{"id":6316,"date":"2024-10-09T20:04:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T20:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/?page_id=6316"},"modified":"2024-10-15T17:47:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T17:47:40","slug":"enews-writers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/enews-writers\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our Volunteer Writers"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-6316\" data-postid=\"6316\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-6316 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_n7fg678 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_7l55678 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_a7xz597   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>The <em>eNews Daily<\/em> Team<\/h2>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_3 tb_th9n224\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-1 tb_haya224 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_ltid496 image-top bordered  auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/10\/Mikhail_Bragin.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-6292\" title=\"Mikhail Bragin\" alt=\"Mikhail Bragin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/10\/Mikhail_Bragin.jpg 200w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/10\/Mikhail_Bragin-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <div class=\"image-content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"image-title\">\n                                    Mikhail Bragin                            <\/h3>\n                    <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-2 tb_ik2v225\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_o2vz861   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><strong>Mikhail Bragin<\/strong> is an Energy Marketing Analysis Advisor, Resource\/Environment Planning and Strategies, at Southern California Edison. He is also an assistant research professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Connecticut.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He is an INFORMS NavigatOR for the 2024 INFORMS Annual Meeting.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-1 tb_3rza225 last\">\n                            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_3 tb_th26148\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-1 tb_vs71148 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_plyz148 image-top bordered  auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/10\/Kara_Combs-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-6298\" title=\"Kara Combs\" alt=\"Kara Combs\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/10\/Kara_Combs-1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/10\/Kara_Combs-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <div class=\"image-content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"image-title\">\n                                    Kara Combs                            <\/h3>\n                    <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-2 tb_kwpn148\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_xzfb149   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><strong>Kara\u00a0Combs<\/strong>\u00a0is an associate computer engineer at the Air Force Research Laboratory and an operations research Ph.D. student at the Air Force Institute of Technology. She has been a member of INFORMS since 2021. Within the Institute, she serves as the co-lead editor of\u00a0<em>OR\/MS Tomorrow<\/em>, treasurer of the Cincinnati-Dayton Professional Chapter, an INFORMS NavigatOR and 2024 DEI Ambassador. In her free time, she often finds herself volunteering\u00a0for K-12 STEM outreach event and her local community.<\/p>\n<p>She received\u00a0her B.S. in industrial and systems engineering and M.S. in industrial and human factors engineering from Wright State University.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-1 tb_al4z149 last\">\n                            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_subrow themify_builder_sub_row tf_w col_align_top tb_col_count_3 tb_qpej666\">\n                <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-1 tb_1tpc666 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_fq91666 image-top bordered  auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/10\/Thiago_Serra.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-6297\" title=\"Thiago Serra\" alt=\"Thiago Serra\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/10\/Thiago_Serra.jpg 200w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/10\/Thiago_Serra-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <div class=\"image-content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"image-title\">\n                                    Thiago Serra                            <\/h3>\n                    <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column sub_column col4-2 tb_5taa666\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_p2wn666   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><span data-teams=\"true\"><span class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Thiago Serra<\/strong> recently joined the University of Iowa&#8217;s Tippie College Business as an assistant professor of business analytics, following five years as an assistant professor of analytics and operations management at Bucknell University&#8217;s Freeman College of Management. 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He is also an assistant research professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Connecticut.\u00a0<\/p> <p>He is an INFORMS NavigatOR for the 2024 INFORMS Annual Meeting.<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/10\/Kara_Combs-1.jpg\" title=\"Kara Combs\" alt=\"Kara Combs\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/10\/Kara_Combs-1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/10\/Kara_Combs-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/> <h3> Kara Combs <\/h3>\n<p><strong>Kara\u00a0Combs<\/strong>\u00a0is an associate computer engineer at the Air Force Research Laboratory and an operations research Ph.D. student at the Air Force Institute of Technology. She has been a member of INFORMS since 2021. Within the Institute, she serves as the co-lead editor of\u00a0<em>OR\/MS Tomorrow<\/em>, treasurer of the Cincinnati-Dayton Professional Chapter, an INFORMS NavigatOR and 2024 DEI Ambassador. In her free time, she often finds herself volunteering\u00a0for K-12 STEM outreach event and her local community.<\/p> <p>She received\u00a0her B.S. in industrial and systems engineering and M.S. in industrial and human factors engineering from Wright State University.<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/10\/Thiago_Serra.jpg\" title=\"Thiago Serra\" alt=\"Thiago Serra\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/10\/Thiago_Serra.jpg 200w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/seattle2024\/files\/2024\/10\/Thiago_Serra-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/> <h3> Thiago Serra <\/h3>\n<p><strong>Thiago Serra<\/strong> recently joined the University of Iowa's Tippie College Business as an assistant professor of business analytics, following five years as an assistant professor of analytics and operations management at Bucknell University's Freeman College of Management. 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