Anna Nagurney is a professor and the chair in Integrative Studies at UMass Amherst. In 2001, Nagurney founded the Virtual Center for Supernetworks at the Isenberg School, where she continues to serve as director. She has had over 200 journal articles published and 15 books on various network themes including supply chains. Nagurney was elected Fellow of the Network Science Society in 2019 and is a recipient of The Constantin Caratheodory Prize from the International Society of Global Optimization. In 2020 she received the Harold Larnder Prize, naming her the second female to receive this award given annually for 35 years.