{"id":29,"date":"2023-04-19T05:43:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T04:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/duygupamukcu.com\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2023-08-01T23:38:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T22:38:58","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/duygupamukcu.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Duygu Pamukcu"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"29\" class=\"elementor elementor-29\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1de46c9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1de46c9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d9166cd\" data-id=\"d9166cd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e73f3ae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e73f3ae\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-55186a8\" data-id=\"55186a8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e4ecda elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9e4ecda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.1 - 02-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/duygupamukcu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-3941-scaled-e1690478321254-1024x853.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-86\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/duygupamukcu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-3941-scaled-e1690478321254-1024x853.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/duygupamukcu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-3941-scaled-e1690478321254-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/duygupamukcu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-3941-scaled-e1690478321254-768x640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/duygupamukcu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-3941-scaled-e1690478321254-1536x1280.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/duygupamukcu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-3941-scaled-e1690478321254-2048x1707.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d8cd02a\" data-id=\"d8cd02a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8aaac7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8aaac7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.1 - 02-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>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.<\/p><p>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.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2278350 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2278350\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-cdfe4e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cdfe4e2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d25a511\" data-id=\"d25a511\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-069af07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"069af07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>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.<\/p><p>Let\u2019s build a more resilient future together!<\/p><p>Email:\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: var(--nv-site-bg); letter-spacing: var(--bodyletterspacing); text-transform: var(--bodytexttransform);\" href=\"mailto:duygu.pamukcu@hec.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">duygu.pamukcu@hec.ca<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e67ecd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e67ecd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Education<\/h3><p><strong>Ph.D. in Business Information Technology <\/strong>(December, 2022)<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Virginia Tech, Pamplin College of Business, Blacksburg, VA<\/p><p><strong>M.S. in Industrial Engineering <\/strong>(July, 2018)<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey<\/p><p><strong>B.S. in Industrial Engineering<\/strong> (June, 2015)<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7547c5f\" data-id=\"7547c5f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e12c0c5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e12c0c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"759\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/duygupamukcu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Awards-Ceremony-With-Chris-Zobel-759x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-81\" alt=\"Virginia Tech Graduate Awards Ceremony - Outstanding Dissertation Award in in Social Science, Business, Education, Humanities Category, with Dr. Christopher Zobel\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/duygupamukcu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Awards-Ceremony-With-Chris-Zobel-759x1024.jpg 759w, https:\/\/duygupamukcu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Awards-Ceremony-With-Chris-Zobel-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/duygupamukcu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Awards-Ceremony-With-Chris-Zobel-768x1037.jpg 768w, https:\/\/duygupamukcu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Awards-Ceremony-With-Chris-Zobel-1138x1536.jpg 1138w, https:\/\/duygupamukcu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Awards-Ceremony-With-Chris-Zobel-1517x2048.jpg 1517w, https:\/\/duygupamukcu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Awards-Ceremony-With-Chris-Zobel.jpg 1843w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Virginia Tech 2023 Graduate Awards Ceremony - Outstanding Dissertation Award in Social Science, Business, Education, Humanities Category, with Dr. Christopher Zobel<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4208093 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4208093\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-837b35d\" data-id=\"837b35d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab4591f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab4591f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Awards and Certifications<\/h3><ul><li><strong>Outstanding Dissertation Award<\/strong> in Social Science, Business, Education, Humanities Category, Virginia Tech (2023)<\/li><li>Nominated for Outstanding Doctoral Student in Interdisciplinary Programs Award, Virginia Tech (2023)<\/li><li>Graduate Certificate in Disaster Resilience and Risk Management, Virginia Tech (2022)<\/li><li>Future Professoriate Certificate, Virginia Tech (2022)<\/li><li>Summer Research Grant, Business Information Technology, Virginia Tech (2022)<\/li><li>DRRM Interdisciplinary Research Project Summer Grant, Virginia Tech (2022)<\/li><li>The Extreme Event Facilitator Program Certificate (2020)<\/li><li>DRRM Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program Fellowship, NSF-NRT (2019)<\/li><li>Summer Research Grant, Business Information Technology, Virginia Tech (2019)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-826e484 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"826e484\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>News<\/strong><\/h3><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/fralinlifesci.vt.edu\/news\/fralin-features\/Duygu-Pamukcu.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resiliency, equity, and vulnerability guide Duygu Pamukcu\u2019s disaster management research<\/a>, Fralin Life Sciences Institute, News, May 23, 2023.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.vt.edu\/news\/articles\/2023\/04\/liberalarts-annual-graduate-education-week.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Graduate students, mentors honored at annual Graduate Education Week awards reception<\/a>, Virginia Tech Graduate School, April 13, 2023.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.vt.edu\/news\/events\/2021\/03\/covid-in-context-series.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COVID-19 in Context \u2013 A Deans\u2019 Forum on Living with a Pandemic<\/a>, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia Tech, February 23, 2021.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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