People Biography

• Modeling and optimization of operations and management issues and challenges designs
• Planning and performance evaluation of closed loop supply chains
• Reverse logistics and green supply chains
• Vehicle routing in transportation problems and distribution planning in uncertain environments
• Humanitarian logistics
• Research and development, innovation ecosystems
• New technologies as enablers in integrating transportation systems

Publications since at HBKU

Textbook and Book Chapters

• Doing Business in Qatar, Case studies for Executive Education; Emerald Publishing, Holland.

• Book Chapter: Coordination and Cooperation in Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Grand Challenges and Trends. Book: Pilotage de flux dans la Supply Chain, Wiley.

Publications in Journals

• Putting Lean International Supply Chains to the Test: A Resilient Qatari Model. Published in Logistics Insider Magazine.

• The Challenges of Measuring Scientific Research Productivity and Impact in Developing Economies; published in International Journal of Business and Economics Research.

• Analysis of Critical Delay Factors in Construction Projects with a Focus on Qatar; published in International Journal of Business and Economics Research.

• COVID-19’s impacts on Global Supply Chains: Facts and Perspectives (2020), published in IEEE Engineering Management, 2020.

• Roles of Technology in Improving Perishable Food Supply Chains. Published in Logistics Journal, 2020,

• The Last-Mile Delivery Challenge: Evaluating the efficiency of smart parcel stations. Supply Chain Forum: an International Journal (accepted with minor changes).

Publications prior to joigning Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar (before September 2018):

• “Investigating the Drivers for Social Commerce in Social Media Plateforms: Importance of Trust, Social Support, and the Platform Perceived Usage”, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 41 (2018), pp. 11-19.

• “Topological Network Design of Closed Finite Capacity Supply Chain Networks Systems”, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 45 (2017), 70-81.

• “Toward an Impactful R&D Collaboration among Industry and Academia in Qatar”, pp. 38-43 in Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils: The Sustainable Future of Production, Consumption and Work, Best Practices in Competitiveness Strategy, 2017.

• “Efficient purchaser incentive when dealing with suppliers implementing continuous improvement plans", International Transactions in Operational Research, July 2014, Vol. 21 Issue 4, p673-701.

• "Using Servqual to Examine Service Quality in the Classroom: Analyses of Undergraduate and Executive Education Operations Management Courses", International Journal of Business and Management, October 2013, vol. 8, n° 20, pp. 105-116.

• "A generalized single product and single period problem with nonlinear parameters", International Transactions in Operational Research, May 2012, vol. 19, n° 3, pp. 421-433

• "State Dependent Models of Material Handling Systems in Closed Queuing Networks", International Journal of Production Research, January 2012, vol. 50, n° 2, pp. 461-484.

• "Optimal Strategy for Stochastic Product Rollover under risk using CVAR analysis", HEC Paris Reviews (Cahiers de Recherche du Groupe HEC), n° 958, 2012.

Textbooks

• Doing business in the MENA region: Insights from the EFMD Case Competition. Emerald, 2017.

Chapters in collective textbooks

• Member of the Research Board, African Research Center - Funded by the Bill and Melinda Fundation (2020-2023),
• Medal of Academic Excellence and Contributions to Executive Education in EMEA Region, by the Joint French-Algerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, June 2015, Paris, France
• Member of Alpha Pi Mu: Honor society for Industrial and Systems Engineers, USA.
• Member of Tau Beta Pi : Honor Society of Engineers, USA
• Graduated with honors and highest distinction (B.Sc., M.Sc., and PhD.)
• Kodak Excellence Award in Industrial Engineering, USA.