Haiyan earned her Ph.D degree in Logistics and Operation Management from Cardiff University Business School. Acknowledged as to the scientific rigor of her phd performance, she received the James Cooper Cup award from CILT in 2018. Haiyan is now a lecturer /Assistant Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management, and an AdHoc Research Consultant for NITI, Government of India. 

Haiyan's research interests particularly in sustainable supply chain management and sustainability related issues in the food sectors. Sustainability practice is integrated in supply chain management activities, and more broadly, influenced by both macro and micro factors, including institutional and political enforcement as well as company strategy and network governance. Managing the food system is fairly complicated, and that drives a further area of her work in investigating sustainable food chains in emerging economics. 

Haiyan is an active researcher and she publishes in world-leading journals, including Supply Chain Management: an International Journal, Production Planning and Control, International Journal of Production Research and more the like. She also delivers professional service and revises papers for  journals, such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Energy Policy, and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal. 

Before joining Newcastle University Business School, Haiyan was employed as a lecturer in International Supply Chain Management in Plymouth Business School and an 'Excellent Young Scholar' in Shantou University (China). 

Roles and Responsibilities

Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management

Qualifications

PhD in Logistics and Operations Management, Cardiff Business School, 09. 2013 - 04. 2018

MSc Marketing and Management, Loughborough University Business School, 09. 2011 - 12. 2012

Research Interests:

• Sustainable supply chain management 

• Food supply chain management

• Supply chain relationship and network governance

• Social network research   

Haiyan teaches operations and supply chain related topics for undergraduate and postgraduate students. She also supervises dissertation projects and Ph.D students. 

• BUS2029 BUS2032 BUS2034 BUS2129: Operations Management, Year 2
• NBS8222: International Logistics, PG
• NBS8325: E-logistics, PG

• Lu H, Zhao G, Liu S. Integrating circular economy and industry 4.0 for sustainable supply chain management: a dynamic capability view. Production Planning and Control 2022. In Press.
• Nie H, Zhou N, Lu H, Zhou S. Evaluation of the efficiency of Chinese energy-saving household appliance subsidy policy: An economic benefit perspective. Energy Policy 2020, 149, 112059.
• Lu H, Mangla S, Elgueta S, Zhao G, Liu S, Hunter L. key operational and institutional factors for improving food safety: A case study from Chile. Production Planning & Control 2020, 32(14), 1248-1264.
• Zhao G, Liu S, Lopez C, Chen H, Lu H, Mangla S, Elgueta S. Risk analysis of the agri-food supply chain: A multi-method approach. International Journal of Production Research 2020, 58(16), 4851-4876.
• Zhao G, Boshkoka MB, Lu H, Chen H, Lopez C, Liu S, Elgueta S. Blockchain technology in agri-food value chain management: A synthesis of applications, challenges and future research directions. Computers in Industry 2019, 109, 83-99.
• Elgueta S, Fuentes M, Valenzuela M, Zhao G, Liu S, Lu H, Correa Q. Pesticide residues in ready-to-eat leafy vegetables from markets of Santiago, Chile, and consumer’s risk. Food Additives & Contaminants: Part B - Surveillance Communications 2019, 12(4), 259-267.
• Zhao G, Liu S, Lu H, Lopez C, Elgueta S. Building theory of agri-food supply chain resilience using Total Interpretive Structural Modelling and MICMAC analysis. International Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Management and Informatics 2018, 4(3/4), 235-257.
• Lu H, Potter A, Rodrigues SV, Walker H. Exploring sustainable supply chain management: A social network perspective. Supply Chain Management 2018, 23(4), 257-277.
• Gao D, Xu Z, Ruan ZY, Lu H. From a Systematic Literature Review to Integrated Definition for Sustainable Supply Chain Innovation (SSCI). Journal of Cleaner Production 2017, 142(4), 1518-1538.