Park Sinchaisri

Park Sinchaisri is an Assistant Professor in the Operations and Information Technology Management Group at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. His primary research interests center around combining tools from operations management, economics, machine learning, and behavioral sciences to (i) study how humans learn and make decisions in complex environments, (ii) develop tools to improve human decision-making, and (iii) optimize strategies to manage human-centric operations. Currently, he is focusing on the gig economy, the future of work and services, and the human-AI interface. Park received his PhD in Operations, Information, and Decisions and AM in Statistics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also served as a Wharton Social Impact Fellow. He also holds an SM in Computational Science and Engineering from MIT, and an ScB in Computer Engineering and Applied Mathematics-Economics from Brown University. Previously, he worked for Oracle, Goldman Sachs, and Deloitte Consulting.

Park, who grew up in Bangkok, Thailand, hopes to expand his research to solve urban challenges, help marginalized populations in the workforce, and make a positive social impact.

Expertise and Research Interests

• Behavioral and Human-centric Operations Management
• Empirical Operations Management
• Future of Work
• Gig Economy
• Human/AI interface
• Decision-Making
• Urban Analytics

Education

• PhD, Operations, Information, and Decisions, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• AM, Statistics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• SM, Computational Science and Engineering, MIT
• ScB, Computer Engineering and Applied Mathematics-Economics, Brown University

Positions Held

• At Haas since 2021
• July 2021-present, Assistant Professor, Operations and Information Technology Management, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
• July – August 2021, Lecturer, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Selected Honors and Awards

• Finalist, INFORMS Behavioral Operations Management Best Working Paper Award 2021
• Finalist, INFORMS Technology, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship Section Best Working Paper Award 2021
• 2nd Place, POMS College of Behavioral Operations Junior Scholar Paper Competition 2021
• Finalist, POMS College of Behavioral Operations Junior Scholar Paper Competition 2020
• Best Student Paper in Operations and Supply Chain Management Division, Academy of Management 2019
• 2nd Place, Wharton People Analytics Conference Research Paper Competition 2019
• 3rd Place, INFORMS Behavioral Operations Management Best Working Paper Award 2019
• Excellence in Student and Community Engagement Award, University of Pennsylvania 2019
• Goldberg Barclay Fellowship (best research in the area of entrepreneurship) 2018
• 2nd Place, Wharton People Analytics Conference Case Competition 2018
• Honorable Mention, MIT Operations Research Center Best Student Paper 2017
• Albert M. Greenfield Intercultural Center Award 2017
• Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Honor Society) 2012
• Karen T. Romers Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award 2011
• Omicron Delta Epsilon (International Economics Honor Society) 2011
• Tau Beta Pi 2010