Hi, I’m Chenshan Hu.

I am an Assistant Professor of Operations Management at the University of Colorado Boulder. I received my PhD student in Supply Chain, Operations, and Technology from Washington University in St. Louis, advised by Prof. Dennis Zhang. I also hold an A.M. in Statistics degree from Washington University in St. Louis and a BA in Mathematics degree from University of Cambridge.

My research focuses on data-driven problems in platform operations, environmental sustainability and healthcare operations.

Research

Papers

• “Green E-commerce: Environmental Impact of Fast Delivery,” with Xiaoyang Long, Jiankun Sun and Dennis J. Zhang, Major revision in Management Science.
  • Finalist, POMS College of Sustainable Operations Student Paper Competition, 2025.
  • Accepted for MSOM Sustainability SIG, 2025.
  • Winner, INFORMS BOM Best Working Paper Award, 2024.
• “How Forced Intervention Facilitates Long-term Algorithm Adoption,” with Xinyu Cao, Jiankun Sun and Dennis J. Zhang, Conditionally accepted in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management.
  • Finalist, INFORMS Service Science Best Cluster Paper Award, 2024.

Presentations

• Green E-commerce: Environmental Impact of Fast Delivery.
  • POMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2025.
  • INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 2024.
  • MSOM SCM SIG Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 2024.
  • POMS Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, 2024.
  • INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 2023.
  • POMS Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2023.
  • Early-career Sustainable Operations Workshop, MA, 2023.
  • INFORMS Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, 2022.
  • POMS Annual Meeting, Virtual Conference, 2022.
• How Forced Intervention Facilitates Long-term Algorithm Adoption.
  • INFORMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2025 (scheduled).
  • POMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2025.
  • INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 2024.

Teaching

• Master Core: Machine Learning in Python, 2025.

Services

• Referee for Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management and Service Science.
• Chair for the INFORMS BOM Best Working Paper Competition, 2025
• Judge,
  • TIE SIG of MSOM, 2025.
  • INFORMS BOM Best Working Paper Competition, 2023-2024.

Awards

• Finalist, POMS College of Sustainable Operations Student Paper Competition, 2025.
• Winner, INFORMS BOM Best Working Paper Award, 2024.
• Third Place, INFORMS Service Science Best Cluster Paper Award, 2024.
• Moog Scholar Award, Olin Business School, 2024.

Contact

• Email: chenshan.hu@colorado.edu.
• Office: Leeds School of Business, 995 Regent Dr, Boulder, CO 80309.