People

We are leading experts in our fields and have a wide range of specialised interests in business analytics, operations, supply chain management and logistics, extractive industries and sustainability. We invite contact from prospective postgraduate research students.

Meet the team

Head of Department

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Dr Abhijit Sengupta

Head of Department of Business Analytics and Operations, Associate Professor (Reader) in Business Analytics

Deputy Head of the Department

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Dr Rosie Cole

Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Academic staff

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Professor James Aitken

Professor in Operations Management

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Dr Rosie Cole

Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Supply Chain Management

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Dr Karen Dennis

Deputy Director of Learning & Teaching; Senior Lecturer in Operations Management

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Professor Ali Emrouznejad

Professor and Chair in Business Analytics, Director of the "Centre for Business Analytics in Practice", and Program Lead for "Sustainability Analytics, Metrics, and NetZero"

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Dr Masoud Fakhimi

Lecturer in Operational Research

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Dr Colin Fu

Programme Director MSc Business Analytics; Senior Lecturer in Business Analytics

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Dr Wolfgang Garn

Senior Lecturer in Analytics

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Dr Dimitris Giraleas

Senior Lecturer In Business Analytics

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Dr Vikas Grover

Senior Lecturer in Management Information Systems

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Dr Andrew Hill

Senior Lecturer in Business Analytics

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Dr Athina Ioannou

Lecturer in Business Analytics

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Dr Vahid Mirza Beiki

Senior Lecturer in Operations Management

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Dr Abdolreza Roshani

Lecturer in Business Analytics

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Dr Abhijit Sengupta

Head of Department of Business Analytics and Operations, Associate Professor (Reader) in Business Analytics

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Dr Tammi Sinha

Senior Lecturer Operations Management

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Deji Sotunde

Senior Lecturer, Programme Leader Business Management BSc

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Dr Mahdi Tavalaei

Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Digital Transformation

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Dr Mehdi Toloo

Reader in Business Analytics

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Dr Christopher Turner

Senior Lecturer in Business Analytics

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Professor Yu Xiong

Associate Vice-President (External Engagement); Chair Professor of Business Analytics; Director, Surrey Academy for Blockchain and Metaverse Applications

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Dr Xun Zhou

Senior Lecturer in Business Analytics

Visiting staff

NameRole
Nick Ryman-TubbVisiting Professor
Paul KrauseVisiting Professor
Patrick MikalefVisiting Professor
Lydia Karl Afua OseiVisiting Researcher

Postgraduate research students

NameRole
Ali AhmadiPostgraduate Research Student
Abdulaziz Sihli F AlshammariPostgraduate Research Student
Elnaz AzdiPostgraduate Research Student
Lin FuPostgraduate Research Student
Oshiorenua ImokhaiPostgraduate Research Student
Chixiao LuPostgraduate Research Student
Eyup KarPostgraduate Research Student
Eleanor MillPostgraduate Research Student
Sheeba PathakPostgraduate Research Student
Melanie RichPostgraduate Research Student
Divya Modi TongyaPostgraduate Research Student
Lambros ViennasPostgraduate Research Student
Ruoxi YangPostgraduate Research Student
Qingyu ZhangPostgraduate Research Student
Ying ZhangPostgraduate Research Student
Jing ZhaoPostgraduate Research Student