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• Aly-Joy Ulusoy

  

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  Aly-Joy Ulusoy Research Associate and CEE Sustainability Co-Manager (PhD)

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  Development of optimal water distribution networks design and control methods for the sustainable transition of the water supply industry.

• Ana Arias Calvo

  

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  Ana Arias Calvo Marie Curie Research Fellow (BSc, MSc, PhD)

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  Development of sustainability assessments, circular economy analysis and design of alternative bio-based scenarios to advance the bioeconomy.

• Emmanuel Armoah

  

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  Emmanuel Armoah Research Fellow

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• Rike Becker

  

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  Rike Becker Research Associate (PhD)

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  Climate change and its impact on future water availability.

• Eduardo Rico Carranza

  

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  Eduardo Rico Carranza Research Assistant

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• Joshua Cottom

  

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  Joshua Cottom Research Associate

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  Links between waste mismanagement and plastic pollution; models to quantify plastic leakage and support countries monitor and mitigate its release.

• Daniel Dias

  

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  Daniel Dias Research Fellow

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  Circular economy modelling and sustainability assessment.; transition into a Green Circular Economy (Green Deal) with a systemic assessment approach.

• Ilias Giannakeas

  

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  Ilias Giannakeas Research Associate (PhD)

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  Digital twins, signal processing, machine learning, optimisation, structural health monitoring.

• Kourosh Halat

  

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  Kourosh Halat Research Associate (PhD)

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  Supply chain optimisation, material flow analysis, environmental life cycle assessment (LCA).

• SungKu Heo

  

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  SungKu Heo Research Associate

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  AI application, autonomous systems, decarbonisation, environmental modeling, process systems engineering.

• Ben Howard

  

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  Ben Howard Research Associate (PhD)

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  Water-related hazards, like flooding and water pollution, in cities in the global south, with a particular focus on enabling equitable and effective adaptation.

• Aniket Joshi

  

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  Aniket Joshi Research Associate (PhD)

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  Responsible AI systems, generative AI, surrogate modelling, image-to-video modelling, digital twins, interdisciplinary research.

• Kyriakos Kandris

  

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  Kyriakos Kandris Research Fellow (PhD)

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  Development and coding of numerical, statistical, and machine learning models for the prediction of water quality processes; development of operational decision support systems for professionals and regulators in the domain of water resources.

• Maria Koulouri

  

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  Maria Koulouri Research Associate (PhD)

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  Water and sanitation research; resource recovery; circular economy and sustainability assessments; life cycle assessments; pyrolysis; carbon management.

• Elena Koumaki

  

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  Elena Koumaki Research Fellow

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• Cedo Maksimovic

  

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  Cedo Maksimovic Principal Research Fellow (PhD)

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  Applied fluid mechanics in urban water systems, including for storm drainage and urban flooding water supply. 

• Liliane Manny

  

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  Liliane Manny Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) postdoc mobility fellow

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• Nikolaos Markatos

  

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  Nikolaos Markatos Research Associate (PhD)

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• Elham Mousania

  

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  Elham Mousania Research Associate (PhD)

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  Enhancing the sustainability of products and services across their life cycles, integrating life cycle assessment, modeling, and GIS tools.

• Elisa Nika

  

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  Elisa Nika Research Fellow

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• Pepe Puchol-Salort

  

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  Pepe Puchol-Salort Hoffmann Research Associate in Water Innovation (PhD)

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  Co-creation of innovation and entrepreneurship within the water sector, aiming to identify strategic roadmaps for transformation, ensuring the equitable, efficient, safe, and accessible adoption of novel technologies for all.

• Estefania Quenta Herrera

  

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  Estefania Quenta Herrera Sponsored Researcher

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  Water quality, ecohydrology and ecology of mountain freshwater ecosystems, in particular streams and wetlands, to propose water conservation measures.

• David Renfew

  

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  David Renfew Research Associate

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  Circularity and sustainability (environmental, economic, social) assessment to enhance decision making in water and bio-based resource management systems.

• Thomas Rowan

  

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  Thomas Rowan Research Associate (PhD)

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• Shervin Shahvi

  

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  Shervin Shahvi Research Fellow (PhD)

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  Social and environmental improvement of product and services within their life cycle.

