Bahar Aliakbarian is a research associate professor of supply chain management at Michigan State University. Bahar received a doctorate in Chemical, Material, and Process Engineering from the University of Genoa, Italy, in 2009, and has held positions at the University of Genoa, Harvard-MIT Health Sciences & Technology, and the University of Sydney. Bahar has over 80 peer-reviewed articles, four book chapters, three patents, and over 45 international conference presentations.