Erica L. Gralla
Assistant Professor
Department of Engineering Management & Systems Engineering
and Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management
The George Washington University
Research Affiliate, Humanitarian Response Lab
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D., S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.S.E., Princeton University
email: egralla@gwu.edu
phone: +1 202 994 3330
Assistant Professor
Department of Engineering Management & Systems Engineering
and Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management
The George Washington University
Research Affiliate, Humanitarian Response Lab
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D., S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.S.E., Princeton University
email: egralla@gwu.edu
phone: +1 202 994 3330
Erica L. Gralla is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering at the George Washington University. She completed her Ph.D. degree in the Engineering Systems Division at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dr. Gralla studies operations management in disaster response and other urgent, uncertain environments. Her research seeks to combine the strengths of human intuition and mathematical models to create better decision-making approaches. Her research interests include:
- Humanitarian logistics & emergency response
- Supply chain management
- Behavioral operations management
- Human decision-making and sensemaking
Please visit my website at GW for additional information.