• Luke Tumelty

  

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  Luke Tumelty Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure (FDRI) Manager

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  Responsible for driving the development and implementation of innovative approaches to hydrology research, enabling essential science to improve the UK's resilience to hydrological extremes. 

• Vasileia Vasilaki

  

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  Vasileia Vasilaki Research Fellow

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• Steph Wills

  

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  Steph Wills Research Software Engineer (PhD)

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  Research software development, software engineering best practices. 

• Ziyan Zhang

  

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  Ziyan Zhang Research Associate (PhD)

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  Proposing a novel use of the integrated water system model to support the planning application process for new urban developments.

• Zhenyu Zhao

  

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  Zhenyu Zhao Research Associate (PhD)

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  Power systems, machine learning, data analysis, and sustainability.

EWRE Hons

• Alice Handy

  

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  Alice Handy Research Associate (PhD)

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• Jingzi Huang

  

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  Jingzi Huang Research Fellow (PhD)

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  Heterogeneity of urban fluid mechanics in canopy region; turbulent transport, mixing, entrainment; atmospheric convection.

• Laura Irvine

  

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  Laura Irvine Research Assistant (PhD)

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  Stratified flows, wave interactions.

• Qijie Li

  

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  Qijie Li Research Fellow (PhD)

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  Resilient urban systems and sustainable natural environment 

• Dipanjan Majumdar

  

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  Dipanjan Majumdar Research Associate (PhD)

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  Turbulence at the exascale with applications in urban microclimate, vegetation, air quality and wind engineering: towards building futuristic net-zero cities.

• James Matthews

  

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  James Matthews Research Fellow (PhD)

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  Pollution dispersion, urban meteorology and their effects on human health.

• Samuel Wood

  

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  Samuel Wood Research Associate (PhD)

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  Developing models to better understand the role that building ventilation plays in the spread of Covid-19.

• Jiafeng Xie

  

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  Jiafeng Xie Research Associate (PhD)

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  Environmental fluid mechanics, particle transport, fluid-particle interactions.

Fluids Hons

• Daniel Hernandez-Delfin

  

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  Daniel Hernandez-Delfin Marie Curie-Energy for Future (MSCA E4F) Individual Fellow

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  Development of a virtual particle-scale laboratory for geotechnical investigation of pile loading; Discrete Element Method (DEM), soil mechanics, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), constitutive modelling, granular matter.

• Maryam Sadat Maddah Sadatieh

  

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  Maryam Sadat Maddah Sadatieh Research Assistant

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  Unsaturated soil mechanics and Soil-Plant-Atmosphere modelling to assess and predict slope behaviour.

• Francesca Palmieri

  

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  Francesca Palmieri Research Associate (PhD)

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  Degradation of clays during monotonic and cyclic loading conditions.

• Hao Wang

  

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  Hao Wang Research Associate (PhD)

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  Experimental investigation and numerical modelling of unsaturated soil/rock.

Geotechnics hons

• Marta Behjat

  

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  Marta Behjat Postdoctoral Research Associate (PhD)

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  Sustainability assessment, material flow analysis, life cycle assessment (LCA), sustainable development.

• Jack Chan

  

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  Jack Chan Research Assistant (PhD)

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  Cement and concrete materials, durability, microstructure, machine learning.

• Pippa Edwards

  

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  Pippa Edwards Research Assistant

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  Industrial ecology, low carbon technologies. 

• Sumesh Erikandeth

  

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  Sumesh Erikandeth Research Assistant

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• Jianhang Feng

  

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  Jianhang Feng Research Associate

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  Low-carbon cementitious materials, Fe-rich slag/clinkers, dry and wet carbonation, self-healing; currently working on a EPSRC-funded project "Cambridge Electric Cement". 

• Theo Glashier

  

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  Theo Glashier Research Assistant (PhD, DIC)

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  Infrastructure resilience through the development of structural measurement systems and signal processing techniques for performance monitoring.

• Hafiz Muhammad Adeel Hassan

  

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  Hafiz Muhammad Adeel Hassan Research Associate (PhD)

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  The thermal performance of resilient permeable concrete pavements as part of the  Resilient Sustainable Infrastructures Group . 

• Przemek Klups

  

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  Przemek Klups Research Associate (DPhil)

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  Embrittlement in steels, advanced characterisation, solute clustering, grain boundary segregation, atom probe tomography.

