Retsef Levi

Retsef Levi
Levi in 2021
Born (1971-03-07) March 7, 1971
EducationTel Aviv University (BSc)
Cornell University (PhD)
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
ThesisComputing Provably Near-Optimal Policies for Stochastic Inventory Control Models (2005)
Doctoral advisorDavid Shmoys
Robin Roundy
Other academic advisorsJames Renegar
Military career
Allegiance Israel
Branch
Service years1990–2001
RankRav séren (Major)

Retsef Levi (Hebrew: רצף לוי; born March 7, 1971) is an Israeli applied mathematician and management scientist. He is the J. Spencer Standish Professor of Operations Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

In June 2025, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, appointed Levi as a member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).