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Dr Qin Zhou

Lecturer in Operations Management

Research interests

  • Applications: Operations Management: closed-loop supply chain management, production outsourcing, remanufacturing management (authorization and outsourcing), technology innovation, Nash bargaining, contract design.Marketing-Operations Management Interface: trade-in, strategic consumers behaviour, fairness concerns, anticipated regret.Marine Policy: clean technology innovation, abatement decision. Methodologies: Game theory, optimization.

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Accepting applications from PhD students.

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Email: Q.Zhou@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2380597542

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About

Dr. Qin Zhou is a Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor, USA) with the Department of Decision Analytics and Risk at Southampton Business School, University of Southampton, UK. She joined Southampton Business School in December 2022. She obtained her Ph.D. in Engineering from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2023. Prior to that, she obtained her bachelor’s degree in management from Southwest Jiaotong University, China, in 2015. The foundations for her research lie in the fields of closed-loop supply chain management. Broadly, her research employs game-theoretical models to solve the problems that exist in firms’ manufacturing and remanufacturing processes.

Qualifications:

  • Ph.D. in Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • B.Sc. in Management, Southwest Jiaotong University, China

Distinctions/Honours:

  • Nanyang Technological University CEE Best PhD Thesis Award (Winner)  2023
  • Nanyang Technological University Full Research Scholarship     2020—2023
  • Outstanding Graduates of Southwest Jiaotong University    2015
  • Pacemaker to Merit student of Southwest Jiaotong University 2014
  • National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of China 2013/2016
  • Outstanding Student Scholarship of SWJTU 2011-2015.

Responsibilities:

Ad-hoc reviewer

  • Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
  • IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
  • International Journal of Production Economics
  • International Journal of Production Research
  • Expert Systems with Applications
  • Maritime Policy and Management
  • RAIRO - Operations Research
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Operational Research
  • Transport Policy

 I have three fully funded positions available within my team, as listed as below:
 
1. AI for Sustainable Operations and Circular Economy. For project details, please visit https://lnkd.in/enV8v4uB and refer to Project ID: 68. To apply for this project, please access: https://lnkd.in/eqzGCDEq.
2. Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Strategic Maritime Operations
Details of this project can be found at: https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/leveraging-artificial-intelligence-for-strategic-maritime-operations/?p177264.
Note: This project is open to UK applicants only.
3. Sustainable Development for Critical Minerals: A Game Theoretical Approach
For more information about this project, please visit: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/projects/sustainable-development-for-critical-minerals-a-game#apply.

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