Professor David Hensher AM 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.
Our Board of Advice actively 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.
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: 0009-0000-9850-209X
Kendall Banfield
Degree: PhD
Working title: Parking policy for transit-oriented development (TOD) in Sydney
Supervisors: John Nelson, Stephen Greaves
ORICD ID: 0009-0000-2605-4478
Chamila Tharangani Danthanarayana
Degree: PhD
Working title: Revitalizing Rail Freight Transport for Economic Growth: An Analysis of Factors Contributing to the Decline in Sri Lanka and Strategic Model for Sustainable Development
Supervisors: Geoffrey Clifton, John Nelson
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3260-6683
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, Matthew Beck
Jingni Guo
Degree: PhD
Working title: Non-emergency community medical transport route optimisation and ethical considerations
Supervisors: Michael Bell, Michiel Bliemer
ORCID ID: 0009-0008-9543-9644
Sara Haider
Degree: PhD
Working title: Quantifying Behavioural Factors to Optimise Sustainable Transport Infrastructure that drives Mode Shift
Supervisors: John Nelson, Jennifer Kent
ORCID ID: 0009-0005-6322-3804
Afif Jatiandana
Degree: PhD
Working title: Electric Vehicles (EVs)
Supervisors: John Rose, Andrea Pellegrini
Ashikur Rahman
Degree: PhD
Working title: Development of a Comprehensive, Decision Support System for Evaluating Urban Walkability Strategies
Supervisors: Stephen Greaves. Chinh Ho,
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, Mohsen Ramezani
ORCID ID: 0009-0009-7578-5440
Arkar Than Win
Degree: PhD
Working title: Investigating the Impact of Covid-19 on the Mode Choice Behaviour of Autonomous Vehicle. Is Autonomous Vehicle Solution for Adequate Social Distancing
Supervisors: John Nelson, Chinh Ho
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8588-1422
Chia-Jung Yeh
Degree: PhD
Working title: A Systematic Evaluation of the Context for On-demand Transport Service Considering the Environmental and Social Sustainability
Supervisors: Chinh Ho, John Nelson
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5030-0771
Sam Zareh Andaryan
Degree: PhD
Working title: A Utility Function for Shared Spaces integrating Autonomous Vehicles
Supervisors: Michael Bell, Jyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya
ORCID ID: 0009-0003-8583-4361
Siavash Farzadnia
Degree: PhD
Working title: Improving the Experience of Passengers in Using Brisbane Airport Services for Olympics and Paralympic 2032: An Unsupervised Text Analytics Approach
Supervisors: Rico Merkert, Matthew Beck
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0297-0660
Hansa Malpathak
Degree: MPhil
Working title: Impact of emerging technologies on improving airline productivity
Supervisors: Rico Merkert
Mohammad Rahiminia
Degree: PhD
Working title: Leveling the flow of passengers in the airport network using queueing theory
Supervisors: Michiel Bliemer, Rico Merkert
Eric Wang
Degree: PhD
Working title: Research in airline service differentiation, passenger preference and the economic impact of aviation
Supervisors: Rico Merkert, Micheal Bell
Mosleh Amiri
Degree: PhD
Working title: Enhancing sustainability in SCM: bi-objective electric vehicle routing problem with selective backhauls
Supervisors: Jyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya, Michael Bell
ORCID ID: 0009-0006-0681-7128
Jzolanda Tsavalista Burhani
Degree: PhD
Working title: Green Liner and Feeder Shipping Network Design
Supervisors: Jyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya, Michael Bell
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1828-7666
Haiwei Gu
Degree: MPhil
Working title: Green Liner Shipping Network Design Leveraging Zero-Carbon Fuels
Supervisors: Jyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya, Michael Bell
ORCID ID: 0009-0009-9473-5895
Muhammad Fawad Afraz
Degree: PhD
Working title: The 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: Rico Merkert, John Rose
ORCID ID: 0009-0000-3077-6799
Syed Mujtaba Hussain
Degree: PhD
Working title: An empirical analysis of a drone ecosystem in logistics: A fourth-party logistics (4PL) framework for warehouse operations and last-mile delivery
Supervisors: Rico Merkert, Michiel Bliemer
ORCID ID: 0009-0000-3748-2339
Yawen Jiang
Degree: PhD
Working title: Online shoppers’ shipping charge aversion: is it reversable?
Supervisors: Jyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya, Andrew Collins
ORCID ID: 0009-0002-1724-8435
Niklas Kimo Bruns
Degree: PhD
Working title: National Competitive Advantage in the Upstream Battery Supply Chain An Australian Perspective
Supervisors: Rico Merkert, Behnam (Ben) Fahimnia
ORCID ID: 0009-0009-4168-4473
Dilina Kosgoda
Degree: PhD
Working title: Investigating the Near-Miss Bias of the Supplier under a Service Level Contract
Supervisors: Ben Fahimnia
ORCID ID: 0009-0003-7681-4983
Jinadari Prabodhika
Degree: PhD
Working title: Managing Risk Tradeoffs in Upstream Supply Chain Management
Supervisors: Andrew Collins, Behnam (Ben) Fahimnia
