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INFORMS NavigatORs

During the 2025 INFORMS Annual Meeting, be on the lookout for our volunteer INFORMS NavigatORs!

Professor Padma P. Pathfinder

These friendly faces are available to help answer questions as you navigate the meeting, whether it’s directions to the self check-in, where the closing plenary is, or what time the coffee breaks are…

If you see an attendee wearing a royal blue INFORMS NavigatOR t-shirt or button (featuring the NavigatOR mascot Padma P. Pathfinder), don’t hesitate to stop them in the Omni hallways or find them in the Exhibit Area of the GWCC – they are here to help new and devoted attendees alike.

INFORMS NavigatORs are volunteer ambassadors with a passion for helping to promote our community; connecting groups to foster growth and knowledge-sharing; and building an enthusiastic and strong INFORMS presence, online and in person.

During the Annual Meeting, they are the face of INFORMS, so get to know their faces to say hi and thank you!

Air Force Research Lab

Kara Combs

Air Force Research Lab
Colorado State University Pueblo

Himadri Sen Gupta

Colorado State University Pueblo
Penn State University

Max Ji

Penn State University
Auburn University

Mehrdad Mohammadi

Auburn University
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Koushik Mondal

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
University of Oklahoma

Alice Nanyanzi

University of Oklahoma
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Vivian Nwadiaru

University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Missouri-St. Louis

Paula Penagos

University of Missouri-St. Louis
University of Iowa

Thiago Serra

University of Iowa
Temple University

Jingjing Weng

Temple University
University of Cambridge, UK

Chen Ye

University of Cambridge, UK