Kevin W. Li is a Professor of Management Science at the Odette School of Business, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He earned his B.Sc. in Control Sciences and M.A.Sc. in Systems Engineering from Xiamen University, China, and his Ph.D. in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada in 1991, 1994, and 2003, respectively. Following a postdoctoral fellowship in Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Dr. Li joined the University of Windsor in September 2004.

Dr. Li has held several prestigious fellowships, including a Visiting Fellowship at the Centre of Advanced Studies, University of Palermo in July 2025 within the Department of Engineering. He was also awarded two Invitation Fellowships by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2011 and 2015.

His research covers logistics, supply chain management, conflict resolution, decision analysis, and modeling. Dr. Li has been supported by three individual Discovery Grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). He has published 75 articles in leading international journals, including Production and Operations Management, European Journal of Operational Research, Computers & Operations Research, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production Research, and Transportation Research Part E. His work has received over 3,200 citations (Web of Science, h-index 31), with five papers recognized as Highly Cited by the Essential Science Indicators Database. Google Scholar reports 5,063 citations and an h-index of 38.

Dr. Li serves as Associate Editor for Group Decision and Negotiation and Information Sciences, and he has guest-edited special issues for International Journal of Production Economics, Information Sciences, Group Decision and Negotiation, and Industrial Management & Data Systems.

His extensive contributions demonstrate his leadership in advancing management science, decision analysis, and operational research on a global scale.