{"id":2407,"date":"2021-11-08T16:27:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T16:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/?page_id=2407"},"modified":"2025-07-09T14:59:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T19:59:31","slug":"core-faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/core-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Core Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Co-Directors<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/03\/guan_cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3331\" style=\"width:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/03\/guan_cropped.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/03\/guan_cropped-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/03\/guan_cropped-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Yongpei Guan, Ph.D., Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering<\/strong><br><strong>Co-Director<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/guan\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/guan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Homepage <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2018\/10\/hager_cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287\" style=\"width:200px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Bill Hager, Ph.D., Department of Mathematics<br>Co-Director<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/hager\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/hager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Associate Directors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/07\/liu-Headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3417\" style=\"width:196px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/07\/liu-Headshot.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/07\/liu-Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Hongcheng Liu, Ph.D., Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering<br>Associate Director<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/hongcheng-liu\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/hongcheng-liu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2024\/02\/Photo.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287\" style=\"width:200px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Hamed Amini, Ph.D., Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering<br>Associate Director<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/amini\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/amini\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/08\/jorge.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-287\" style=\"width:200px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Jorge A.Sefair, Ph.D., Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering<br>Associate Director<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/sefair\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/sefair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Assistant Directors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/07\/Aleksandr-Kazachkov-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3415\" style=\"width:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/07\/Aleksandr-Kazachkov-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/07\/Aleksandr-Kazachkov-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/07\/Aleksandr-Kazachkov-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/07\/Aleksandr-Kazachkov-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/07\/Aleksandr-Kazachkov-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/07\/Aleksandr-Kazachkov.jpg 1696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Aleksandr Kazachkov, Ph.D., Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering<br>Assistant Director&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/kazachkov\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/kazachkov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/07\/Alexander-Semenov.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3421\" style=\"width:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/07\/Alexander-Semenov.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/07\/Alexander-Semenov-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Alex Semenov, Ph.D., Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering<br>Assistant Director<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/alexander\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/alexander\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/07\/Yu-Yang-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3419\" style=\"width:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/07\/Yu-Yang-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ise.ufl.edu\/cao\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/07\/Yu-Yang-300x300.jpg 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