Dr. Saif Benjaafar

Biography

Saif Benjaafar is the Seth Bonder Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan, where he serves as the Goff Smith Co-Director of the Tauber Institute for Global Operations. He previously held notable positions as a McKnight Presidential Endowed Professor and Distinguished McKnight University Professor at the University of Minnesota, where he also headed the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and directed the Initiative on the Sharing Economy. His research interests are centered on operations management, particularly in supply chains, service systems, and marketplaces, with a focus on sustainable operations, innovative business models, and the sharing economy. Benjaafar's academic contributions include a diverse range of publications, addressing topics in operations research and various aspects of business operations analytics. He is recognized as a Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences and has been actively involved in editorial roles for several academic journals, including Management Science and INFORMS journal Service Science. Benjaafar is also known for his engagement with professional societies and has received multiple awards for his contributions to the field, including the Distinguished Fellow designation from the Manufacturing Service Operations Management Society.

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