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.
About
Meng Li
C.T. Bauer College of Business
University of Houston
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 C.T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston.
He is a scholar of human-centered AI, studying how artificial intelligence reshapes organizational decision-making, healthcare delivery, and operational systems. Through research, education, and institution building, he develops evidence-based approaches for integrating AI into human work.
His research has appeared in Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Operations Research, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Operations Management, Strategic Management Journal, and Nature Sustainability.
He serves as Department Editor for Journal of Operations Management and Decision Sciences Journal, and Senior Editor for Production and Operations Management. He has edited AI-focused special issues and held visiting positions, including at the University of Oxford.
Focus
Academic Leadership
Department Leadership · Institute Building · Editorial Leadership
Building academic programs, research communities, and institutional capacity around consequential questions in AI and operations.
External Impact
Industry Engagement · AI Experimentation · Research Translation
Connecting rigorous research with healthcare, platforms, supply chains, and the organizations implementing AI in practice.
Details
Current institution
University of Houston
Education
Ph.D., Operations Management
The University of Texas at Dallas, 2013
Research focus
Human-Centered AI · Healthcare · Operations