Raja Jayaraman received a B.Sc. degree from the University of Madras, Chennai, India, and an M.Sc. degree from Anna University, Chennai, India, both in mathematics, a Master of Science degree in industrial engineering from New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, and the Ph.D. degree in industrial engineering from Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Management Science &  Engineering, at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. His postdoctoral research was centered on technology adoption and implementation of innovative practices in the healthcare supply chains and service delivery. He has led several successful research projects and pilot implementations in the area of supply chain data standards adoption in the U.S. healthcare systems. His research has appeared in top-rated journals, including Annals of Operations Research, IISE Transactions, Energy Policy, Applied Energy, Knowledge-Based Systems, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Journal of Theoretical Biology, and Engineering Management Journal. His expertise is in multicriteria optimization techniques applied to diverse applications, including supply chain and logistics, healthcare, energy, environment, and sustainability. His research interests include using blockchain technology, systems engineering, and process optimization techniques to characterize, model, and analyze complex systems with applications to supply chains, maintenance operations planning, and healthcare delivery.