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Department of Decision Analytics and Operations

Prof. SUN Zhankun (孫占坤教授)

PhD - Statistics and Operations Research (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill)
BE - Industrial Engineering (Tsinghua University)

Associate Professor

Prof. SUN Zhankun (孫占坤教授)

Contact Information

Address: 7-266, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building
City University of Hong Kong
Phone: +852 34428650
Fax: +852 34420189
E-mail:
zhanksun@cityu.edu.hk

Research Areas

  • Stochastic Modeling
  • Optimal Control
  • Healthcare Operations
  • Battery Swapping Management

I received my bachelor's degree from Tsinghua University and my Ph.D. in Statistics and Operations Research from UNC Chapel Hill. My research interests are within the area of modeling, analysis, and control of stochastic systems with applications arising from healthcare operations and smart-city operations. I received the College Research Excellence Awards in 2023. Find more about my research here: https://zhanksun.github.io/

 

Awards

Award Title Institution
Outstanding Teaching Performance (top 5% of teachers) City University of Hong Kong
College Research Excellence Awards City University of Hong Kong
Outstanding Teaching Performance (top 5% of teachers) City University of Hong Kong
Best Student Paper Competition POMS-Hong Kong International Conference
Best Service Science Student Paper Award INFORMS Conference on Service Science
Eyes High Postdoctoral Fellowship Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary
Excellence in Teaching Award University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Graduate Fellowship Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute
George E. Nicholson Award University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Research Grant

  • PI: "Joint Physician and Nurse Staffing with Time-Varying Demand in Emergency Departments", General Research Fund - The Hong Kong Research Grants Council , Amount: 908,000 (2025-2027) , Zhankun Sun
  • co-PI: "Smart Healthcare – Accessibility, Quality and Affordability", Theme-based Research Fund - HKU Shenzhen Research Institutes , Amount: CNY5,000,000 (2023-2027) , with Haipeng Shen, etc.
  • co-PI: "Investigation of Time-dependent Physician Productivity and Application in Emergency Department Waiting Time Management", General Research Fund - The Hong Kong Research Grants Council , Amount: 644,872 (2023-2025) , with Huiyin Ouyang
  • PI: "Investigation of Fast-Track Routing Decisions and Its Impact in Hospital Emergency Departments ", General Research Fund - The Hong Kong Research Grants Council , Amount: 555,933 (2022-2024) , with Yuqian Xu
  • co-PI: "Hong Kong RECAP: A Systematic Response Strategy for Novel Infectious Disease Pandemic", Collaborative Research Fund - The Hong Kong Research Grants Council , Amount: 3,952,247 (2021-2023) , with Huiyin Ouyang, Eric Park, Haipeng Shen, Dan Yang
  • PI: "Investigation of Patient Prioritization Behaviors in Hospital Emergency Departments ", General Research Fund - The Hong Kong Research Grants Council , Amount: 651,380 (2020-2022) , Zhankun Sun
  • PI: "Prediction and Optimal Control of Triage Nurse Ordering: A Data-Driven Approach to Improve Patient Flow in Hospital Emergency Departments", General Research Fund (ECS) - The Hong Kong Research Grants Council , Amount: 483,340 (2018-2020) , Zhankun Sun
  • PI: "Promoting Practice-Based Learning in Gateway Education Class", Teaching Start-Up Grant - City University of Hong Kong , (2017-2018) , Zhankun Sun
  • PI: "Predicting Triage Standing Orders in Hospital Emergency Departments", Start-Up Grant - City University of Hong Kong , Amount: 300,000 (2016-2018) , Zhankun Sun

Administrative Assignments

Period Name Position
8/2025 - Now MBA Program Director
3/2025 - Now College of Biomedicine College Board Member
7/2022 - 7/2025 BBA in Global Operations Management Director

Publications

Journal Publications and Reviews