About/CV

This blog is written by Professor and David H. Gustafson Chair Laura Albert (formerly Laura McLay) from the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was also the 2023 President of INFORMS, the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.

CV

Professor Laura Albert’s cv is here.

Links

Laura’s homepage at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is here.

Find Laura on Google Scholar and ResearchGate and ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-7079-4473 and SCOPUS: 9334925000

Bio

Laura Albert, Ph.D., is a Professor and the David Gustafson Department Chair of Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research studies how to reduce risk in public sector using optimization and operations research methodologies in applications spanning critical infrastructure protection, public safety, and emergency response. She currently serves as the 2023 President of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). She has been recognized as a Fellow of AAAS and the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE). Her research has been recognized by the INFORMS Impact Prize, a National Science Foundation CAREER award, and a Fulbright Award. She has been recognized by the INFORMS Impact Prize, a National Science Foundation CAREER award, and a Fulbright Award. As a champion for public engagement, she has written several op-eds in national news outlets and is the author of the engineering blogs “Punk Rock Operations Research” and “Badger Bracketology.” You can find her on twitter at @lauraalbertphd.

Laura Albert, professor and department chair of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is pictured in a studio portrait on March 15, 2022. Albert is an expert on operations research, mathematical modeling and analytics. (Photo by Althea Dotzour / UW–Madison)

Punk Rock OR T-shirts are available!

Punk Rock OR T-shirts are available in any color you want. You can order one here at CafePress.

Disclaimer

This page does not reflect an official position of the University of Wisconsin-Madison or Bucky the Badger.