• Yuan Li

  

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  Yuan Li Marie Curie Research Fellow (PhD)

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  Sustainable remediation, resource recovery, and the nanomaterialisation of contaminated soils and waste.

• Adam Mason

  

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  Adam Mason Research Associate

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  Material flow analysis, life cycle assessment, environmental sustainability, sustainable development, sustainable urban design.

• He Niu

  

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  He Niu Research Associate

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• Mao Yuguang

  

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  Mao Yuguang Research Associate (PhD)

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  Solid waste, carbonation, geoploymer.

• Boshan Chen

  

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  Boshan Chen Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow (PhD)

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  Sustainable steel structures using high-performed steel, reused steel structural systems, metal additive manufacturing.

• Achilleas Filippidis

  

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  Achilleas Filippidis Research Associate (PhD)

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  Stability of shells structures, examined through both computational and analytical approaches.

• Feiyang He

  

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  Feiyang He Research Associate (PhD, AFHEA)

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  Structural dynamics, SHM, additive manufacturing

• Shahin Jalili

  

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  Shahin Jalili Departmental Fellow (PhD, CEng, MIMechE)

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  Development of decision-support system tools that aid in the transition to net-zero targets by integrating technical, economic, environmental, and safety factors.

• Yuchen Song

  

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  Yuchen Song Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow (PhD)

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  Advanced metallic materials (particularly stainless steel), structural connections, as well as structural resilience and robustness.

• Yiwen Wu

  

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  Yiwen Wu Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow (PhD)

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  Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) and stainless steel structures.

• Haoran Zuo

  

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  Haoran Zuo Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow (PhD)

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  Steel Structures, metal additive manufacturing (3D Printing), structural retrofitting, high performance steel structures, construction industrialisation.

Materials Hons

• Jasmin Cooper

  

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  Jasmin Cooper Research Associate and CEE Sustainability Co-Manager (PhD)

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  Life cycle assessment and sustainability; environmental impacts of low carbon energy systems, including energy, industrial and transport systems. Currently working on ZENFreight project, which is assessing zero emission HGVs in the UK. 

• Felix Feng

  

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  Felix Feng Research Fellow and Manager of the Intelligent Infrastructure and Transport laboratory (PhD)

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  Autonomous vehicles; intelligent transportation systems; sensor fusion; deep learning.

• Jonathan Itcovitz

  

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  Jonathan Itcovitz Research Associate (PhD)

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  Modelling and validation of contrail formation and evolution; Strategies for the mitigation of contrail climate impacts.

• Lintong Li

  

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  Lintong Li Research Assistant (PhD)

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  GNSS, PNT, resilience, RNP, spatial-temporal correlated ML, ITS, LBS, built environment, sensors, signal qualification.

• Tang Li

  

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  Tang Li Research Associate (PhD)

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  Modelling the mixed traffic flow of Autonomous Vehicles and Human-Driven Vehicle, and developing novel control and management strategies with emerging technologies.

• Jingshuo Qiu

  

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  Jingshuo Qiu Research Associate (PhD)

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  Intelligent mobility system, optimisation, predictive modelling, and multi-modal traffic simulation, resillient PNT, computer vision.

• Han Wang

  

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  Han Wang Research Associate (PhD)

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  Understanding human behaviour and choice in energy and transport systems via demand modeling, DSM, DSR, LLMs, pedestrian-vehicle interaction, and VR.

Transport Hons

• Richard Anderson

  

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  Richard Anderson Co-Director and Managing Director of the Transport Strategy Centre (PhD)

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  Leads the Transport Strategy Centre’s initiatives in international benchmarking, currently serving over 100 metros, railways, urban bus, light rail, airports and transport authorities globally.

• Anupriya

  

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  Anupriya Research Associate (PhD)

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  Data-centric engineering for transport, creating methods at the intersection of causal inference and machine learning to enable safe, resilient and sustainable urban mobility solutions.

• Alexander Barron

  

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  Alexander Barron Associate Director and Head of Metro Benchmarking

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  Oversees the Community of Metros (COMET) benchmarking group, the Benchmarking Group of North American Light Rail Systems (GOAL), and the International Light Rail and Tram Benchmarking Group (BOLTS).

• Mateo Bartra

  

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  Mateo Bartra Transport Analyst

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  Regional and international performance benchmarking of bus and light rail.

