Mark H. Karwan, the Praxair Professor in Operations Research and SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor, retired August 2022 after 46 years in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. He served as Chair of the Department from 1987-1992 and as Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University at Buffalo from 1994-2006. He has broad expertise in the area of mathematical programming – modeling and algorithmic development. He remains active in research as an emeritus professor.

• BES, Mathematical Science, Johns Hopkins University, 1974
• MSE, Operations Research, Johns Hopkins University, 1974
• PhD, Operations Research, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1976

• Council on Competitiveness, Global R&D Advisory Committee, 1997-2000.
• Editorial Advisory Board, Computers & Operations Research, 1984-2004.
• Associate Editor, Naval Research Logistics, 1987-2004.
• Associate Editor, IIE Transactions, 1991-1993.
• Co‑editor, Special Issue in Multiple Criteria Decision Making, Naval Research Logistics, 35:6, 1988.
• Cluster Chairman, Multiple Criteria Decision Making, ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting, April 1986.
• Regional Director, Northeast U.S., Omega Rho International Honor Society, 1982‑1984.
• Chairman, numerous sessions at, ORSA/TIMS – INFORMS Joint National Meetings,   
  1977‑1989, 2009, 2011.
• Faculty Advisor, Institute of Industrial Engineers Student Chapter 849, 1977‑1983.
•  Proposal Reviewer, National Science Foundation ‑ Systems Theory and Operations Research.
•  Proposal Reviewer, National Science Foundation ‑ Applied Mathematics.
• Proposal Reviewer, National Science Foundation – IGERT.

Refereed papers for multiple journals, including:

• Annals of Discrete Mathematics
• Computers & Operations Research     
• Computers & Industrial Engineering
• Discrete Applied Mathematics
• European Journal of Operational Research
• Geographical Analysis
• IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
• IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
• IIE Transactions
• Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
• The International Journal of the Mathematics of Operations Research
• Journals of Mechanical Design
• Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications
• Management Science
• Mathematical Programming
• Military Operations Research
• Naval Research Logistics
• Networks
• Operations Research
• Papers of the Regional Science Association
• Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
• Journal of Sports Analytics
• Water Resources Research
• Zeitschrift fur Operations Research