What's Your StORy? Naoru Koizumi

Kara Tucker, editor of OR/MS Today, sits down with longtime INFORMS member Naoru Koizumi, George Mason University.

00:00 Intro
00:26 How long have you been an INFORMS member?
00:46 How did you end up in this field?
02:15 What prompted you to make the switch from international development agencies and private consulting to higher education?
04:15 What career path advice do you have for young professionals?
04:53 Describe your research on organ trafficking and your NSF-funded projects?
07:03 What is your favorite project you've worked on?
09:11 What does the INFORMS tagline – “Smarter Decisions for a Better World” – mean to you?
11:19 Which INFORMS member benefit do you find most valuable?
12:21 Tell us something your colleagues would find surprising about you?
13:44 Where are you from and your favorite thing about that place?
14:30 "Join INFORMS" in Japanese
14:37 Do you have any hidden talents or interesting hobbies?

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