Ph.D. Students | ISOM

Department of Information Systems & Operations Management

Current Ph.D. Students

Soohyun Cho
2nd Year Student
Stuzin 355 F
352.392.5620
Email (sc2694 at ufl.edu)

Bio
Soohyun joined the ISOM Ph.D. program in the Fall of 2011. She received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a B.A. in Economics from Yonsei University, South Korea. She also holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University. Her current research interests include health information systems and the economics of information systems.
Chao Ding
4th Year Student
Stuzin 355 B
352.392.5620
Email (chao.ding at ufl.edu)

Bio
Chao holds a B.S. in Optical Engineering from Sun Yat-sen University and an M.S. in Economics from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Prior to joining the doctoral program, he had work experience in consulting, project management and teaching assistantship. His primary research interests include digital goods, e-Commerce and IS policies.
Gulver Karamemis
2nd Year Student
Stuzin 355 A
352.392.5620
Email (gkaramemis at ufl.edu)

Bio
Gulver holds a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from the Istanbul Technical University and received an M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering and a Masters in Statistics from the University of Florida. Prior to entering the doctoral program, she worked as an intern at the Bosch and Siemens House Appliances and at the Pasabahce Glass Company in Turkey. Also, she gained experience in production and cost management by working as a consultant in financial areas in the United States in 2009. Her current research interests include risk management, green supply chain management, inventory theory and capacity planning.
Brent Kitchens
3rd Year Student
Stuzin 355 C
352.392.5620
Email (brentkitchens at ufl.edu)

Bio
Brent earned his B.B.A. in Management Information Systems, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Mississippi. Prior to entering the doctoral program, he worked for five years as an IT advisor and auditor at Ernst & Young LLP. His current research interests include the economics of IS, data and web mining, and information retrieval.
Shengli Li
5th Year Student
Stuzin 361E
352.392.6298
Email (lsl1217 at ufl.edu)

Bio
Shengli holds a B.S. in Information and Communications Engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University. He also holds a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Florida. His current research interests include economics of information system, network externalities in software industry and data mining in social networking sites.
Zhi Li
5th Year Student
Stuzin 361 B
352.392.6298
Email (zhili at ufl.edu)

Bio
Zhi joined PhD program in Information Systems and Operations Management in the fall of 2008. He received his Bachelor's degree in Information Management and Information Systems from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2008. His current research interests include Economics of IS, IT Strategy and Policy, Supply Chain Management.
Xiaowei Mei
1st Year Student
Stuzin 361 B
352-392-5620
Email (xmei at ufl.edu)

Bio
Xiaowei earned his B.E. in Software Engineering from Jilin University and M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from University of Texas at Arlington. His current research interests include economics of IS, IT strategy and policy, supply chain management.
Yinliang Tan
3rd Year Student
Stuzin 355 A
352.392.5620
Email (tanyinliang at ufl.edu)

Bio
Yinliang (Ricky) joined the ISOM Ph.D. program in the fall, 2010. Prior to entering the doctoral program, he earned a Bachelor of Engineering in Logistics Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, from the Tongji University and a M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from University of Florida. His current research interests include Green Supply Chain Management, Production and Inventory Control.
Nazli Turken
4th Year Student
Stuzin 355 A
352.392.5620
Email (nazliturken at ufl.edu)

Bio
Nazli holds a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Penn State University and a M.E. degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from University of Florida. Prior to entering the doctoral program, she worked as an industrial engineering and quality department intern at The Coca-Cola Bottlers of Turkey and Siemens Wiring Technologies and as a part of the Kaizen Team at Oyak-Renault Automotive Systems. Her current research interests include the effects of unknown or unpredictable demands, taxing/government changes, energy savings and environmental regulations on the production and inventory control decisions.
Lan Wang
4th Year Student
Stuzin 355B 3
352.392.5620
Email (lan.wang at warrington.ufl.edu)

Bio
Lan joined the ISOM Ph.D. program in the fall, 2009. She received her B.E. in Industrial Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2009. Her primary research interests include Operations Management, pricing strategies in Supply Chains.
Ruoxuan Wang
5th Year Student
Stuzin 355 F
352.392.5620
Email (ruoxuan.wang at warrington.ufl.edu)

Bio
Ruoxuan holds her Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from Tsinghua University. Her current research interests include green supply chain management, inventory theory, and supply chain cooperation.
Yu-Chen Yang
5th Year Student
Stuzin 361E
352.392.6298
Email (ycyang at ufl.edu)

Bio
Yu-Chen (Ben) Yang holds a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from National Chung Hsing Univesity, Taiwan, and an M.S. in Management Information Systems from National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan. Prior to joining the ISOM Ph.D. program at UF, he served two years and got the distinguished service award in the Republic of China Air Force, and was a research assistant at the Institute of Technology Management of National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan. His research interests are in the areas of economics of information systems and cloud computing.
Quan Zheng
1st Year Student
Stuzin 355C
352-392-6298
Email (quanzheng at ufl.edu)

Bio
Quan (Ben) joined the ISOM Ph.D. program in the fall, 2012. Prior to entering the doctoral program, he earned a Bachelor of Engineering in Microelectronics and a M.S. in Business Management from Xi’an Jiaotong University. His current research interests include Supply Chain Cooperation, Service Operations Management and OM-Marketing Interface.