Background

Educational

History

Professional

History

                                PROFESSOR OF OPERATIONS AND DECISION TECHNOLOGIES

                                The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine, from July 2001;

                                      Assistant Professor, 1982-89; Associate Professor, 1989-2001.

                                      MAJOR ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES AT UCI:

                                      UC Irvine Campus

                                                Associate Dean, Full Time MBA program, 8-06 to 7-08

                                                Executive Committee, Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences, 1991-present

                                                     IMBS Recruiting committee, 2005-06

                                                Graduate Council (oversees graduate programs), 4/92-6/93; Fall 2002-Spring 2004

                                                Chair, Campus Review Committee for UCI Dept. of Education, 2002-04

                                                Committee on Committees, 1995-96, 1999-2000, 2005-06
                   Ad hoc Conflict of Interest Oversight Committee, 12/95-1997
                   Conflict of Interest Task Force Committee, 1997-98

                                                Affiliated Member of Center for Health Care Management and Policy, founded 2004

                                      Merage School of Business (formerly Graduate School of Management)

                                                Associate Dean for Research, 1992-93

                                                Director, Doctoral Program, 1985-86

                                                Dean’s Faculty Advisory Committee, 2000-2001

                                                Faculty Board (Personnel and advises Dean), 1997-98

                                                Chair, Personnel (promotion and tenure) Committee, 1992-93; Member, 1991-92

                                                Executive Committee (advises Dean), 1994-95

                                                Masters Program Committee, 1996-98; chair, 2002-04

                                                Chair, Task Force on AACSB Accreditation, 1998-99

                                                Chair, GSM Computing Committee, 1999-2000

                                                Voting Rules Task Force, Winter 2001

                                                Ph.D. Committee, 2002

                                                Organizations and Strategy Recruiting Committee, 2002-03

                                                Economics Recruiting Committee, 2003-04

                                                MBA Focus Committee, 2004; Curriculum Innovation Committee, 2005-06
       Operations and Decision Technologies Area

                                                Area Coordinator, 1994-95, 1996-97, 1997-98, 2002-03, 2003-04

                                                ODT Recruiting Committee 2001-02, 2003-04, 2004-05

                                                Colloquium Coordinator, most recently in 1991-92

                                                Chair, Irvine Conference on Operations Research & Operations Management in the Information
                          Technology Era, 2000

                                SABBATICAL, COURTESY, VISITING AND OTHER APPOINTMENTS:

                                    USC, Appointed Scientific Advisory Committee member, Homeland Security Center for Risk and
                    Economic Analysis of Terrorist Events (CREATE), June 2005-.

                                    UCLA, Visiting Scholar  John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management, Fall 1993-Winter 1994.

                                NSF, Program Director National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Decision, Risk, and
                Management Science Program, August 1990 - July 1991; Associate Program Director, August
                1989-July 1990.  Managed review of grant proposals from a $3.23 million annual budget and
                provided direction for research in decision analysis, risk analysis, and management science.

                                UCI, Assistant Professor of Social Sciences  School of Social Sciences, 1987-89, courtesy joint
                appointment.

                                    Duke, Visiting Assistant Research Professor  The Fuqua School of Business, Spring 1987.

Awards

Grants and

Honors

·      Tianjun Feng, L. Robin Keller, and Xiaona Zheng, “Home Depot in San Juan Capistrano: Multi-objective Multi-stakeholder Decision Case,” Fall 2005, Presentation at INFORMS conference Case Competition sponsored by INFORMS Forum on Education, recipient of Finalist award.

·      INFORMS Fellow, awarded Oct. 25, 2004, for contributions to Operations Research and the Management Sciences

·       Winner of the “Breaking the Frame Award” at Western Academy of Management meeting in March 2002 by the Journal of Management Inquiry for best paper of 2001, co-authored with GSM doctoral alumna Prof. Monika I. Winn of University of Victoria.

·       UCI Graduate School of Management Faculty Service Award, May 1993.

