Faculty and staff

Sara Babaee received her Ph.D. in the supply chain, operations, and technology management from Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University. Dr. Babaee has a mix of both academic research and industry experience. Her research interests include sales and operations management interface, transportation and logistics, mathematical programming, and optimization. She also has experience as a software developer in the aviation industry, developing optimization algorithms to solve various airline scheduling problems such as crew pairing and roster optimization problems. Dr. Babaee’s teaching includes statistics, management science, and operations management courses.

1. “Customer Education for a Multi-Channel Service Provider,” Selected for Doctoral Research Showcase, 51st annual conference of the decision science institute, hosted virtually online, November 2020
2. “Customer Education for a Multi-Channel Service Provider,” INFORMS annual meeting, hosted virtually online in November 2020
3. “Coordinated Transportation and Pricing Policies for Perishable Product Supply Chain” INFORMS annual meeting, hosted virtually online in November 2020
4. “Assessing Investment in Customer Education for Multi-Channel Complex and Prolonged Service,” annual INFORMS international conference, Cancun, Mexico, June 2019
5. “Assessing Investment in Customer Education for Multi-Channel Complex and Prolonged Service,” 61st annual Canadian Operations Research Society Conference, Saskatoon, Canada, May 2019
6. “Optimizing Distribution and Pricing Strategy for a Cold Chain Enhanced by Sensor Technology,” 60th annual Canadian Operations Research Society Conference, Halifax, Canada, June 2018
7. “Optimizing Distribution and Pricing Strategy for a Cold Chain Enhanced by Sensor Technology,” Three-minute Thesis presentation, World class supply chain summit, Milton, Canada, May 2018

1. Babaee, S., Araghi, M., & Rostami, B. & Castillo, I. (2022). Attractiveness Factors in Retail Category Space Location/Allocation Problem, International Journal of Production Research.
2. Babaee, S., Araghi, M., & Castillo, I. (2020). Customer Education for a Multi-channel service provider. Proceeding of 51st annual conference of Decision Science Institute pages 751-766.
3. Babaee, S., Araghi, M. (2019). Optimal Transportation and Pricing Policies for Perishable Products Supply Chains with RFID Generated Quality Information. Proceeding of 50th annual conference of Decision Science Institute pages 2586-2598.