My areas of Interests include Supply Chain Optimization, Operations Research, Data Analytics, Logistics and Last Mile delivery, Lean-Six Sigma and Project Management. My Ph.D. Dissertation "Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Supply Chain Technologies with Telemedicine for Early Detection and Prevention of COVID-19 and Respiratory Infections in URM Communities" was funded by NSF in collaboration with Houston Health Department and Oschner Research Institute, Louisiana, focused on identifying the at-risk populations during pandemics and disastrous situations using Community Health Index, and then through our optimized supply chain models, lifesaving therapeutics and vaccines will be distributed to these at-risk populations with higher priority to save precious lives and tackle the spread of pandemic.

I have worked in the areas of Supply Chain and Logistics, Operations Management, Project Management and Data Analytics for last one decade. I have more than 5 years of diversified industry experience, working with fortune 500 companies like Shell, Coca-Cola and Schlumberger in different executive roles. While working in Industry, I worked on several revolutionary technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and machine learning, Big Data Analytics, Internet of Things, Digital Supply Chain Technologies, and other technological pillars of Industry 4.0, and I realized the potential these technologies have to revolutionize our world. This led me to pursue my research in these areas.