Dr. Inma Borrella is a Research Scientist at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. As Academic Lead for the MITx MicroMasters® Program in Supply Chain Management, she helps shape the academic direction of the program and coordinates the development and delivery of its online courses and learner experience. The program has been running for more than a decade and has engaged over half a million learners worldwide.
Her research focuses on learning analytics and online education, with an emphasis on how digital platforms and emerging technologies can improve learner engagement, feedback, and outcomes at scale. Her work has been published in academic journals and conference proceedings, and she contributes to the MIT Digital Supply Chain Transformation Lab and the MIT Omnichannel in Education Lab.
In addition to her academic work, Inma collaborates with industry partners to translate research into practice and address real-world supply chain challenges through data-driven analysis and education. She earned her PhD in Industrial Engineering from the Technical University of Madrid, where her dissertation examined inclusive business models to advance social sustainability in agri-food supply chains.
Prior to joining MIT in 2017, she was an Assistant Professor at the Technical University of Madrid and completed a predoctoral research stay at Utrecht University.
