Title
Assistant Professor
Faculty Profile
My School
The Paul Merage School of Business
Area of Study/Expertise
Electricity Market Design
Sustainable Operations
Energy Systems
Optimization and Algorithms
Reinforcement Learning
Game Theory
Control and Modeling of Complex Systems
Large Scale Networked Dynamical Systems
Multi-Agent Systems
Office Location
SB2 315
Email
z.gao@uci.edu
Zuguang Gao
Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor of Operations and Decision Technologies at the Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine.
My research interests generally lie in sustainable operations, broadly defined, with a major focus on electricity market design, power/energy systems, and environmental policy, as well as some other areas related to sustainability (such as supply chains).
I am have been working on a wide range of research projects, drawing tools from mathematical modeling, optimization, control, game theory, reinforcement learning, algorithm design and data analysis. I also enjoy collaborations with researchers in academia, Argonne National Laboratory, and industry (including Flexport and Uber).
Previously, I received my Ph.D. (2023) and MBA (2022) degrees from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, advised by Prof. John R. Birge and Prof. Varun Gupta. Prior to Chicago, I received my B.S. (2015) and M.S. (2017) degrees, from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where I was also affiliated with the Coordinated Science Laboratory, and my thesis advisor was Prof. Tamer Başar.
Employment
- The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine
- Assistant Professor, Operations and Decision Technologies, July 2023 – present
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Research Aide, April – August 2022
- Uber Technologies, Inc.
- Applied Scientist PhD Intern, May – August 2022
- Flexport, Inc.
- Applied Research Scientist Intern, June – September 2021
Education
- The University of Chicago
- Ph.D., Management Science and Operations Management
- MBA – Master of Business Administration
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering
- B.S. (with Highest Honors), Electrical Engineering
- Minor in Mathematics
Curriculum Vitae
Zuguang Gao CV (PDF) (available upon request)