Fariba Farajbakhsh Mamaghani

Biography

Fariba Farajbakhsh Mamaghani joined the Freeman School’s tenure-track faculty in 2023 after serving two years as a visiting assistant professor of management science. She came to Freeman from the Naveen Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas, where she earned her PhD in management science - operations management. Her current research interests include sustainable operations management, renewable energy and environmental policy, and energy economics, where she applies a combination of mathematical modeling and statistical and analytical techniques such as game theory, optimization, data analysis, and forecasting. Mamaghani currently teaches MBA, Professional MBA and Master of Energy courses, focusing on Business Statistics and Modeling. Her research has been recognized by top journals such as Operations Research, where her work has undergone revision. She holds a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering from Sharif University of Technology (SUT) in Tehran.

Courses

MGSC 6020 - Business Statistics & Modeling, Core MBA course, Tulane University
MGSC 3010 - Business Analytics (undergraduate), Tulane University
OPRE 3360 - Managerial Methods in Decision Making Under Uncertainty, University of Texas at Dallas
OPRE 3310 - Operations Management, University of Texas at Dallas

Research

• Harvesting Solar Power Foments Prices in a Vicious Cycle: Breaking the cycle with price mechanisms
• Electricity pricing with limited consumer response
• Microgrid Capacity Investment: Price Dependent and Independent Demand Cases and Their Comparison

Interests