Rate My Professor Linda Nozick

Nozick’s research specializes in the quantitative modeling of risk, resilience, and complex infrastructure systems. Her work employs systems engineering, game theory, stochastic optimization, and risk analysis to improve decision-making under uncertainty in areas such as transportation, energy systems, and interdependent networks. She has produced over 100 peer-reviewed publications, with more than 6,000 citations. Key publications include “Inventory, transportation, service quality and the location of distribution centers” (European Journal of Operational Research, 2001; 438 citations), “Shelter location and transportation planning under hurricane conditions” (Transportation Research Part E, 2012; 303 citations), “Optimizing scheduling of post-earthquake electric power restoration tasks” (Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 2007; 258 citations), “Computing multi-region competitive prices for hurricane-related insurance” (International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2025), and “Quantifying the Earthquake Risk to the Electric Power Transmission System in Los Angeles at the Census Tract Level” (IEEE Access, 2025). Nozick has earned the NSF CAREER Award and Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 1997 for innovative hazardous waste transportation solutions. Appointed by President Obama, she served two terms on the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board from 2011. Other recognitions include the Best Contributed Paper at the 2021 Winter Simulation Conference and a 2009 Sandia National Laboratories Recognition Award.