Our professors are internationally respected and hold PhDs from world-renowned universities. Their insights and perspectives will inspire you to pursue innovative business ideas.

Research and Teaching

Our faculty members are active researchers with high international impact. They serve on the editorial boards of leading operations management journals, including Management Science, Operations Research, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, and Production and Operations Management. They are also frequent contributors to these and other elite academic journals.

In the University of Texas at Dallas Ranking of research publications of business schools worldwide, we are ranked in the top 30 in operations management research based on publications from 2016-2024.

The knowledge gained from our research brings both currency and relevancy to classroom teaching. Many of our faculty members have also won the prestigious Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence.

Industry Collaborations

Our faculty members maintain very close contacts with the business world. They are often asked to be consultants in technology transfer projects, and to provide senior executive training for multinational companies. Many corporations have benefited from their expertise. The Centre for Marketing and Supply Chain Management also organizes annual events that involve leading corporations in the region.

To enhance learning and expose students to current practices, we organize regular luncheon seminars in which speakers from industry share their experiences. Several elective courses in the program are taught by senior executives from industry.

Our Faculty

Qing LI
Prof
Qing LI
Deputy Head and Professor, Department of ISOM
Director of HKUST Li & Fung Supply Chain Institute
(PhD, University of British Columbia)
Research interests
Intertemporal choice, inventory management, supply chain management, behavioral operations management, business analytics
Shaohui ZHENG
Prof
Shaohui ZHENG
Chair Professor and Academic Director
(Ph.D., Columbia University)
Research interests
Supply chain management, interface of operations and marketing, production and quality control, queuing systems
Albert HA
Prof
Albert HA
Chair Professor, Department of ISOM
Wei Lun Foundation Professor of Business
(PhD, Stanford University)
Research interests
Stochastic models for production and inventory control, incentive in operations, supply chain management
Ying-Ju CHEN
Prof
Ying-Ju CHEN
Chair Professor, Department of ISOM
(PhD, New York University)
Research interests
Socially responsible operations, operations-marketing interface, supply chain management
Hongtao ZHANG
Prof
Hongtao ZHANG
Professor, Department of ISOM
(PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Research interests
Value of information and incentives for information exchange, supply chain management, coordination of global operations, coordination in production and service systems
Man YU
Prof
Man YU
Professor, Department of ISOM
(PhD, University of Michigan)
Research interests
Pricing and revenue management, OM/ marketing interface, operations analytics
Ronald LAU
Prof
Ronald LAU
Associate Professor of Business Education
Department of ISOM
(PhD, University of Alabama)
Research interests
Operations management, enterprise resource planning, SAP software applications, supply chain management, quality management
Ki Ling CHEUNG
Prof
Ki Ling CHEUNG
Associate Professor, Department of ISOM
(PhD, Stanford University)
Research interests
Total quality management, supply chain management, production and operations management
Xuan WANG
Prof
Xuan WANG
Associate Professor, Department of ISOM
(PhD, New York University)
Research interests
Supply chain management, operations/manufacturing flexibility design and analysis, revenue management and online marketplaces
Dongwook SHIN
Prof
Dongwook SHIN
Assistant Professor, Department of ISOM
(PhD, Columbia University)
Research interests
Dynamic pricing and revenue management in e-commerce, machine learning and sequential decision making in operations research context, business and sports analytics
Stephen W. NASON
Prof
Stephen W. NASON
Professor of Business Practice
Department of Management
(PhD, University of Southern California)
Research interests
International management and culture, human resource management, organizational culture, organizational learning
Joseph PHI
Prof
Joseph PHI
Adjunct Professor
(MBA, University of Philippines)
Group CEO & Executive Director
Li & Fung Limited
Xin HUANG
Prof
Xin HUANG
Adjunct Professor
(PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology​)
Partner at McKinsey & Company
Milind RAO
Prof
Milind RAO
Adjunct Professor,
Department of Economics
(PhD, Columbia University)
Research interests
Brain drain, macroeconomics, money and growth theory
Frederick MUTTO
Prof
Frederick MUTTO
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of ISOM
(DBA, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Former Global VP of Schneider Electric and Former President of Emerson Electric in Indonesia
Mark LI
Prof
Mark LI
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of ISOM
Global Head of Product in Traditional finance and DeFi, KVB Global Capital
CEO of Consultant Firm in digital finance, new energy and technology