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Nan Liu

Associate Professor

William S. McKiernan '78 Family Faculty Fellow

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Nan Liu

Contact

Fulton Hall听352C

Telephone: 617-552-8284

Email: nan.liu@bc.edu

Education

  • B.Eng., Tsinghua University
  • M.Eng., National University of Singapore
  • Ph.D, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Expertise

  • Big Data Analytics
  • Consumer Behavior and Pricing
  • Decision Making & Decision Sciences
  • Service and Healthcare Operations Management

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Curriculum Vitae

Department

Business Analytics

Profile

Professor Nan Liu studies operations management within service industries, including healthcare, retail, and transportation. His current research focuses on the design and control of service systems, particularly in healthcare, where he explores how to effectively match supply with demand for health services to improve access, cost-effectiveness, and quality. Trained as both an operations researcher and a data scientist, he employs stochastic modeling, optimization, and data science methodologies in his work. At Boston College, Professor Liu teaches undergraduate and MBA courses in operations management. He was a recipient of the 2023 Coughlin Distinguished Teaching Award from the Carroll School of Management. Before joining Boston College, he was on the faculty of the Health Policy and Management Department at Columbia University.

Selected Editorial Positions

  • Associate Editor,听Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 2021-present
  • Associate Editor,听Operations Research, 2020-present
  • Associate Editor, Naval Research Logistics, 2019-present
  • Associate Editor, Health Care Management Science, 2019-present
  • Senior Editor,听Production and Operations Management, 2018-present
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