Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam is the professor of Industrial Engineering at College of Engineering, University of Tehran in Iran. He obtained his B.Sc, M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Iran University of Science and Technology in Tehran (1989), University of Melbourne in Melbourne (1994) and Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne (1998), respectively. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of two journals and the Editorial Board of five journals. He was the recipient of the 2009 and 2011 Distinguished Researcher Awards as well as the 2010 and 2014 Distinguished Applied Research Awards by University of Tehran in Iran. He was also selected as National Iranian Distinguished Researcher in 2008 and 2010 by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT) in Iran. He obtained the outstanding rank as the top 1% scientist and researcher in the world elite group, reported by Thomson Reuters. He has published 4 books, 18 book chapters, more than 800 papers in reputable academic journals and conferences.