Biography

Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam is a Professor of Industrial Engineering at the College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran. He obtained his Ph.D., M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees in Industrial Engineering from the Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne (1998), the University of Melbourne in Melbourne (1994), and the Iran University of Science and Technology in Tehran (1989), respectively. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Industrial Engineering published by the University of Tehran and as the Editorial Board member of nine reputable academic journals. He is the recipient of the 2009 and 2011 Distinguished Researcher Awards and the 2010 and 2014 Distinguished Applied Research Awards at the University of Tehran, Iran. He has been selected as the National Iranian Distinguished Researcher in 2008 and 2010 by the MSRT (Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology) in Iran. He has obtained an outstanding rank as the top 1% scientist and researcher in the world elite group since 2014. He also received the Order of Academic Palms Award as a distinguished educator and scholar for the insignia of Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Academiques by the Ministry of National Education of France in 2019. He has published 5 books, 32 book chapters, and more than 1000 journal and conference papers.