Research

Research at the intersection of operations management, data science, and social impact. See my SSRN author page for current working-paper versions.

Working Papers

1. Adaptive Digital Nudging Improves Caregiver Engagement at Scale: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment in India with A. Okuno and D. Singhvi. preprint
2. When LLMs Hurt More than Help: Understanding Decision Failures Under AI Assistance with J. Shi and D. Singhvi. preprint
   • Finalist, POMS CBOM Student Paper Competition (2026)
   • Preliminary version presented at the MSOM Technology, Innovation & Entrepreneurship SIG Conference (2026)
3. Can AI-Enabled Voice Feedback Improve Productivity? Experimental Insights from Indian Artisans with J. Ong and D. Singhvi. Under review. preprint
4. Designing Carbon Sequestering Programs for Farmers: Economic Incentives and Environmental Impacts with U. Serhatli. Major Revision at Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. preprint
5. Task Assignments in Distributed Supply Chains When Downtime Hurts: A Data-Driven Approach with H. Jakher and D. Singhvi. Major Revision at Management Science. preprint
6. Design of Resale Platforms with I. Morgenstern, D. Saban, and D. Singhvi. Major Revision at Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. preprint
   • First Place, Michael H. Rothkopf Junior Researcher Paper Prize (Morgenstern, 2025)
   • Preliminary version presented at the 7th Marketplace Innovation Workshop (2022)
7. Innovation from the Bottom Up: Operations Management for Poverty Reduction with A. Calmon, A. Kundu, G. Romero, D. Singhvi, and C. Zhang. Major Revision at Manufacturing & Service Operations Management—Special Issue on OM Grand Challenges.

Accepted and Published Papers

1. Increasing Parents' Engagement on Ed-Tech Platforms: Evidence from the Field with N. Goyal, A. Okuno, and D. Singhvi. Forthcoming, Operations Research. preprint
   • First Place, POMS Behavioral OM Junior Scholar Paper Competition (2026)
   • Preliminary version presented at the Behavioral Operations Conference (2024)
   • People’s Choice Award, Early Career Sustainable OM Workshop (2024)
2. Improving Cash Constrained Smallholder Farmers' Welfare: The Role of Government Storage and Loan Policies with J. Park and Y. Zheng. Articles in Advance, Management Science. article
   • Presented at the MSOM Sustainable Operations SIG Conference (2022)
3. A Data-Driven Approach to Improve Artisans' Productivity in Distributed Supply Chains with D. Singhvi and X. Zhang. Operations Research, vol. 74, no. 1 (2026). article, media
   • Runner-Up, MSOM Responsible Research Award (2026)
   • Finalist, INFORMS JFIG Competition (2025)
   • Preliminary version presented at the ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (2024)
   • Preliminary version presented at the Early Career Sustainable OM Workshop (2023)
   • Preliminary version accepted at the MSOM Sustainable Operations Management SIG Conference (2023)
   • Third Place, INFORMS Service Science Best Student Paper Award Competition (Zhang, 2023)
   • Finalist, POMS Service Operations Management Student Paper Competition (Zhang, 2023)
   • First Place, POMS Sustainable Operations Student Paper Competition (Zhang, 2023)
4. Online Learning with Sample Selection Bias with D. Singhvi. Operations Research, vol. 73, no. 5 (2025). article
   • Spotlighted Presentation at the Revenue Management & Pricing Conference (2022)
5. Buying Cheap: Brand Switching During Economic Distress and Its Disparate Impact on Consumers with S. Dutta and D. Singhvi. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, vol. 27, no. 2 (2025). article, media
6. Improving Farmers' Income on Online Agri-platforms: Evidence from the Field with R. Levi, M. Rajan, and Y. Zheng. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, vol. 27, no. 6 (2025). article, media
   • First Place, MSOM Practice-Based Research Competition (2023)
   • First Place, POMS Applied Research Challenge (2021)
   • First Place, INFORMS Public Sector Operations Research Best Paper Award (2020)
   • First Place, POMS Behavioral OM Junior Scholar Paper Competition (2020)
   • First Place, POMS Supply Chain Management Student Paper Competition (2020)
   • First Place, Doing Good With Good OR Competition (2019)
   • Presented at the MSOM Sustainable Operations SIG Conference (2019)
7. Artificial Shortage in Agricultural Supply Chains with R. Levi and Y. Zheng. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, vol. 24, no. 2 (2022). article
   • First Place, POMS Sustainable Operations Student Paper Competition (2019)
8. Unifying Agricultural Wholesale Markets: Impact on Market Prices and Farmers' Profitability with R. Levi, M. Rajan, and Y. Zheng. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 117, no. 6 (2020): 2366–2371. article, media
   • First Place, MSOM Responsible Research Award (2020)
   • First Place, POMS Sustainable Operations Student Paper Competition (2020)
   • People’s Choice Award, Early Career Sustainable OM Workshop (2020)
9. Economically Motivated Adulteration in Farming Supply Chains with R. Levi and Y. Zheng. Management Science, vol. 66, no. 1 (2020): 209–226. article
   • Presented at the MSOM Sustainable Operations SIG Conference (2018)

Other Publications

1. A Path to Resiliency: Mitigating the Impacts of COVID-19 on Essential Medicine Supply Chains with A. McDonnell, E. Pisani, K. Chalkidou, and P. Yadav. CGD Policy Paper 213 (June 2021). article
2. Predicting Bike Usage for New York City's Bike Sharing System with D. Singhvi, P. Frazier, S. Henderson, E. Mahony, D. Shmoys, and D. Woodard. AAAI Workshop on Computational Sustainability (2015). article

Invited Book Chapter

Analytics and Operations to Improve Welfare in Distributed Artisanal Supply Chains with D. Singhvi. Responsible and Sustainable Operations: The New Frontier, edited by C. Tang. article

PhD Thesis

Improving Farmers' and Consumers' Welfare in Agricultural Supply Chains via Data-Driven Analytics and Modeling: From Theory to Practice dissertation

• First Place, George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award (2021)