·       UCI Graduate School of Management Excellence in Teaching Award, to the best teacher of the year, upon vote by students, 1982-83, 1985-86.

·       Decision Analysis Society of INFORMS, finalist in 1999 student paper competition (for papers with student as lead author) for Guyse, Keller, and Eppel’s “Valuing Environmental Outcomes: Preferences for Constant or Improving Sequences.”

·       UCLA Graduate School of Management Outstanding Graduate, 1982-83.  Recognition of academic distinction upon vote by faculty and sponsored by UCLA Alumni Association.

·       UCLA Academic Senate's Special Commendation as a Teaching Assistant, 1975-76.

·       Member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the national business honorary society.

·       Listed in Who's Who in the West, Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America, Who's Who in American Education, Who's Who in California, International Directory of Distinguished Leadership, Dictionary of International Biography, 2000 Notable American Women, and International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women.

Grants and

Fellowships

National Science Foundation, Research Center to Arizona State University, “Decision Center for a Desert City ” for a 5 year Center grant, $6.9 million, Keller serves on decision research team with Craig Kirkwood of ASU, 2004-2009. (Supporting Tianjun Feng and Jay Simon.)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “Identification and Control of Non-Point Sources of Microbial Pollution in a Coastal Wetland,” Co-Principal Investigator with PI Brett Sanders, UCI Dept. of Civil and Environmental Research, grant R-82801101-0, 8/1/00-7/31/03, $895,234, with $145,020, under Keller’s supervision on stakeholders’ perspectives.  (Supporting Dipayan Biswas.)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Assessing Preferences for Environmental Decisions with Long- Term Consequences," Principal Investigator L. Robin Keller, $181,851, 8/1/98 - 7/31/2001, under EPA/NSF STAR Partnership for Environmental Research EPA grant R826611-01-0, and a subcontract to Decision Insights, Inc., Dr. Thomas Eppel.  (Supported Jeff Guyse’s doctoral dissertation work.)

National Science Foundation Grant #SBR-9605826, “The Chinese vs. North American Perceptions and Decision Making Concerning Fairness and a Framework to Incorporate Culture into Decision Making,” Principal Investigator L. Robin Keller and Co-Principal Investigator Wen-Qiang Bian, $9,030, 1997-98, (Support Bian’s doctoral dissertation work.)

National Science Foundation Grant, "Foundations of Risk Analysis:  Theoretical and Empirical Investigation," Faculty Associate (with Co-Principal Investigators Rakesh K. Sarin and Robert L. Winkler), 1988-90, $119,000.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Policy Analysis grant, "Economic Analysis of Risk to Heart Disease Patients from Exposure to Carbon Monoxide," Co-Principal Investigator, 1985 (with Steven D. Colome).

National Science Foundation Grant, "Foundations of Risk Analysis," Senior Associate, 1984-86 (with Rakesh Sarin), $82,000.

UCI Committee on Research Faculty Research Grant: 1986-87 - "Foundations for a Normative Theory of Decision Problem Structuring."

FHP Research awards:

     1986-87 - "Risk Analysis and Equity."

     1986-87 - "The Management of Emergency Medical Services," with Bruce Lamar.

UCI Faculty Fellowships administered through GSM:

     1983-84 - "Modeling Preferences:  Theoretical and Empirical Investigation."

     1984-85 - "Foundations of Risk Analysis."

     1985-86 - "Biases in the Modeling of Preferences."

     1986-87 - "Risk Analysis and Equity."

UCI Instructional Improvement Grant, 1983-84, with Carlton Scott.

GSM Instructional Improvement Grant, 1986, with Bruce Lamar.

University of California Intercampus Activities Award, "Determinants of Risk Perception," 1985-86.

UCI Career Development Awards:

     "Foundations for a Normative Theory of Decision Problem Structuring,"  Winter 1987,  sabbatical supplement.

     "Modeling of Perceived Risk," June 1984, research travel.

     "Modeling Preferences:  Theoretical and Empirical Investigations," Spring 1984, course release.