Professional Organizations and Advisory Role

• Member of the Future of Manufacturing Global Agenda Council, World Economic Forum (2014-16)
• Member of the Global Agenda Council on Advanced Manufacturing, World Economic Forum (2011-14).
• Advisory Board Member, US Merchant Marine Academy (2013-2018).
• Board Member, International Association of Maritime Economists (2014-16).
• Board Member, Canadian Transportation Research Forum (2013-16).
• Board Member, University Transportation Research Center, Region II (2012-2019).
• Member of the Freight Advisory Board, The Brookings Institution (2013).
• Member of the World Conference on Transport Research Society.
• Member of the PortEconomics.eu initiative.
• Member of the International Association of Maritime Economists.
• Member of the American Association of Geographers.
• Member of the North American Transport Competitiveness Research Council.
• Member of the National Council for Geographic Education.
• Fellow of the American Geographical Society.
• Member of the Sustainable Transport in Europe and Links and Liaisons with America (STELLA) network.
• Member of the Sustainable Transportation Analysis and Research (STAR) Network.
• Fellow of the Commission on Marine Geography, International Geographical Union.

Research Centers

• 2022-, Hagler Institute for Advanced Study / Department of Maritime Administration, Texas A&M University, Distinguished Fellow. Visiting Professor, Department of Maritime Business Administration, Texas A&M University Galveston. Recipient of the Jerry and Kay Cox – Heep Distinguished Faculty Chair.
• 2017, Collegium of Lyon, University of Lyon, Visiting Professor.
• 2014-15, Joint Institute of Transport and Logistics, Chongqing University, Visiting Professor.
• 2011-2012, IFSTTAR (Institut français des sciences et technologies des transports, de l’aménagement et des réseaux), SPLOTT (Systèmes Productifs, Logistique, Organisation des Transports, et Travail) research unit. Visiting Professor.
• 2011, Université de Lyon 2, Laboratoire d’Economie des Transports (LET). Visiting Professor.
• 2010- PortEconomics.eu initiative, Associate member.
• 2009, Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Sécurité (INRETS), Laboratoire Systemes Productifs, Logistique, Organisation des Transports et Travail (SPLOTT). Visiting Professor.
• 2007-2015, Van Horne Institute, University of Calgary. Van Horne Researcher in Transportation and Logistics.
• 2006-2015, Institute of Transport and Maritime Management Antwerp (ITMMA), University of Antwerp, Belgium. Visiting Professor.
• 2005- University Transportation Research Center, Region II, City University of New York, New York, USA. Affiliated Faculty, Board Member.
• 2005-2008, Freight and Maritime Program and Management Program (FMP), Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT), Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA. Affiliated Faculty.
• 2003-2005, Gilbert M. Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education (GCGE), Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, USA. Fellow (Project: online Center for Global Geography Education).
• 1994-2002, Centre for Research on Transportation (CRT), Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, CANADA.
  • Invited Researcher, 1999-2002 (Project: Urban Transport and the Environment in China.)
  • Post Doctoral Research Fellow, 1994-1997 (Project: Maritime Transportation in a Global Economy.)
  • Research Assistant, 1989-1992.
• 1998-2002, Centre d’Études sur l’Asie de l’Est (CETASE) / East Asian Studies Centre, Université de Montréal, Québec, CANADA. Adjunct Professor.