Doctoral Student Photos

Dr. Jim Leonhardt- 2013 Dissertation Defense,
2013-15            Assistant Professor of Marketing, New Mexico State
2016-                Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, Reno

Ms. Candice Huynh- 2013 Advancement to Candidacy
[click here]

Candice Huynh 2013 Advancement
Final defense May 2014    Students; Robin and Candice
Dr. Candice Huynh,  Assistant Professor, Cal Poly Pomona, Fall 2014
Prof. Shuya Yin, Prof. John Turner, Dr. Huynh, Prof. Robin Keller, Prof. Rick So

2014 Graduates Dr. Candice Huynh (Cal Poly Pomona) and Dr. Yuhong He
(Clemson Assistant Professor, then at CSU Fullerton)

Dr. Jiaru Bai– Operations and Decision Technologies (at PhD Welcome lunch)

Final defense May 2017

Assistant Professor, SUNY Binghamton, Fall 2017, Wake Forest, Jan. 2019

Photo 1: Prof. Shuya Yin (co-chair), Dr. Jiaru Bai, Prof. Robin Keller (co-chair), Prof. Kut “Rick” So (committee member)

Photo 2: ODT Prof. John Turner, Shuya Yin (co-chair), Dr. Jiaru Bai, Robin Keller (co-chair), Kut “Rick” So (committee member)
Photo 3: ODT faculty and doctoral students
Jiaru Bai with her advancement to candidacy committee

Ali Esmaeeli is an Operations & Decision Technologies doctoral student in the Merage School. He joined UCI in 2014, having completed a Masters in Information Technology Engineering-Electronic Commerce from Amirkabir University of Technology – Tehran Polytechnic in 2010. His research interests are in data-driven decision making and analyzing patterns of stop-smoking tweets.

ODT doctoral students with Dr. Jiaru Bai at her final defense:
Yuiwei Wang, Ali Esmaeeli, Jiaru Bai, Vahid Nourbakhsh

Alex Robinson is an Operations & Decision Technologies doctoral student in the Merage School. He joined UCI in 2017. (second from left)

Dr. Yitong Wang – 2011 Dissertation Defense
Assistant Professor until 6-2013, Tsinghua University, Beijing, Industrial Engineering;
currently Senior Lecturer (i.e., associate professor), Marketing, University Technology Sydney [click here]

  • Yitong Wang and family
  • Prof. Jay Simon- 2009 graduation, now at Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey
  • Jay Simon at 2008 UCI Merage PhD Research Fest
Shanghai Jiaotong Prof. Liangyan Wang and Fudan Prof. Tianjun Feng with UCI Merage School Benefactor Paul Merage- At Their Graduation in 2008

Dr. Tianjun Feng – 2008 Dissertation Defense, now Associate Professor, Fudan University, Shanghai [click here]

  • Dr. Kevin Shang’s dissertation defense, now Associate Prof. Fuqua School, Duke [click here]
  • Kevin Shang- Rick So- Jeannette Song- Robin Keller- Xiaona Zheng (now Associate Prof. at Beijing U.)
  • Professor Jeff Guyse, Cal Poly Pomona
  • Dr. Wen-qiang “Wayne” Bian and his family
  • Dr. Stu Eriksen at 2012 Alumni Panel