Di Nguyen joined the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering as an Assistant Professor in 2022. Prior to her appointment at UCD, she completed her Bachelor (2017) and Doctoral (2022) programs in Industrial Engineering at Clemson University, South Carolina, USA. Her research focuses on network interdiction problems under uncertainty. She is also interested in optimization problems arising in social and environmental contexts, such as emergency planning and preparedness, the dynamics of social networks, and health care for stigmatized medical needs. During her time in the US, she also spent part of her time working at Bosch LLC and BNSF Railway. Some of her work in the industry involved streamlining processing/improving efficiency, process simulation and visualization, scheduling, and developing working programs to improve on-time delivery. Di is also serving as a board member of the Forum for Women in Operations Research and the Management Sciences (WORMS).