Prof. Dr. ALİ ALLAHVERDİ

Ali Allahverdi has been a Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Gazi University since May 2023. Prior to this appointment, he served as a faculty member in the Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering at Kuwait University from September 15, 1995, to May 15, 2023. Earlier in his academic career, he worked for two years at Marmara University in Istanbul, Turkey, before joining Kuwait University in 1995. He also worked as a visiting scholar at the Department of Industrial Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), New York, USA, from June 15, 2010, to August 20, 2011.

He received his B.S. degree in Petroleum Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, followed by his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, USA. His academic and research excellence has been recognized through several prestigious awards. He received the Top Cited Article Award from the European Journal of Operational Research in 2012. Furthermore, he received the Distinguished Researcher Award in 2003, which recognized his excellent performance and outstanding research achievements over the preceding decade. Moreover, he received the Research Performance Award in 2004, acknowledging exceptional research results of outstanding significance and the demonstrated impact of a completed research project. He also received the Dissertation Prize from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, in 1993, in recognition of outstanding academic achievement and strong promise for a successful research career.

He has published approximately 130 papers in well-known international journals, which have collectively received more than 9,000 citations, reflecting the significant impact and wide recognition of his research contributions. Moreover, he has presented more than 100 papers at international conferences. Furthermore, he has served on the scientific committee of more than 100 international conferences and has delivered keynote speeches at numerous international events, highlighting his standing in the research community.

He has been the editor of the European Journal of Industrial Engineering since 2007 and has served as a guest editor for the European Journal of Operational Research, the International Journal of Production Research, and the International Journal of Operations Research. In addition, he is currently serving as an associate editor of several international journals and as a member of the editorial boards of multiple other leading international journals, contributing actively to the advancement and dissemination of research in industrial engineering and operations research.