Education

City University of Hong Kong

Ph.D., Management Science (Joint PhD Program), 2020

Xi'an Jiaotong University

Ph.D., Management Science and Engineering, 2020

B.A., Business Administration, 2014

Employment

University of Science and Technology of China

 Associate Professor (with tenure), 2025.4--present

Associate Professor (without tenure) , 2020.4--2025.3

City University of Hong Kong

Research Assistant, 2017.10-2020.2

Research Interests

Contract Theory and Mechanism Design; Inventory and Supply Chain Management; OM/Marketing Interface; Behavioral OM

Publications

• Quality Signaling in Rewards-Based Crowdfunding: The Role of Deferred Payments. M&SOM, 2026, Forthcoming. with Jiancheng Lyu, Xiaobei Shen, Yuqian Zhou

• Dynamic Multi-Product Procurement with Joint and Individual Setup Costs: Theory and Insights. Production and Operations Management, 2024, 33(10): 2091-2109. with Yimin Yu, Huihui Wang

• Commentary On "Dynamic Incentives in Sales Force Compensation". Marketing Science, 2024, 43(1), 229-231. with Qi Cheng, Yimin Yu

• Optimal Pricing Strategy for Content Products Under Competition: Pay-as-You-Want or Fixed-Price?. Computer & Industrial Engineering, 2023, 181:109298. with Hongyu Hou, Feng Wu

• Jail-breaking in Closed Two-Sided Platforms. Information & Management, 2023, 60(8):1-385. with Yunhao Liu, Gengzhong Feng, Yangyang Sun

• Robust Contract Designs: Linear Contracts and Moral Hazard. Operations Research, 2020, 68(5):1457-1473. with Yimin Yu

• Optimal Policy for Inventory Systems with Capacity Commitment and Fixed Ordering Costs. Operations Research Letters, 2020, 48(1):9-17. with Huihui Wang, Xi Chen, Gengzhong Feng

Professional Services

Editorial Board: Journal of System Science and Complexity (JSSC), 2022.8--present