个人简介
I am currently an assistant professor at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC).
I received my PhD in Management Science from USTC, under the supervision of Prof. Yugang Yu.
I am a visiting assistant professor at Rotman, working with Prof. Ming Hu, from Nov. 2025 to Dec. 2026.
I was a postdoctoral fellow at Rotman, advised by Prof. Ming Hu, from Oct. 2022 to Oct. 2023.
On-site · fully funded by Prof. Ming Hu at Rotman
I was a visiting PhD student at Rotman, advised by Prof. Ming Hu from Mar. 2018 to May 2019.
My current research focuses on AI-enabled service operations, social operations management, and choice-based pricing and assortment.
Selected Research
1. Hu, M., Peng, J.* (2026). Robot Adoption and Service Polarization. Submitted to Management Science.
2. Chen, H., Hu, M., Peng, J.* (2024). Socially Responsible Pricing, under review after minor revision. Operations Research.
—presented at the EDSI Annual Conference, Porto, Portugal (2026)
—presented at the POMS-HK International Conference, Hong Kong (2024)
—presented at the INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ (2023)3. Hu, M., Peng, J.*, Wang R. (2024). Coordinating Spotlight Allocation with Assortment and Pricing, under review after major revision. Production and Operations Management.
Previously titled: ``Default or Dare: The Default Effect on Consumer Choice, Assortment, Pricing, and Estimation''
—presented at the INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA (2024)
—presented at the CoLSCM, Barcelona, Spain (2024)4. Hu, M., Peng, J.* (2026). Inventory Planning with Product Substitution. Working paper.
5. Peng, J.* (2022). Committed vs. Contingent Pricing Under Cost Uncertainty. Naval Research Logistics, 69(5), 734–745.
Developed during my visiting doctoral research at Rotman under the mentorship of Prof. Ming Hu.
Competitive Research Grants
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Key Program (72531009), 2026—2030, Subproject Principal Investigator. Total project funding: CNY 1.55 million. (国家自然科学基金重点项目，子课题负责人)
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Young Scientists Fund (72401280), 2025—2027, Principal Investigator, CNY 300,000. (国家自然科学基金青年项目，主持人)
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, General Program (2021M691912), 2021—2023, Principal Investigator, CNY 50,000. (中国博士后科学基金面上项目，主持人)
Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, Young Scientists Fund (ZR2022QG022), 2023—2025, Principal Investigator, CNY 150,000 (山东省自然科学基金青年项目，主持人)
USTC Research Funds of the Double First Class Initiative, Key Program (FSSF-A-240201), 2024—2026, Principal Investigator, CNY 100,000 (中国科大新文科基金重点项目，主持人)
The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (WK2160250027), 2026—2027, Principal Investigator, CNY 20,000 (中国科大青年创新基金项目，主持人)
Fellowships and Awards
Mozi Outstanding Youth Special Allowance, 2025 (中国科大墨子杰出青年特殊津贴)
Young Backbone Teachers Study Abroad Program, 2025 (中国科大与CSC联合资助2人/年)
Shandong Young Scholars Subsidy, 2021 (山东省人力资源社会保障厅)