“My research is motivated by business problems in practice. I like working on innovative, interdisciplinary applications that are relevant to industry and society.”

Tugce Martagan is an Assistant Professor in the School of Industrial Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology. Her research interests include stochastic modeling and optimization, and game theory. She works on interdisciplinary applications of operations research, especially in the context of biomanufacturing operations and pharmaceutical supply chains. Her research received several international prizes, e.g., INFORMS Franz Edelman Laureate for achievement in Operations Research and Management Science (2022), the first prize in the INFORMS TIMES dissertation award (2017), the first prize in the POMS Applied Research Challenge (2016), honorable mention in the INFORMS George B. Dantzig dissertation award (2016). She is also a recipient of Marie Curie Research Fellowship (2016-2018) from the European Commission and 2018 VENI (early career) award from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research.

Tugce Martagan received her Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2015). During her PhD., she also worked at the Center for Quick Response Manufacturing, where she was involved in several industry projects. She received her MSc in Industrial Engineering from Mississippi State University, and BSc in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Sabanci University.