Jaehwan Jeong

I am Jaehwan Jeong, a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Management at Radford University. I earned my Ph.D. in Management Science from the University of Tennessee - Knoxville in May 2014, following an M.S. in Management Science with a minor in Statistics from the same institution in August 2009. I received a B.S. in Business Administration from Dongguk University in Seoul, South Korea. Before joining Radford University as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2015, I served as a Visiting Professor at York College of Pennsylvania for a year and a Lab Instructor at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville. I also served as a Sergeant in the Republic of Korea Army from 2002 to 2004. 
 
My research focuses on the intersection of optimization, analytics, and machine learning. I explore areas such as Quadratic Optimization, Inverse/Reverse Optimization, Stochastic Optimization, Dimensionality Reduction, and their applications in fields like Portfolio Selection, Index Tracking, and Network Modeling. My work has been published in leading journals including Operations Research (OR), European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR), Mathematical Programming (MP), The Journal of Portfolio Management (JPM), and Journal of Risk and Financial Management (JRFM). I have also contributed as a guest editor for a special issue on Portfolio Selection and Risk Analytics and presented my findings at numerous national and international conferences. 
 
In my teaching, I cover a range of topics including Business Analytics, Operations Management, Soft Skills, Visual Analytics (Tableau), and Optimization. I have taught courses at both the undergraduate and MBA levels, focusing on providing students with practical skills and analytical thinking capabilities. Beyond the classroom, I am actively involved in university service, contributing to various committees, including the Faculty Senate, Scholarly Activities, Student Success Council, Assurance of Learning, Curriculum Development, IT Advisory, and Faculty Search. 
 
My scholarly efforts have been recognized through various honors and grants. These include multiple Faculty Research Awards from the Davis College, a SEED Grant from Radford University for research on Elastic-Nets, and funding such as the Truist Leadership Grant and Learning Innovation for Fulfilling Teaching (LIFT). I have also received fellowships like the RISE Faculty Institute and Elevate Research Faculty Fellow from the DuPont fund and was awarded the Best Paper Award by the Multinational Finance Society.