I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Logistics and Operations Management at HEC Montreal. My primary focus lies in comprehending and advancing the operations of organizations in humanitarian and crisis settings. My research is driven by the vision of creating more effective, efficient, and equitable outcomes in challenging situations. To this end, I employ a combination of optimization techniques, including both exact and heuristic approaches, along with data-driven methods such as econometric analysis and statistics, to address complex problems in operations management.
In my most recent work, I focus on addressing the challenges in food bank operations and development of allocation strategies that optimize the distribution of diverse donations under various operational challenges ensuring that donations reaches those in need efficiently and equitably.
Thank you for visiting. If you would like to connect or collaborate, please feel free to reach out to me. I look forward to engaging with individuals and organizations in our collective efforts to create a better world.
Let’s build a more resilient future together!
Email: duygu.pamukcu@hec.ca
Education
Ph.D. in Business Information Technology (December, 2022)
Virginia Tech, Pamplin College of Business, Blacksburg, VA
M.S. in Industrial Engineering (July, 2018)
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
B.S. in Industrial Engineering (June, 2015)
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Awards and Certifications
- Outstanding Dissertation Award in Social Science, Business, Education, Humanities Category, Virginia Tech (2023)
- Nominated for Outstanding Doctoral Student in Interdisciplinary Programs Award, Virginia Tech (2023)
- Graduate Certificate in Disaster Resilience and Risk Management, Virginia Tech (2022)
- Future Professoriate Certificate, Virginia Tech (2022)
- Summer Research Grant, Business Information Technology, Virginia Tech (2022)
- DRRM Interdisciplinary Research Project Summer Grant, Virginia Tech (2022)
- The Extreme Event Facilitator Program Certificate (2020)
- DRRM Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program Fellowship, NSF-NRT (2019)
- Summer Research Grant, Business Information Technology, Virginia Tech (2019)
News
- Resiliency, equity, and vulnerability guide Duygu Pamukcu’s disaster management research, Fralin Life Sciences Institute, News, May 23, 2023.
- Graduate students, mentors honored at annual Graduate Education Week awards reception, Virginia Tech Graduate School, April 13, 2023.
- COVID-19 in Context – A Deans’ Forum on Living with a Pandemic, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia Tech, February 23, 2021.