Research Interests
Topics: Operations on online platforms, innovation management
Methodologies: Large-scale econometric studies, field experiment, natural language processing, game theory
Current Industry Collaborations: Safe Space (mental health), Yindii (food waste), Speedoc (healthcare)
Ongoing Research
“The Role of Contextual Information in Customer Reviews: A Field Experiment on a Mental Health Platform” with Guang Cheng, Joel Goh, and B. Gokpinar. Major revision at Management Science.
Finalist, 2025 POMS PITM Best Student Paper
“Nudges on a Mental Health Platform: A Field Experiment” with Guang Cheng and Yueyang Zhong.
“Operations on Anti-food Waste Platforms” with Wu Hao.
“Operations on Multi-channel Healthcare Platforms” with Elif Karul.
Publications
“Optimal Duration of Innovation Contests” with C. G. Korpeoglu and E. Korpeoglu (2021) Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 23(3):657-675.
Selected as the INFORMS TIMES Paper of the Month, June 2021.
“Product Development in Crowdfunding: Theoretical and Empirical Analysis” with P. B. Cornelius, B. Gokpinar, E. Korpeoglu, and C. S. Tang (2024) Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 26(2):701-721
Runner-up, 2021 INFORMS TIMES Best Working Paper Award.
Featured by the Financial Times (May 10, 2021). (See the news on UCL SoM's website.)
Featured by the UCLA Anderson Review (June 23, 2021).
Featured by the Wall Street Journal (September 2, 2021).
"Implications of Team Submissions in Open Innovation Contests” (previous title: “Team Collaboration in Innovation Contests”) with C. G. Korpeoglu and C. S. Tang. 2025. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics 36(1):1-19.
1st prize, 2020 INFORMS TIMES Best Working Paper Award. (See the news on UCL SoM's website.)
Article in Practitioner Journal
"Customers Prefer to Crowdfund Products They Can Improve" with P. B. Cornelius, B. Gokpinar, E. Korpeoglu, and C. S. Tang (2024). Harvard Business Review.
Book Chapter
Digital Innovation Platforms with P. B. Cornelius and B. Gokpinar. Cambridge Handbook on Digital Platforms (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK).