Gilvan C Souza

Gilvan Gil Souza is professor of operations management and Rifkin faculty fellow at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. Prior to Kelley, he was on the faculty at the University of Maryland. He received a PhD from the University of North Carolina, an MBA from Clemson University, and a BS in aeronautical engineering from ITA (Brazil). He worked at Volkswagen of Brazil in product development and product planning. His research focuses in closed-loop supply chains and sustainable...See more

Gilvan Gil Souza is professor of operations management and Rifkin faculty fellow at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. Prior to Kelley, he was on the faculty at the University of Maryland. He received a PhD from the University of North Carolina, an MBA from Clemson University, and a BS in aeronautical engineering from ITA (Brazil). He worked at Volkswagen of Brazil in product development and product planning. His research focuses in closed-loop supply chains and sustainable operations. He has over 30 refereed publications in premier refereed academic journals. He is the former president of the Sustainable Operations Special Interest Group of the Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Society of INFORMS and the former president of the College of Sustainable Operations of the Production and Operations Management Society. At Kelley, he teaches an elective in sustainable operations at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. See less