Rate My Professor Meng Li

Li's research specializations encompass operations management, human-centered AI, sustainability, service management, managerial behavior, and human-algorithm interaction. His publications appear in premier journals including Management Science, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Operations Research, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Operations Management, Strategic Management Journal, and Nature Sustainability. Notable works include 'Overconfident Competing Newsvendors' with Nicholas Petruzzi and Jun Zhang (Management Science, 2017), 'Value of High-Quality Logistics: Evidence from a Clash between SF Express and Alibaba' with Ruomeng Cui and Qiang Li (Management Science, 2020), 'Wholesale Price Discrimination in Global Sourcing' with Ruomeng Cui, Jingyun Li, and Lili Yu (Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 2021), 'Transshipment between Overconfident Newsvendors' with Jialu Li and Xuan Zhao (Production and Operations Management, 2021), 'AI Automation and Retailer Regret in Supply Chains' with Tao Li (Production and Operations Management, 2022), and 'Mental Accounting in Allocating Capacity' (2025). Li has earned major honors such as the President’s Circle Awards (University of Houston, 2025), Lucile and Leroy Melcher Excellence in Research Award (2023), Shell Sustainability Research Grant ($100K, 2022), John Aure Buesseler Distinguished Lectureship (Texas Tech, 2024), and Global Business Management Award (IEOM Conference, 2023). He contributes editorially as Department Editor for Journal of Operations Management and Decision Sciences Journal, and Senior Editor for Production and Operations Management, and serves on the Research and Scholarship Committee of the Faculty Senate at University of Houston (2024-2025). His leadership advances AI research and education in business contexts.