Jean-Philippe P. Richard  is a professor and Director of Faculty and Academic Affairs in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Minnesota. Prior to joining the University, Jean-Philippe held academic positions at Purdue and at the University of Florida where he was a UF term professor and PhD coordinator for Industrial and Systems Engineering.   

His research interests are in the theoretical and computational aspects of mixed integer nonlinear optimization. He is particularly interested in convexification methods and polyhedral approaches to these problems. He is also interested in the application of these techniques in data, medicine, and transportation.

His research has been funded by NSF and AFOSR and he has carried collaborative research with several Class I railroads including UPRR and CSX. He is an associate editor for Mathematics of Operations Research, JOGO, IISE Transactions, and Optimization Letters. He is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award, multiple teaching awards, and a best application paper award from II(S)E Transactions.