Sebnem Yilmaz BalamanDr. Sebnem Yilmaz Balaman is an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey. Specializing in the application of operations research techniques to support decision-making within the biomass nd bioenergy sectors, she completed her PhD at Dokuz Eylül University, on developing optimization methodologies for effective design and management of biomass to energy supply chains. She was also a post-doctoral research fellow with the Project and Supply Chain Management Research Group of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Her research interests include sustainable supply chain design and management, logistics operations planning, biomass-based supply chains and production systems, bioenergy, mathematical modelling, multi-criteria decision making, fuzzy decision making, and risk management. Her work has appeared in energy and sustainable production outlets. She also acts as a reviewer in international journals in the above fields. Read More Read Less