Dr. Lotfi is a Full Professor of Mathematics at the Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University (IAU), Tehran, Iran. In 1992, he received his undergraduate degree in Mathematics at Yazd University, Yazd, Iran. He received his M.Sc in Operations Research at IAU, Lahijan, Iran in 1996 and PhD in Applied Mathematics (O.R.) at IAU, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran in 2000. His major research interests are operations research and data envelopment analysis. He has published more than 300 scientific and technical papers in leading scientific journals, including European Journal of Operational Research, Computers and Industrial Engineering, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, and Journal of the Operational Research Society of Japan, etc. He is Editor-in-Chief and member of editorial board of Journal of Data Envelopment Analysis and Decision Science. He is also Director-in-Charge and member of editorial board of International Journal of Industrial Mathematics.
