{"id":45262,"date":"2026-01-07T11:27:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/?page_id=45262"},"modified":"2026-04-08T11:37:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:37:58","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate\/phd\/supply-chain-management\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">P.h.D. Operations and Supply Chain Management<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"PhD SCM\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-phd-scm\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-45257\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-45257\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate\/phd\/supply-chain-management\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-45265\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-45265\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate\/phd\/supply-chain-management\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-45264\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-45264\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate\/phd\/supply-chain-management\/faculty\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n<a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/ph-d-finance-alumni-supply-chain\/\" title=\"\">Ph.D. Supply Chain Alumni<\/a>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/yuwen-chen\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/yuwen-chen-web.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/yuwen-chen-web.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/yuwen-chen-web-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/yuwen-chen\/\">Yuwen Chen<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor and MS Healthcare Management Director<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4406<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:yuwen@uri.edu\">yuwen@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/maling-ebrahimpour\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/MALING-PIC.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/MALING-PIC.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/MALING-PIC-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/MALING-PIC-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/MALING-PIC-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/maling-ebrahimpour\/\">Maling Ebrahimpour<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor of Supply Chain Management, Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Coordinator<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4244<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:mebrahimpour@uri.edu\">mebrahimpour@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/doug-hales\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/DougHales.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Doug Hales\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/DougHales.jpg 200w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/DougHales-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/doug-hales\/\">Doug Hales<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.7882<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:dhales@uri.edu\">dhales@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/mahtab-kouhizadeh\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Mahtab-Kouhizadeh-1.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"women smiling wearing a white shirt and black blazer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Mahtab-Kouhizadeh-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Mahtab-Kouhizadeh-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/mahtab-kouhizadeh\/\">Mahtab Kouhizadeh<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Assistant Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.9803<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:mkouhizadeh@uri.edu\">mkouhizadeh@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/koray-ozpolat\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Kory-Ozpolat-e1635256733866.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Koray \u00d6zpolat\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Kory-Ozpolat-e1635256733866.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Kory-Ozpolat-e1635256733866-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/koray-ozpolat\/\">Koray \u00d6zpolat<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.5750<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:koray@uri.edu\">koray@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/dara-schniederians\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Dara-Schniederjans_web.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dara Schniederjans\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Dara-Schniederjans_web.jpg 200w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Dara-Schniederjans_web-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/dara-schniederians\/\">Dara Schniederjans<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor Supply Chain Management, Director of Professional MS in Supply Chain and Applied Analytics Program<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4372<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:schniederjans@uri.edu\">schniederjans@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/meet\/mehmet-gokhan-yalcin\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Mehmet-Yalchin-web.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Mehmet-Yalchin-web.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2295\/Mehmet-Yalchin-web-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" 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