Lavanya Marla

Lavanya Marla is an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where they focus on operations research in transportation and healthcare delivery. With a PhD in Transportation Systems from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lavanya has a solid background in developing models and computational techniques to enhance logistics and healthcare systems. They have previously held positions as a Systems Scientist at Carnegie Mellon University and as an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois. Lavanya also serves as an Amazon Scholar and has contributed as a visiting faculty member at New York University.