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• PhD in Business and Management
• MSc in Risk Management
• BSc in Business and Finance
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Yuanzhu Zhan is an Associate Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management at the University 麻豆精选. He is the PGR Lead of the Management Department and worked as the Programme Director of the BSc Business Management programme (PT) in Singapore (2021/22). Yuanzhu鈥檚 research interests are in the areas of operations management, big data and analytics, innovation management, and sustainable supply chain management. His research has been published in various refereed journals such as Journal of Operations Management, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Service Research, and International Journal of Production Economics, among others.

Yuanzhu serves as an Associate Editor of , a Department Editor of , and an Editorial Board Member of ,听, and听. He has served as a guest editor for refereed journals, including the International Journal of Production Economics (*2),听Journal of Business Research, and听IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. Yuanzhu has been recognized with several awards for contributions to research, including the 2017 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards (Emerald & European Foundation for Management Development), 2017 Excellence in Review Awards (Resources, Conservation and Recycling), 2018 Research Early Career Award (University of Liverpool Management School), 2018 R&D Management Commendation Paper Award (Tsinghua University & Research and Development Management Association), 2022 Emerald Literati Outstanding Paper Award (Industrial Management and Data Systems), and 2024 Best Reviewer Service Award (Journal of Operations Management).

Yuanzhu鈥檚 research has been supported through successful applications for funding in roles as both Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator from a range of research organizations (e.g., British Academy/Leverhulme Trust, Marketing Science Institute and National Natural Science Foundation of China). He is a permanent founding member of the International Society of Innovation Methods (I-SIM), and has organised and co-chaired 鈥溾�� that was hosted by the University of Liverpool Management School from July 8-11, 2019.

Yuanzhu has taught at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The focus of his teaching has been ‘Operations and Supply Chain Management’ and ‘Business Analytics’ both at the operational and strategic levels. He has been recognised by Learning Tree International as a Certified Expert in Big Data Analytics since 2018.

Yuanzhu welcomes applicants who have an excellent academic background and a strong ambition to work in the academic (in technology-driven innovation, business analytics and sustainable supply chain areas) for his/her future career to apply for PhD under his supervision.

Ongoing research projects:

• Blockchain governance and business model innovation
• AI-enabled digital transformation for sustainable manufacturing
• Electric vehicles for net zero emissions in transportation
• Circular economy and sustainable supply chain management
• Operations in healthcare and pharmaceutical industries

Yuanzhu has established collaborations within and across disciplines and national borders. He has established relationships with universities through research collaboration and joint projects. Also, he has undertaken collaborative research with organisations to help them overcome their specific innovation bottlenecks and improve their business performance.