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Faculty Profile

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GAO, Yini

Full-time Faculty
Assistant Professor of Operations Management
Lee Kong Chian School of Business LKCSB
 

Education

2013 - 2017

Ph.D., Decision Sciences
National University of Singapore

2008 - 2012

B.A., Business Administration
National University of Singapore

2008 - 2012

B.A., Chemical Engineering
National University of Singapore

Current Position(s) Held

2017 - Now

Assistant Professor of Operations Management 
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

Awards, Recognition and Honors

  • Dean's Teaching Honour List (UG), Lee Kong Chian School of Business, 2024-2025
  • POMS Hong Kong Best Student Paper Competition, First Place, 2022
  • Lee Kong Chian Research Fellow, Singapore Management University, 2020-2022
  • Dean's Teaching Honor List UG, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, 2021-2022
  • Dean's Teaching Honor List UG, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, 2020-2021
  • President's Graduate Fellowship, National University of Singapore, 2013-2017
  • NUS Research Scholarship, National University of Singapore, 2013-2017
  • NUS Exchange Student Awards, National University of Singapore, 2011
  • Student Exchange Program Scholarship, ETH, Zurich, 2011
  • Dean's List, Department of Chemical and Bimolecular Department, National University of Singapore, 2010-2012
  • Dean's List, Business School, National University of Singapore, 2009-2012
  • Book prize for extraordinary academic performance, NUS Bridging Course Program, National University of Singapore, 2008
  • Singapore Ministry of Education Scholarship for PRC Senior Middle Two Students, 2006 - 2012
  • Best Innovative Project Award in China Youth Science and Technology Competition, China, 2005

Research Interests

  • Healthcare and Humanitarian Operations
  • Supply Chain & Operations Flexibility
  • Innovative Business Models

Selected Journal Articles (Refereed)


Healthcare and Humanitarian Operations

  • Gao, S.Y., He, Y., Zhang, R., Zheng, Z. Lam, S.W., and Tan, E., 2024. Optimizing Initial Screen for Colorectal Cancer Detection with Adherence Behavior. Accepted in Management Science.
  • Zhu., T., Yeo, N., Gao, S. Y., and Loke, G., 2023. Inventory-Responsive Donor Management Policy: A Tandem Queueing Network Model. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 25(4), 1585-1602.
  • Cheng, G., Gao, S.Y., Yuan, Y., Zhang, C. and Zheng, Z., 2022. On the Test Accuracy and Effective Control of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study in Singapore. INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics, 52(6), 524-538.

Supply Chain & Operations Flexibility

  • Gao, S.Y., Simchi-levi, D., Teo, C.P., Yan, Z., 2019. Disruption Risk Mitigation in Supply Chains - The Risk Exposure Index Revisted, Operations Research 67(3), 831-852.
  • Yan, Z., Gao, S.Y., and Teo, C.P. 2018. On the Design of Sparse but Efficient Structures in Operations. Management Science 64(7), 3421-3445.

Innovative Business Models

  • Lu, L. Fang, X., Gao, S.Y., Kaza, B., 2025. Converting Counterfeiters in Emerging Markets to Authorized Suppliers: A New Anti-Counterfeiting Measure. Production and Operations Management, 34(9), 2910-2930 
  • Gao, S.Y., Lim, W.S. and Tang, C., 2016. Entry of Copycats of Luxury Brands. Marketing Science, 36(2), 272-289.
  • Gao, S.Y., Lim, W.S. and Ye, Z., 2023. Optimal Channel Strategy of Luxury Brands in the Presence of Online Marketplace and Counterfeits. European Journal of Operational Research, 308(2), 709-721.
  • Gao, S.Y., Lim, W.S. and Tang, C., 2016. The Impact of the Potential Entry of Copycats: Entry Conditions, Consumer Welfare, and Social Welfare. Decision Sciences.

Optimization Theories

  • Gao, S.Y., Sun, J., and Wu, S.Y., 2016. A Semi-infinite Programming Approach to Two-stage Stochastic Linear Programs with High-order Moment Constraints, Optimization Letter, 1-11.
  • Gao, S.Y., Kong, L. and Sun, J., 2014. Robust Two-stage Stochastic Linear Programs with Moment Constraints. Optimization, 63(6), 829-837.