Faculty: Faculty of Engineering

SNI Level: II

Campus: Guadalajara

Area: Operations Management: Logistics, Metaheuristics, Optimization and Supply Chains.

Contact: eolivaresb@up.edu.mx

UP Categorization: Tenured Researcher D

Elías Olivares Benítez is a professor of Industrial Engineering at Universidad Panamericana, since 2016, Tenured D category since 2022. He holds a bachelor's degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the Instituto Politécnico Nacional. He holds a master's degree in Industrial Engineering from Arizona State University. He holds a master's degree in Manufacturing Systems and a PhD in Engineering Sciences from Tecnológico de Monterrey. He worked as a process and quality engineer in Steel, Heat Treatment and Quality Laboratories at TAMSA (Veracruz). He was professor of Industrial Engineering at Tecnológico de Monterrey (Campus Aguascalientes) and at UPAEP University (Puebla). He has research interests in optimization, metaheuristics, supply chain management, and sustainability. He has scientific publications in several international journals. He is a former president of the Mexican Society of Operations Research, and a level 1 member of the National System of Researchers.