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Meet our key academic and research staff

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The Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies is home to some of Australia’s, and the world’s, leading academics in transportation, logistics and supply chain management.

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Professor David Hensher

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.

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Our team

  • Professor David Hensher AM
    Director and Professor of Management
  • Professor Rico Merkert
    Deputy Director and Chair in Transport and Supply Chain Management
  • Professor Matthew Beck
    Professor in Infrastructure Management
  • Professor Michael Bell
    Chair in Ports and Maritime Logistics
  • Professor John Rose
    Neil Smith Research Chair in Sustainable Transport Futures

  • Dr Andrew Collins
    Senior Lecturer in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • Associate Professor Chinh Ho
    Associate Professor in Data Analytics in Logistics & GIS

View our current higher degree by research students

  • Professor Zheng Li
    Honorary Professor
  • Dr Göran Smith
    Honorary Senior Principal Research Fellow

  • Zhi Jiang Wong
    RWTH Aachen University
    13 October to 16 November 2025
  • Hamza Zubair
    Monash University, Malaysia
    15 September - 10 November 2025
  • Florian Wozny
    Aerospace Centre Institute of Air Transport
    17 March - 28 April 2025
  • Jiwon Kim
    Technical University of Denmark
    17 September - 31 December 2024
  • Jason Monio
    Kedge Business School, Marseille, France
    22 July – 31 December 2024
  • Marc Mehrer
    TU&M Munich
    01 February 2024- 15 April 2024
  • Stephane Hess
    ITS Leeds University -UK
    30 October - 10 November 2023
  • Stephen Ison
    De Montfort University
    29 July - 2 September 2023
  • Allister Loder
    Technical University of Munich (TUM)
    6 March - 24 March 2023
  • Ruben Akse
    Radboud University, the Netherlands
    4 September - 18 November 2022

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. 

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