L. Beril Toktay

Dr. Toktay is an expert in sustainable operations and supply chain management. Her research has developed the operational foundations of for-profit and regulation-driven socially and environmental responsible business initiatives, with a special focus on circular economy models and business strategies for climate adaptation and mitigation. Her articles have appeared in premier journals such as Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (M&SOM), Operations Research, Production and Operations Management (POM) and Industrial Ecology. Her research has been funded by several National Science Foundation and other foundation grants, and has been recognized as recipient of the Management Science Best Paper Award and the M&SOM Responsible Research Award. She held leadership roles in her profession, including Area Editor in Operations Research and M&SOM, MSOM Society President, and INFORMS VP of Marketing, Communications and Outreach. She became a Distinguished Fellow of the MSOM Society in 2017 in recognition of her pioneering work in sustainable operations, and received the MSOM Distinguished Service Award in 2018. At Georgia Tech, she serves as the Executive Director of the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems, and was was the founding Faculty Director of the Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business. Dr. Toktay obtained a PhD in Operations Research from MIT, and was formerly Associate Professor of Operations Management at INSEAD.