±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌýÌý´¡²Ñ is the Founding Director of the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies.
He is one of Australia's most eminent transport academics and is in constant demand as an adviser to industry and government.
An internationally recognised authority in transport and infrastructure and Australia's most cited transport academic, David has been awarded numerous Australian Research Council grants and industry and governments grants.
A recipient of several academic and industry awards, David contributes and advises at an executive level across many government and private sector organisations on matters related to transportation and infrastructure. He has published extensively, over 750 papers and has a Google Citation score of over 81,275 which makes him the most cited transport academic in Australia.
OurÌýBoard of AdviceÌýactively supports the continued development and utilisation of ITLS as a centre of excellence adding value to the community. The academic and commercial membership of the Board gives a broad network for the sharing of expertise and experience.Ìý
Zahra Abbasi
Degree: PhD
Working title: Passenger-Centric Reliability in Rail Systems: Bridging the Gap Between Operational Metrics and User Experience
Supervisors: John Nelson, Emily Moylan
Seyed Hesam (Sam) Babaei
Degree: PhD
Working title: A data-driven micro-macro decision support system for sustainable multimodal urban transport planning: Integrating e-scooters and charging infrastructure
Supervisors: Andrea Pellegrini, John Rose
ORCID ID:
Kendall Banfield
Degree:ÌýPhD
Working title:ÌýParking policy for transit-oriented development (TOD) in Sydney
Supervisors:ÌýJohn Nelson, Stephen Greaves
ORICD ID:
Chamila Tharangani Danthanarayana
Degree:ÌýPhD
Working title:ÌýRevitalizing Rail Freight Transport for Economic Growth: An Analysis of Factors Contributing to the Decline in Sri Lanka and Strategic Model for Sustainable Development
Supervisors:Ìý Geoffrey Clifton, John Nelson
ORCID ID:
Ali Ekramifard
Degree: PhD
Working title: Modeling Safety Perception and Sustainable Mobility: The Role of Autonomous Vehicles and Electric Micro-Mobility at Unsignalized Intersections
Supervisors: Michiel Bliemer, ÌýMatthew Beck
Jingni Guo
Degree: PhD
Working title: Non-emergency community medical transport route optimisation and ethical considerations
Supervisors:ÌýMichael Bell,ÌýMichiel Bliemer
ORCID ID:
Sara Haider
Degree:ÌýPhD
Working title:ÌýQuantifying Behavioural Factors to Optimise Sustainable Transport Infrastructure that drives Mode Shift
Supervisors:ÌýJohn Nelson, Jennifer Kent
ORCID ID:
Afif Jatiandana
Degree: PhD
Working title: Electric Vehicles (EVs)
Supervisors: John Rose, Andrea Pellegrini
Ashikur Rahman
Degree:ÌýPhD
Working title:ÌýDevelopment of a Comprehensive, Decision Support System for Evaluating Urban Walkability Strategies
Supervisors:Ìý Stephen Greaves. Chinh Ho,Ìý
Zihan Wang
Degree: PhD
Working title: Reinforcement Learning Based Distributed Electronic Vehicle Group Control Method for Heterogeneous Mixed Traffic Flow in Multi-Intersection Scenario
Supervisors: Michiel Bliemer, ÌýMohsen Ramezani
ORCID ID:
Arkar Than Win
Degree:ÌýPhD
Working title:ÌýInvestigating the Impact of Covid-19 on the Mode Choice Behaviour of Autonomous Vehicle. Is Autonomous Vehicle Solution for Adequate Social Distancing
Supervisors:Ìý John Nelson, Chinh Ho
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8588-1422
Chia-Jung Yeh
Degree:ÌýPhD
Working title:ÌýA Systematic Evaluation of the Context for On-demand Transport Service Considering the Environmental and Social Sustainability
Supervisors:Ìý Chinh Ho, John Nelson
ORCID ID:
Sam Zareh Andaryan
Degree:ÌýPhD
Working title:ÌýA Utility Function for Shared Spaces integrating Autonomous Vehicles
Supervisors:ÌýMichael Bell,ÌýJyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya
ORCID ID:
Siavash Farzadnia
Degree:ÌýPhD
Working title:ÌýImproving the Experience of Passengers in Using Brisbane Airport Services for Olympics and Paralympic 2032: An Unsupervised Text Analytics Approach
Supervisors:ÌýRico Merkert,ÌýMatthew Beck
ORCID ID:
Hansa Malpathak
Degree: MPhil
Working title: Impact of emerging technologies on improving airline productivity
Supervisors: Rico Merkert
Mohammad Rahiminia
Degree:ÌýPhD
Working title:ÌýLeveling the flow of passengers in the airport network using queueing theory
Supervisors:ÌýMichiel Bliemer,ÌýRico Merkert
Eric Wang
Degree:ÌýPhD
Working title:ÌýResearch in airline service differentiation, passenger preference and the economic impact of aviation
Supervisors:Ìý Rico Merkert, Micheal Bell
Mosleh Amiri
Degree:ÌýPhD
Working title:ÌýEnhancing sustainability in SCM: bi-objective electric vehicle routing problem with selective backhauls
Supervisors:ÌýJyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya,ÌýMichael Bell
ORCID ID:
Jzolanda Tsavalista Burhani
Degree:ÌýPhD
Working title:ÌýGreen Liner and Feeder Shipping Network Design
Supervisors:ÌýJyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya,ÌýMichael Bell
ORCID ID:
Haiwei Gu
Degree:ÌýMPhil
Working title:ÌýGreen Liner Shipping Network Design Leveraging Zero-Carbon Fuels
Supervisors:ÌýJyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya,ÌýMichael Bell
ORCID ID:
Muhammad Fawad Afraz
Degree:ÌýPhD
Working title:ÌýThe Impact of Supply Chain Innovation and Green Supply Chain Management on Competitive Advantage and Sustainable Supply Chain Performance with Mediating Effects of Robustness and Resilience Capabilities
Supervisors:Ìý Rico Merkert, John Rose
ORCID ID:
Syed Mujtaba Hussain
Degree:ÌýPhD
Working title:ÌýAn empirical analysis of a drone ecosystem in logistics: A fourth-party logistics (4PL) framework for warehouse operations and last-mile delivery
Supervisors:ÌýRico Merkert,ÌýMichiel Bliemer
ORCID ID:
Yawen Jiang
Degree: PhD
Working title: Online shoppers’ shipping charge aversion: is it reversable?
Supervisors: Jyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya, Andrew Collins
ORCID ID:
Niklas Kimo Bruns
Degree:ÌýPhD
Working title:ÌýNational Competitive Advantage in the Upstream Battery Supply Chain An Australian Perspective
Supervisors:ÌýRico Merkert,ÌýBehnam (Ben) Fahimnia
ORCID ID:
Dilina Kosgoda
Degree: PhD
Working title: Investigating the Near-Miss Bias of the Supplier under a Service Level Contract
Supervisors:ÌýBen Fahimnia
ORCID ID:
Jinadari Prabodhika
Degree:ÌýPhD
Working title:ÌýManaging Risk Tradeoffs in Upstream Supply Chain Management
Supervisors:ÌýAndrew Collins,ÌýBehnam (Ben) Fahimnia
