Key details
Dr Jimmy Van Truong Nguyen
Research Fellow - CIRCUBATT Horizon Europe Project
Dr Nguyen completed his PhD in Big Data Analytics and Supply Chain Management at University of Greenwich in 2019. He had been Associate Professor in Brunel University London for several years before returning to Greenwich as a key researcher for the Horizon Europe Project – CIRCUBATT.
Dr Nguyen has been publishing widely in several top international journals in the field of Circular Supply Chain and Machine Learning. In 2022, he won the EURO award for the Best Paper in Theory & Methodology by The Association of European Operational Research Societies. Apart from academia, Dr Nguyen is also an active entrepreneur with many years of business experience across different UK sectors including technologies, real estates and beauty sectors.
Responsibilities within the university
- Support the project work package leader by ensuring all deliverables are completed on time for internal and external review before final submission to the European Commission.
- Proactively initiate and lead research, including stakeholder identification and engagement, to ensure effective collaboration and alignment with project objectives.
- Contribute to the writing of assigned reports in collaboration with the project team.
- Identify and pursue new funding opportunities by actively analysing funding calls that match the team profiles.
Awards
- 2022 EURO award for the Best Paper in Theory & Methodology by The Association of European Operational Research Societies
- 2016 and 2017 Santander Scholarship
Research / Scholarly interests
- Circular economy strategies
- Closed-loop supply chain network optimisation
- Data mining, Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics
- Digital Marketing
Recent publications
- Nguyen, T. D., Zhou, L., Nguyen, T.V, Duong, QH., Ieromonachou P. (2025). Assessing The Impact of EU Policies On Recycling Supply Chain: A System Dynamics Perspective On Advancing Packaging Recycling Capacity. Annals of Operations Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-024-06438-y
- Nguyen, T.V., Cong Pham, H., Nhat Nguyen, M., Zhou, L., & Akbari, M. (2024). Data-Driven Review of Blockchain Applications in Supply Chain Management: Key Research Themes and Future Directions. International Journal of Production Research, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2023.2165190
- Duong, QH., Zhou, L., Meng, M., Nguyen, T.V., Ieromonachou, P., Nguyen, DT. (2022). Understanding product returns: A systematic literature review using machine learning and bibliometric analysis. International Journal of Production Economics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2021.108340
- Nguyen, T., Duong, QH., Nguyen, T.V., Zhu, Y. and Zhou, L. (2022). Knowledge mapping of digital twin and physical internet in Supply Chain Management: A systematic literature review. International Journal of Production Economics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2021.108381
- Nguyen, T.V., Zhou, L., Chong, A. Y. L., Li, B. (2020). Predicting Customer Demand for Remanufactured Products: A Data-Mining Approach. European Journal of Operational Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2019.08.015
- Nguyen, T. V., Zhou, L., Zhang, J., Huang, L., Meng, M. (2020). A data-driven optimization of large-scale dry port locations using the hybrid approach of data mining and complex network theory. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2019.11.010
- Zhu, Y., Zhou, L., Wang, G. J., Nguyen, T. V. (2019). Forecasting SMEs' credit risk in supply chain finance with an enhanced hybrid ensemble machine learning approach. International Journal of Production Economics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2019.01.032
- Nguyen, T. V., Zhou, L., Spiegler, V., Ieromonachou, P. and Lin, Y. (2018). Big Data Analytics in Supply Chain Management: A State-Of-The-Art Literature Review. Computers and Operations Research, Vol. 98, pp. 254–264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2017.07.004