Dr. Jingjing Tong received her Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Arkansas. She has 10+ years of applied research experience in designing, developing and implementing mathematical optimizations, machine learning models, and heuristic methods to solve real-world problems in the fields of transportation, supply chain, homeland security, and preventive healthcare. Dr. Tong's scholarly work can be found in prestigious journals including Maritime Economics and Logistics, International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics, Engineering Management Journal, Journal of Engineering Technology, and the Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, among others. She received research grants from the Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center, affiliated with the U.S. Department of Transportation. Before joining UNT, Dr. Tong held faculty positions at Southeast Missouri State University and Texas A&M University-Commerce.