Dr. Qiang MENG is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the current Director of the Centre for Transport Research. He was an Associate Professor in the department from 1 July 2010 to 31 December 2015, and an Assistant Professor in the department from September 2003 to June 2010. Prior to these appointments, he was a Research Fellow in the department. Dr. Meng received his Bachelor of Science from East China Normal University in 1984 and Master of Science from Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China in 1989. He has served as an Assistant Professor in Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China from July 1989 to July 1997. He went to Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in August 1997 for pursuing PhD study and acquired his PhD in Civil Engineering in November 2000. After the three-year PhD study in HKUST, he returned to Shandong Normal University and was appointed as a full professor in the Information and Management School of the university.

Dr. Meng’s research focuses on three areas: (i) transportation network modeling and optimization, (ii) shipping and intermodal freight transportation analysis, and (iii) quantitative risk assessment (QRA) of transport operations. He has distinguished himself through high-level research at the forefront of transportation/liner shipping/intermodal freight network analysis, modeling and optimization. He has authored or co-authored over 100 journal articles published by leading international transportation and logistics journals. Since joining NUS, he has secured more than S$ 2.5 million in external research grants as a principal investigator (PI) or co-PI (as of April 2015). He has been thus appointed as Dean’s Chair in recognition of his outstanding and impactful scholarly accomplishments with effect from 1 April 2015.