Faculty Profile

Mehdi Sharifyazdi

Associate Professor - Department of Accounting Auditing and Business Analytics

Biography

Mehdi Sharifyazdi is an Associate Professor of Logistics at BI Norwegian Business School. He received his PhD, MSc and BSc degrees from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in the field of Industrial Engineering (Operational Research). Later on, he got his MPhil degree in Business Research - Logistics and Information Systems from Erasmus Research Institute of Management, Rotterdam, Netherlands in 2011.

Before joining BI, he had been a Postdoc at Department of Mathematics, Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, He also worked as Assistant Professor and Part-time Lecturer in the field of Industrial Engineering (Operations research) at University of Science and Culture, Golpayegan University of Engineering and Sharif University of Technology, all in Iran. In addition, he had short-time research positions at Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, and Erasmus School of Economics, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

He has published papers in journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Research and International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. He has also co-authored a book on facility location.

Mehdi has also worked as consultant in fields such as distribution planning, facility location, vehicle routing, production planning, transport pricing and scheduling in industries such as food, oil, health products and cosmetics, pharmaceutical and automotive.

Publications registered in Cristin

(Current research information system in Norway)

Academic Degrees
Year Academic Department Degree
2011 Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus Research Institute of Management Master of Science
2008 Sharif University of Technology Ph.D Dr. Ing
2001 Sharif University of Technology Master of Science
1999 Sharif University of Technology Bachelor
2011 Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus Research Institute of Management Master of Science
2008 Sharif University of Technology Ph.D Dr. Ing
2001 Sharif University of Technology Master of Science
1999 Sharif University of Technology Bachelor
Work Experience
Year Employer Job Title
2013 - Present BI Norwegian Business School Associate professor
2013 - 2013 BI Norwegian Business School Lecturer
2010 - 2012 Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg Postdoc
2010 - 2010 Erasmus School of Economics Research Assistant
2008 - 2009 University of Science & Culture Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering