Mohammad Heydari

Mohammad Heydari is a prominent scientist and author with expertise in Management Science and Engineering (MS&E), particularly in systems engineering, operations management, supply chain management, and decision science. He holds a PhD and DSc. from Nanjing University of Science and Technology, along with an MBA and BBA, demonstrating his extensive academic qualifications.

He has authored more than 237 scholarly works, including papers indexed in JCR, SCI, and SSCI journals, conferences, book chapters, newspaper columns, and policy papers submitted to the UK Parliament. In addition, he has published over 22 books. His Google Scholar citation count exceeds 2,040, and his h-index is 32. Two of his books have been translated into multiple languages, including French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish—a testament to his expertise as an author. These books are used as teaching resources at prestigious universities worldwide, such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stanford University, the University of Oxford, Harvard University, Princeton University, and Imperial College London.

Mohammad has made significant contributions to Management Science and Engineering, earning both national and international recognition. By age 32, he was a National Foreign Young Expert and Associate Professor under China’s Foreign Youth Talent Program, leading a national project as Principal Investigator. At 31, he secured a tenured position at Unitec Institute of Technology in Auckland. Earlier, at 30, he became the youngest research fellow at Tongji University. From ages 27 to 29, he served as an Associate Professor at Southwest University and worked on multiple research projects with Jiangsu University, backed by major provincial and national funding bodies.

His research has been recognized by esteemed organizations such as the FAO, WHO, and PAHO. He currently serves on the editorial boards of Scientific Reports, Nature, and the Journal of Health Organization and Management. He has also previously been an academic editor for PLOS ONE and guest editor for other leading journals.

In recognition of his research achievements, Dr. Heydari has received several prestigious awards. In 2024, the Chinese government awarded him the high-end talent green card, a recognition of his contributions to systems engineering, operations management, supply chain management, and decision science, both nationally and internationally. This honor is part of the renowned Thousand Talents Program (TTP), which seeks to attract top global talent to China.

From 2023 to 2026, he was awarded a fellowship for advanced research in Supply Chain Management at Hospitals, Healthcare, Designing Clinical Trials & Practice, and Maritime & Aviation Supply Chain Management at Tongji University, Shanghai, China, with a total funding of 126,000 USD. In 2019, he was a recipient of the Chinese Outstanding International Student Scholarship, awarded by the China Scholarship Council (CSC), totaling 4,300 USD. From 2017 to 2021, he was granted the Chinese University Scholarship for Doctoral Students by the Nanjing Municipal Government (NMG) at Nanjing University of Science and Technology, with total funding of 52,000 USD.

Dr. Heydari has been honored with fellowships and scholarships amounting to over 182,000 USD, including a prestigious fellowship from Tongji University. His funding portfolio, which includes national, provincial, and international grants, totals approximately RMB 14.5 million Yuan.