Mazyar Ghadiri Nejad is an Assoc. Prof. in Productions & Operations Management at Cyprus International University, Turkey. He worked as a faculty member at Girne American University, from 2018‒2023. He finished his sabbatical in the Production Department at the University of Vassa. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Eastern Mediterranean University. Mazyar researches Operations Research, Production Systems, Supply Chain Management, Data Analysis, and Meta-heuristic Algorithms.