Vishal Gaur

Education

Ph.D. Operations and Information Management, 2001, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

M.A. Managerial Science and Applied Economics, 2000, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

M.B.A., 1995, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India

B.Tech. Computer Science and Engineering, 1993, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India

Work Experience

2007- : Associate Professor of Operations Management, The Johnson School, Cornell University

2007-08: Visiting Associate Professor, Harvard Business School.

2001-07: Assistant Professor of Operations Management, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, NYU.

2000-01: Instructor, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, NYU.

1995-96: Treasury Operations, Citibank, N. A., Mumbai, India.

Awards and Honors

2010-11 Clifford H. Whitcomb Faculty Fellowship, the Johnson School, Cornell University

2007-08 Core Faculty Award at the Johnson School

M&SOM Best Paper Award, 2008 (Citation)

Wickham Skinner Early Career Research Accomplishments Award by POMS in 2006.

M&SOM Meritorious Service Award, 2004, 2008.

George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award, Honorable Mention, awarded by INFORMS in 2001.

Industry scholarships for superior academic performance, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 1993-95

Merit scholarships for superior academic performance, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 1989-93

National Talent Scholarship awarded by the Government of India, 1987-93

Professional Service

Department Editor, POM Retail Operations Department. (September 2010- ).

Guest editor, POM Special Issue on Retail Operations, with Ananth Raman and Jai Swaminathan.

Associate Editor, Management Science (January 2009- ), M&SOM (January 2006- ), POMS (January 2006- ), Operations Research Letters (2004-08).

Member, Editorial Review Board of M&SOM Special Issue on Applications of Empirical Science in Operations Management.

Member, Editorial Review Board of M&SOM, Production and Operations Management (2003 to present).

Judge, M&SOM Student Paper Competition, 2002, 2005-10.

Judge, POMS Supply Chain College Student Paper Award Competition, 2007.

Reviewer for EJOR, Management Science, M&SOM, Naval Research Logistics, Operations Research, ORL, POMS, NSF.

Track Co-Chair, Track on Empirical and Econometric Research in Operations Management, POMS Annual Conference, 2007, Dallas.

Member, INFORMS, POMS

Doctoral Dissertation Committees

Chang Hee Park, Johnson School, Cornell University (committee member).

Michael Dixon, School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University (committee member).

Nikolay Osadchiy, NYU Stern School of Business, 2010, (co-advisor and committee member)

Richard Lai, Harvard Business School, 2008 (committee member)

Jayanth Krishnan, The Wharton School, U. of Penn., 2007 (committee member)

Saravanan Kesavan, Harvard Business School, 2007 (co-advisor & committee member)

Dorothee Honhon, NYU Stern School of Business, 2006 (co-advisor & committee chair)

Cagri Haksoz, NYU Stern School of Business, 2004 (committee member)

Research Grants

NSF grant CMMI-0800580 for “Collaborative Research: Risk Management in Supply Chains Using Market Information” – 6/2008 to 5/2011.

Industry Projects

Ahold Corporation

CompUSA, Inc.

Zany Brainy, Inc.

Harvard-Wharton Center for Operations Effectiveness in Retailing (COER).

4R Systems, Inc.