PeopleCore Faculty
Noshir Contractor
Jane S. and William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences in Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences and (by courtesy) Computer Science
Professor of Communication Studies
Professor of Management and Organizations
Julia Gaudio
Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences and (by courtesy) Computer Science
Seyed Iravani
Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences and (by courtesy) Operations Management
Director of Graduate Studies
Diego Klabjan
Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
Director of Master of Science in Machine Learning and Data Science Program
Director, Center for Deep Learning
Simge Küçükyavuz
Chair of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
David A. and Karen Richards Sachs Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
Sanjay Mehrotra
Emma Ann Reynolds Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
Director, Center for Engineering and Health
Co-Director, Project Minerva
Janice Mejia
Associate Professor of Instruction of Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences
David Morton
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
Jorge Nocedal
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences and (by courtesy) Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics
Director, Center for Optimization and Statistical Learning
Chang-Han Rhee
Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
Sean Sinclair
Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
Naichen Shi
Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences and Mechanical Engineering
Karen Smilowitz
Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education
James N. and Margie M. Krebs Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
Professor of Operations
Dashun Wang
Kellogg Chair of Technology
Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
Professor of Management and Organizations
Director, Center for Science of Science and Innovation (CSSI); Co-Director, Ryan Institute on Complexity; Director, The Northwestern Innovation Institute
Zhaoran Wang
Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences and (by courtesy) Computer Science
Ermin Wei
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences and (by courtesy) Computer Science
Jill Wilson
Professor of Instruction of Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education
Zikai Xiong
Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences (beginning on August 1, 2026)