Bio: Jingwei Zhang is an assistant professor of operations, technology, and information management at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. Her research areas revolve around sustainable operations, addressing practical challenges in smart city operations and urban mobility. Her research leverages a multidisciplinary approach that combines game theory, structural estimation, and optimization techniques to transform data into actionable policy recommendations, ultimately promoting environmental, economic, and social sustainability.

Zhang received her Ph.D. in operations management from the University of California, Los Angeles, an M.S. in marketing science from Columbia Business School and a B.Eng. in industrial engineering and computer science from Tsinghua University.