Agatha da Silva is Associate Professor and Director of the UPB Logistics Operations Center since 2020. Previously, she was head of the Industrial and Systems Engineering program at UPB, Cochabamba Campus. She is a doctoral candidate in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Universidad de la Sabana) and holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Logistics (MIT), a Master's degree in Product Design Management (Bournemouth University), and an MBA from UPB. Vice President of the Production and Operations Society (POMS). She researches food supply chains, last-mile logistics, and educational innovation in logistics.