFORMS Annual Meeting, California, USA, 2021.10

· Invited Participant, "Sustainable Operations Management in Emerging Economies" Session, POMS Virtual Conference, 2021.05

· Participant, INFORMS Doctoral Colloquium, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, USA, 2019.10

· Session Chair, "Sustainable Agri - Operations Management" Session, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, USA, 2019.10

· Session Chair, "Sustainable Operations Management" Session, CSAMSE Annual Conference, Chengdu, China, 2019.07

· Invited Participant, Special Interest Group (SIG) "Sustainable Operations Management" Workshop, M&SOM Annual Conference, Singapore, 2019.06

· Participant, POMS - HK International Conference, Hong Kong, 2019.01

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Books/Book Chapters

· Boyabatli, O., & Li, B. (2022). Procurement Management in Agricultural Commodity Processing. In Boyabatli, O., B. Kazaz, C. Tang (Eds.), Agricultural Supply Chain Management Research: Operations and Analytics in Planting, Selling, and Government Interventions, (pp. 71 - 85). Springer, Cham.

· Li, B., Boyabatli, O., & Avci, B. (2023). The Impact of Commodity Price Uncertainty on the Economic Value of Waste - to - Energy Conversion in Agricultural Processing. Foundations and Trends in Technology, Information and Operations Management, 16(3–4), 229 - 249.

Journal Papers (International)

· Li, B., Boyabatli, O., & Avci, B. (2023). Economic and Environmental Implications of Biomass Commercialization in Agricultural Processing. Management Science, 69(6), 3561 - 3577.

· Li, B. (2025). Optimal Procurement from Multiple Contracts in Agricultural Processing. Naval Research Logistics (NRL), 72(4), 520 - 533.

RESEARCH GRANTS (Selected)

· National Natural Science Foundation of China, Young Scientists Fund, Project No. 72302173, "Research on Farmers' Operational Decisions under the Combined Strategy of 'Cropping Structure + Agricultural Insurance'", 2024.01.01 – 2026.12.31, Active, Principal Investigator.

· National Natural Science Foundation of China, Special Project, Project No. 72243010, "Research on Coordination Mechanisms and Policies between Interregional Electricity Markets and Carbon Markets", 2023.01.01 – 2025.12.31, Active, Participant.

· National Natural Science Foundation of China, General Program, Project No. 72171181, "Research on Supply Chain Contract Design and Information Sharing Mechanisms under Asymmetric Demand Information", 2022.01.01 – 2025.12.31, Active, Participant.