Rong Li

Rong Li is an Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at The Martin J. Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Li taught at Nankai University and Singapore Management University. Dr. Li received a B.S. in Mathematics from Nankai University, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University.

Dr. Li’s research interest is Supply Chain Risk Management. She has coedited the first handbook of Integrated Risk Management in Global Supply Chains. Her research works have been published in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (M&SOM), Production and Operations Management, IIE Transactions, etc. One of her papers was among the top 20 most cited articles of all time (IIE Transactions, as of June 2015); another paper was a finalist for the best paper award in the supply chain and logistics track of ISERC.

Dr. Li has won the M&SOM Meritorious Service Award in 2020, the Dean's Citation for Research in 2019, the Dean’s Teaching Honor award consecutively when she was teaching at Singapore Management University. She was selected for the Thousand Talents Plan (Tianjin) and the Hundred Young Research Leaders Plan (Nankai University) in 2014.

Education

• MS and Ph.D. Purdue University (1999 — 2004)
• BS Nankai University (1995 — 1999)

Companies

• Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management Syracuse University - Martin J. Whitman School of Management (2020)
• Assistant Professor Syracuse University - Martin J. Whitman School of Management (2017 — 2020)
• Associate Professor Nankai University (2013 — 2017)
• Visiting Assistant Professor Washington University in St. Louis (2012 — 2013)
• Assistant Professor Singapore Management University (2004 — 2012)