Research
AI & Work Healthcare AI AI-Enabled Operations
Field evidence and analytical research on how people, organizations, and operational systems adopt and work with artificial intelligence.
Explore research →Meng Li
Building evidence, organizations,
and partnerships for
human-centered AI.
Department Chair · Endowed C.T. Bauer Chair of AI · Founding Director, Bauer Human-Centered AI Institute
About
Dr. Meng Li is a professor, department chair of Decision & Information Sciences, Endowed C.T. Bauer Chair of AI, and founding director of the Bauer Human-Centered AI Institute at the University of Houston. His work examines how artificial intelligence reshapes organizational decision-making, healthcare delivery, and operational systems.
Full biography →Academic Leadership
Department Leadership · Institute Building · Editorial Leadership
Building academic programs, research communities, and institutional capacity around consequential questions in AI and operations.
Leadership & impact →External Impact
Industry Engagement · AI Experimentation · Research Translation
Connecting rigorous research with healthcare, platforms, supply chains, and the organizations implementing AI in practice.
Human-Centered AI Institute →Selected Research
All publications →Algorithmic supervisor and employee performance
Production and Operations Management · 2025
Physician adoption of AI assistant
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management · 2024
AI and procurement
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management · 2022
News & Recognition
Five articles published or forthcoming in leading operations journals.
Appointed Endowed C.T. Bauer Chair of AI and received the President’s Circle Award.
Delivered the John Aure Buesseler Distinguished Lecture at Texas Tech.