Tugce Martagan
Department / Institute
RESEARCH PROFILE
Tugce Martagan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Her research interests include stochastic optimization and game theory with applications in the pharmaceutical industry, biomanufacturing, and healthcare. Her research has received several international prizes, such as the INFORMS Franz Edelman finalist for achievement in Operations Research and Management Science (2022), first prize in the INFORMS TIMES dissertation award (2017), first prize in the POMS Applied Research Challenge (2016), honorable mention in the INFORMS George B. Dantzig dissertation award (2016). She has also been recognized as the best teacher in the Master's program in operations management and logistics (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022). She received the 2016 Marie S. Curie Research grant from the European Commission, and the 2018 VENI (early career) and 2023 VIDI (mid-career) grants from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research. She is an Associate Editor for Operations Research, and keynote speaker at the 2024 INFORMS Annual Meeting.
My research is motivated by innovative applications of operations research in healthcare. I like working on applied problems that are relevant to industry and society.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Tugce Martagan received her Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2015). During her PhD., she also worked at the Center for Quick Response Manufacturing, where she was involved in several industry projects. She received her MSc in Industrial Engineering from Mississippi State University, and BSc in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Sabanci University.
Key Publications
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Tugce G. Martagan,Ivo J.B.F. Adan,Marc Baaijens,C.G.M. Dirckx,Oscar Repping,Bram van Ravenstein,P.K. Yegneswaran
Merck Animal Health Uses Operations Research Methods to Transform Biomanufacturing Productivity for Lifesaving Medicines
INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics (2023) -
Wendy Olsder,Tugce G. Martagan,Christopher Tang
Improving Access to Rare Disease Treatments
Management Science (2023) -
T.G. Martagan,A. Krishnamurthy,P. Leland
Managing trade-offs in protein manufacturing
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (2020) -
Tugce Martagan,Alp Akcay,Maarten Koek,Ivo Adan
Optimal Production Decisions in Biopharmaceutical Fill-and-Finish Operations
IISE Transactions (2021) -
T. Martagan,A. Krishnamurthy,P.A. Leland,C.T. Maravelias
Performance guarantees and optimal purification decisions for engineered proteins
Operations Research (2018)
Prizes & Grants
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20222022 INFORMS Franz Edelman LaureateOperations Planning Acc. & Control
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2019Education Award, Best Teacher in the Operations Management and Logistics ProgramOperations Planning Acc. & Control
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2017First Place in the INFORMS TIMES Best Dissertation AwardOperations Planning Acc. & Control
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2016First Place in the 2016 POMS Applied Research ChallengeOperations Planning Acc. & Control
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2016Honorable Mention in the 2016 INFORMS George B. Dantzig Dissertation PrizeOperations Planning Acc. & Control
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