Mohammad Marufuzzaman (Maruf), Ph.D., is currently the Department Head and Larry Brown Endowed Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) at Mississippi State University (MSU). His research interests focus on the intersection of stochastic programming and deep learning, with specific applications in supply chain, security, and bioenergy. To date, Dr. Maruf has secured ~$27 million in research grants from federal and industry, such as USDA, DOD, DOE, DOT, EPA, DOJ, and NSF; published 84 journal articles, including articles in Transportation Science, IISE Transactions, Computers & Operations Research, Computers & Chemical Engineering, and Annals of Operations Research; mentored 3 postdocs; and graduated 19 PhD and 6 master's students. Dr. Maruf and his students have received multiple best paper awards from INFORMS and IISE, and his research has been featured multiple times in reputable journals and IISE magazines.
