Thomas Breugem is an assistant professor of supply chain management at the School of Economics and Management at Tilburg University, and part of the Zero Hunger Lab. His research focuses on complex practical problems in humanitarian operations, access to health/medicine, and transportation logistics, with a particular focus on equity and fairness issues. He uses mathematical optimization methods to improve operations and quantify strategic trade-offs. He obtained his Ph.D. at the Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and is a visiting scholar at INSEAD’s Humanitarian Research Group.