Rong Li

Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management
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Rong Li is an Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at The Martin J. Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Li taught at Nankai University and Singapore Management University. Dr. Li received a B.S. in Mathematics from Nankai University, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University.

Dr. Li’s research interest is Supply Chain Risk Management. She has coedited the first handbook of Integrated Risk Management in Global Supply Chains. Her research works have been published in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (M&SOM), Production and Operations Management, IIE Transactions, etc. One of her papers was among the top 20 most cited articles of all time (IIE Transactions, as of June 2015); another paper was a finalist for the best paper award in the supply chain and logistics track of ISERC.

Dr. Li has won the M&SOM Meritorious Service Award in 2020, the Whitman's Senior Faculty Research Award in 2024, the Edward Pettinella Associate Professorship in 2022 and 2023, and the Dean's Citation for Research during 2019-2021, the Dean’s Teaching Honor award consecutively when she was teaching at Singapore Management University. She was selected for the Thousand Talents Plan (Tianjin) and the Hundred Young Research Leaders Plan (Nankai University) in 2014.
Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Purdue University CAS, Applied Management Principles (Mini-MBA), Purdue University M.S., Industrial Engineering, Purdue University B.S., Mathematics, Nankai University
Supply Chain Finance (SCM451/751), Introduction to Management Science (SCM403), Principles of Management Science (SCM703)
Her research interest is applying stochastic models and optimization to understand and learn risk impacts for an improved decision-making and develop optimal policies to manage risk using emerging tools and technologies. Her research aims to help managers better face different types of risk (e.g., demand, price, credit, cyber) with available risk management tools and technologies (e.g., inventories, financial derivatives, real-time data, AI, blockchain, internal or platform trading). Please see her recent works at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rong_Li4/research

Papers

  • Should Luxury Brands Adopt Blockchain for Product Provenance Information Disclosure?

    Decision Sciences, Choi, J., Cai, Y.

Publications

  • Aug 01, 2026

    Received - MSOM Society's iFORM SIG Chair

    MSOM Society (Manufacturing & Service Operations Management)
  • Jul 01, 2024

    Received - Edward Pettinella Associate Professorship

    Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University
  • May 01, 2020

    Received - 2019 M&SOM Meritorious Service Award

    Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (M&SOM)
  • May 01, 2019

    Received - Dean's Citation for Research

    Whitman School of Management
  • May 01, 2018

    Received - CUSE grant on On-Campus Blockchain Applications for Education and Beyond

    Syracuse University
  • May 01, 2018

    Received - CUSE Grant on Design of Secure CyberManufacturing Systems

    Syracuse University
  • Jan 01, 2014

    Received - 1000 Talents – Youth program

    Tianjin, China
  • Jan 01, 2013

    Received - 100 Young Research Leaders

    Nankai University
  • Jan 01, 2012

    Received - Dean's Teaching Honor List

    Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
  • Jan 01, 2012

    Received - Finalist for the best paper award

    ISERC - Supply Chain and Logistics track
  • Jan 01, 2011

    Received - Dean's Teaching Honor List

    Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
  • Jan 01, 2010

    Received - Dean's Teaching Honor List

    Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
  • Jan 01, 2009

    Received - Dean's Teaching Honor List

    Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
  • Jan 01, 2008

    Received - Dean’s Teaching Honor List

    Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
  • Jan 01, 2007

    Received - Dean’s Teaching Honor List

    Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
  • Jan 01, 2006

    Received - Dean’s Teaching Honor List

    Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
  • Jan 01, 2005

    Received - Dean’s Teaching Honor List

    Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
  • Jan 01, 2005

    Received - SMU Research Fund

    Singapore Management University
  • Jan 01, 2003

    Received - INFORMS Doctoral Colloquium Fellow

    INFORMS

  • Received - Whitman's Senior Faculty Research Award

    Whitman School of Management

  • 5 Ways Manufacturers Can Reduce Carbon Emissions

    September 01, 2020 Industry Today

  • Two large meat facilities shutdown because of too many employee COVID-19 cases

    April 14, 2020 Food Safety News

  • Inventory Pileup

    January 01, 2020 Sourcing Journal

  • GOOD QUESTION | Popeyes chicken sandwich shortage: Supply chain fail or marketing savvy?

    November 13, 2019 Inbound Logistics

  • Catastrophic Crop, Cattle Loss From Midwest Floods Will Soon Lead To Severe Supply Disruption

    March 28, 2019 farms.com