Dr. Yingchao Lan is an associate professor of the Department of Supply Chain Management and Analytics. She joined UNL after receiving her PhD from the Fisher College of Business School at The Ohio State University. Prior to pursuing her PhD, she worked for several years in Global Supply Chain at Lenovo and Risk Management at KPMG. She holds a master degree and a undergraduate degree from Beihang University.

Dr. Lan’s research has been published in top operations and supply chain journals, including the Manufacturing&Service Operations Management, Journal of Operations Management, and Production and Operations Management. Her research has received several awards. In 2021, one of her papers was awarded the OSCM Division's Chan Hahn best paper award at the Academy of Management conference.

Selected Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

• Lan, Y., Chandrasekaran, A., Goradia, D., and Walker, D. 2022. Collaboration Structures in Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems: An Exploratory Study of Accountable Care Organizations. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, forthcoming 
• Lan, Y., Goradia, D., and Chandrasekaran, A. 2021. Ancillary Cost Implications of Physicians Multisiting and Inter-Organizational Collaboration during Healthcare Delivery. Production and Operations Management,forthcoming 
• Lan, Y., Massimino, B., Gray, J., and Chandrasekaran, A. 2020. The Effects of Product Development Network Positions on Product Performance and Confidentiality Performance. Journal of Operations Management, 66(7-8): 866-894.
• Massimino, B., Gray, J. & Lan, Y. 2018. On the Inattention to Digital Confidentiality in Operations and Supply Chain Research, Production and Operations Management, 27(8): 1492-1515

Research Awards

• Awarded Academy of Management Chan Hahn Best Paper – OSCM Division, 2021
• Finalist, Academy of Management Chan Hahn Best Paper – OSCM Division, 2020
• Finalist, 32^nd Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum, The Ohio State University, 2018
• Finalist, Academy of Management Best Student Paper – OSCM Division, 2017
• Finalist, Institute for Supply Management Best Paper in Supply Chain Management, 2016
• Finalist, 30^th Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum, The Ohio State University, 2016

Service Awards

• Best Reviewer - Academy of Management Conference, 2015&2018

Fellowship and Grant

• Fall Research Grant ($13,000), University of Nebraska, 2019
• Ohio State University Small Grant ($1,000), 2017
• Fisher College of Business Risk Institute Research Funding ($10,000), 2015 (Collaborators: John Gray & Brett Massimino)
• Samsung Research Scholarship for top 1% research scholars, Beihang University, 2009

PhD Courses

SCMA 945 - Service System Design

Undergraduate Courses

SCMA 350 - Business Analytics/Information Analysis

SCMA 350H - Business Analytics/Information Analysis

Committee Member:

• Jane Iverson, The Ohio State University, 2025
  • First placement: Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
• Emirhan Uzunlar, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, in-progress, expected graduation 2027

Invited Speaking Engagements

• Panelist, DIS Doctoral Consortium, 2019
• Speaker, Midwest Healthcare Conference, 2024

Judging Services for Competitions

• DSI Annual Meeting, Best Teaching Case Studies Awards, 2018
• POMS College of Healthcare Operations Management, Best Student Paper, 2017-2025
• POMS College of Operational Excellence, Best Paper, 2020
• INFORMS Health Application Society, Best Paper, 2024
• INFORMS Health Application Society Pierskalla Award Committee, 2025

Refereeing Service for Journals

• Associate Editor for Journal of Operations Management
• Editorial Board Member for Decision Science, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Journal of Digital Management
• Ad-hoc referee for, Management Science, Manufacturing&Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Supply Chain Management, Health Care Management Science, Health Affairs Scholar, BMC Public Health, Journal of Product Innovation Management

Refereeing for Conferences

• DSI Annual Meeting, Full Paper Submission Review, 2018-19
• Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2015-2023, 2025

Organization of Invited Sessions in International Conferences

• Track Chair, DSI Annual Meeting, 2025
• Track Chair, POMS Annual Meeting, 2022
• Session Chair, INFORMS Healthcare Conference, 2021, 2023
• Session Chair, INFORMS Annual Meeting, 2017, 2023, 2024, 
• Session Chair, POMS Annual Meeting, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019-2025
• Session Chair, DSI Annual Meeting, 2014, 2016-2019, 2024

Academic Services

• SCMA Research Seminar Coordinator, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2020-2025
• SCMA350 Course Development Committee Member, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2020 till current
• SCMA Ph.D. Program Committee Member, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2020 till current
• SCMA Ph.D. Program Curriculum Development Committee Member, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2019
• SCMA Practice of Professor Hires Search Committee Member, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2019
• SCMA Faculty Hires Search Committee Member, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2018
• Undergraduate Thesis Committee Member, The Ohio State University, 2017