My research is motivated by innovative applications of operations research in healthcare. I like working on applied problems that are relevant to industry and society.

Tugce Martagan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Her research interests include stochastic optimization and game theory with applications in the pharmaceutical industry, biomanufacturing, and healthcare. Her research has received several international prizes, such as the INFORMS Franz Edelman finalist for achievement in Operations Research and Management Science (2022), first prize in the INFORMS TIMES dissertation award (2017), first prize in the POMS Applied Research Challenge (2016), honorable mention in the INFORMS George B. Dantzig dissertation award (2016). She has also been recognized as the best teacher in the Master's program in operations management and logistics (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022). She received the 2016 Marie S. Curie Research grant from the European Commission, and the 2018 VENI (early career) and 2023 VIDI (mid-career) grants from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research. She is an Associate Editor for Operations Research, and keynote speaker at the 2024 INFORMS Annual Meeting.

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.