• Saloua Benami

  

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  Saloua Benami Senior Transport Analyst

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  Works within the international light rail and tram benchmarking group, leading its KPI and case study work programmes.

• Fatih Canitez

  

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  Fatih Canitez Senior Transport Analyst

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  Performance management and measurement in public transport systems, urban transport policies,  electric bus operations, and contracting and governance models in public bus industry.

• Benjamin Condry

  

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  Benjamin Condry Associate Director of the Transport Strategy Centre and Head of Railway Benchmarking

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• Oscar Criado Domenech

  

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  Oscar Criado Domenech Managing Associate

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  Railway asset management, suburban rail operations and airport operations benchmarking. 

• Abigail Edgeworth

  

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  Abigail Edgeworth Senior Transport Analyst

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  Supporting the delivery of research and consultancy projects, with a focus on the modernisation of Transport Strategy Centre output using sophisticated analytical techniques and visualisations.

• Nicholas Findlay

  

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  Nicholas Findlay Performance Analytics Manager and Senior Research Associate

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  Technical lead for big data analytics and metrics development. 

• Mary Hanna

  

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  Mary Hanna Transport Analyst

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  American Bus Benchmarking Group.

• Daniel Hörcher

  

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  Daniel Hörcher Research Fellow (PhD)

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  The economics of public transport supply, and statistical analysis of large-scale automated transport data.

• David Huffaker

  

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  David Huffaker Managing Associate (Benchmarking)

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  Senior Advisor to the various benchmarking groups with a focus on bus and passenger rail; particular expertise in North American transit, finance and operations.

• Sally Kao

  

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  Sally Kao Managing Associate

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  Project Manager of the Community of Metros (COMET), leading data analytics of the group and also involved in case studies on various topics.

• Liang Ma

  

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  Liang Ma Research Associate (PhD)

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  Big data applications in transport and urban planning, including studies on job-housing balance, spatial-temporal individual behaviours, relationships between road traffic and land use pattern, etc.

• Jin Maruhashi

  

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  Jin Maruhashi Research Associate (PhD)

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  Improving our understanding of aviation climate effects via contrail model evaluation.

• Vishnu Mohanakumar Jaya

  

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  Vishnu Mohanakumar Jaya Senior Transport Analyst

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  Mixed-methods research on public transport, primarily metros & buses; urban systems, political economy, customer satisfaction, climate change and sustainability. 

• Lindsey Morse

  

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  Lindsey Morse Associate Director and Head of North American Benchmarking

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  Project Co-Director of the American Bus Benchmarking Group and Benchmarking Group of North American Light Rail Systems.

• Deborah Mundy

  

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  Deborah Mundy Managing Associate

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  International benchmarking (metros, suburban railways, buses), public transport performance analysis and benchmarking, transport planning, and urban planning.

• Carmen Oleksinski

  

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  Carmen Oleksinski Managing Associate

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  Benchmarking of transit systems around the world, particularly in the areas of Key Performance Indicators, station design, and customer satisfaction.

• Tim Powell

  

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  Tim Powell Managing Associate

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• Emilio Rello Rincon

  

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  Emilio Rello Rincon Transport Analyst

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• Henry Reynolds

  

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  Henry Reynolds Senior Transport Analyst

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• Alice Saunders

  

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  Alice Saunders Managing Associate

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  Rsearch for the Community of Metros (COMET) benchmarking group, which consists of over 40 global metro organisations. 

• John Sing-Key

  

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  John Sing-Key Managing Associate

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  Benchmarking analytics for the International Bus Benchmarking Group (IBBG) and the American Bus Benchmarking Group (ABBG).

• Mark Trompet

  

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  Mark Trompet Associate Director of Transport Strategy Centre and Head of Bus and Light Rail Benchmarking

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  Bus benchmarking program manager for the International Bus Benchmarking Group and the American Bus Benchmarking Group. 

• Haobo Yang

  

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  Haobo Yang Senior Transport Analyst

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• Eliza Yu

  

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  Eliza Yu Research Associate

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  Modelling and analysis of transportation systems and the integration of causal inference, operations research, and artificial intelligence.

• Nan Zhang (PhD)

  

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  Nan Zhang (PhD) Research Associate

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  Data-centric engineering in public transport, including research on metro resilience, asset failures and disruption management. 

Systems Hons