Saed Alizamir

Education: B.Sc., Sharif University of Technology; M.Sc., University of Florida; Ph.D., Duke University

Saed Alizamir is an Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Data Analytics & Decision Sciences (DADS) area at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for Operations Research and Management Science journals. In 2021, Professor Alizamir was named one of the World's Best 40 Under 40 Business School Professors by Poets & Quants. At Darden, he teaches courses in decision analysis, helping students develop strong model-framing skills and apply analytical tools to enhance their problem-solving capabilities.

Before joining Darden, he was an Associate Professor of Operations Management at the Yale School of Management. While at Yale, he was also a faculty affiliate of the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) and served on the university’s Sustainability Implementation Steering Committee. He received his PhD in Decision Sciences from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.

Professor Alizamir’s research explores managerial decision-making in public and societal domains. His work focuses on dynamic and decentralized decision environments under uncertainty, particularly those involving public–private interactions with broad societal implications. Methodologically, he integrates a range of quantitative frameworks—combining rigorous theoretical modeling with, more recently, empirical analysis. A central theme in his research is the incorporation of social objectives into the design and analysis of decision rules, with the goal of providing normative policy insights and informing real-world decisions. His work broadly aligns with the theme of social responsibility, with specific application areas including energy and sustainability, public health, and agricultural supply chains.