• University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering (concentration in Operations Research) Sep 2012
Dissertation Title: Game-theoretic defensive resource allocations in the face of a partially strategic attacker considering equity constraints
Advisor: Jun Zhuang, Ph.D., Committee Member: Rajan Batta, Ph.D., Mark H. Karwan, Ph.D.

• University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
M.A. in Cognitive Psychology, Sep 2008

• Fudan University, Shanghai, China
B.S. in Biology, June 2003

• Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
Majored in Bio-technology, transferred to Fudan University in 2000

Dr. Xiaojun (Gene) Shan is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Management at University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL). Prior to joining UHCL, Dr. Shan was a Research Scientist at the Watson Institute for Systems Excellence at Binghamton University.

From January 1st, 2014 to December 5th, 2014, Dr. Shan was a Postdoctoral Associat at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

From September 1st, 2012 to August 31st, 2013, Dr. Shan was a Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Delaware.

On September 1st, 2012, Dr. Shan obtained Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) at University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (SUNY-Buffalo). He also obtained M.A. in Cognitive Psychology and Psycholiguistics from University at Buffalo on September 1st, 2008.

Dr. Shan's long-term research goal is to applying Operations Research to practical problems in healthcare and risk managements. Dr. Shan's recent research interests include modeling healthcare delivery systems, electric distribution systems and disaster risk mitigation, transportation, logistics and supply chain management.