Professor Konstantinos Zografos

Distinguished Professor

Profile

Konstantinos G. Zografos is Distinguished Professor, Associate Dean for Research, and Director of the Centre for Transport and Logistics (CENTRAL), at Lancaster University Management School (LUMS). His professional expertise, research and teaching interests include applications of Operational Research in Transportation and Logistics. Currently his work is focused on airport planning and operations, air traffic management, vehicle routing and scheduling, hazardous materials transportation, emergency response logistics, itinerary planning, and project management. He has more than 150 professional publications, and he has been involved in more than 70 R&D projects funded by the European Commission, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the General Secretariat for Research and Technology of the Hellenic Republic, and private companies and organizations in Greece, the European Union, and USA.

He is/was a member of the Editorial Board of Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Operational Research: An International Journal, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, International Journal of Logistics Economics and Globalization, and Journal of Aerospace Operations, and served as co-editor of the special issue of Transportation Science on Hazardous Material Transportation. He is a member of the Committees on i) ‘Airport Terminals and Ground Access’, ‘Hazardous Materials Transportation’, and ‘Airfield Capacity and Delays’ of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), The National Academies of Science-Engineering-Medicine, USA.

He is a member of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Mathematical Sciences Strategic Advisory Team (SAT), he was a member (2013-2016) of the Scientific Committee of the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) Joint Undertaking, he served for more than 10 years in RTD Framework Programme European Commission Committees, and he has participated in OECD Roundtables. He is a recipient of the ENO Foundation for Transportation Fellowship (1986), the President's Medal Award (2005) of the British Operational Research Society, and the Edelman Laureate Honorary Medal (2008) of the Institute of Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). He is a member of the Academy of Distinguished Engineers of the University of Connecticut, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (FCILT) and a Fellow of the Operational Research Society (FORS).

Professor Zografos has acted as consultant to projects funded by industry, governmental agencies, and international organizations including the European Commission, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), and EUROCONTROL.

Symposium On Aviation Research
Symposium

Incorporating declared capacity uncertainty in optimizing airport slot allocation
Oral presentation

EPSRC Mathematical Sciences Strategic Advisory Team (External organisation)
Member of an organisation

Research Panel, Operational Research Society (External organisation)
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (External organisation)
Member of an organisation

Chartered Fellow, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), UK (External organisation)
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Committee of Professors of Operational Research (COPIOR) (External organisation)
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Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) (External organisation)
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Transportation Research Board (TRB) (External organisation)
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Innovation in Transport and Logistics Systems Decision Making
Invited talk

Slot Allocation: Alternatives, Strengths and Weaknesses
Invited talk

Meeting the Future Needs of Transport
Invited talk

10th International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Can SMEs Do Well by Doing Good? The Responsible MED Experience
Invited talk

“CSR and SME Competitiveness: From a Theoretical Proposition to Business Practice”,
Invited talk

"London 2012 Olympics: Lessons Learned” Conference
Invited talk

SESAR (External organisation)
Member of an organisation

12th Swiss Transport Research Conference
Invited talk

Civil Engineering Seminar Series, “Modelling and Solving Hazardous Materials Routing and Scheduling Problems”
Invited talk

CSR and Sustainable Development in Education conference
Invited talk

Greek Government (External organisation)
Member of Advisory Panel

Transportation Research Board (TRB) (External organisation)
Member of an organisation

Social Entrepreneurship – The role of SMEs, “Emerging trends in the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility and Supply Chain Management
Invited talk

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory (Journal)
Editorial activity

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies (Journal)
Editorial activity

International Journal of Logistics Economics and Globalisation (Journal)
Editorial activity

Elsevier (External organisation)
Membership of committee

14.1 Euro-China Workshop on Digital Olympics
Invited talk

European Commission (External organisation)
Membership of committee

Building Responsible Companies – Maximizing Benefits Through a Sustainable Supply Chain
Invited talk

International Journal of Operational Research (Journal)
Editorial activity

Journal of Aerospace Operations (Journal)
Editorial activity

Operational Research: An International Journal (External organisation)
Membership of committee

Transportation Research Board (TRB) (External organisation)
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Transportation Research Board (TRB) (External organisation)
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Organisation for Economic (OECD) (External organisation)
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European Commission (External organisation)
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European Commission (External organisation)
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of General Bank of Greece S.A., (External organisation)
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European Commission (External organisation)
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European Commission (External organisation)
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European Commission (External organisation)
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European Commission (External organisation)
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European Commission (External organisation)
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Transportation Research Board (TRB) (External organisation)
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Committee on Hazardous Materials Transport of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (1991) (External organisation)
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Transportation Research Board (TRB) (External organisation)
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (External organisation)
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Edelman Laureate Honorary Medal
Prize (including medals and awards)

President's Medal Award
Prize (including medals and awards)

Academy of Distinguished Engineers
Other distinction

ENO Foundation for Transportation Fellowship
Other distinction

Sigma Xi Scientific Society (A.M)
Other distinction

Excellence in Teaching Award, MBA International
Prize (including medals and awards)

Excellence in Teaching Award, MBA International
Other distinction

EURO Award for the Best EJOR Paper on Innovative Applications of OR
Prize (including medals and awards)

Lancaster Intelligent, Robotic and Autonomous Systems Centre, STOR-i Centre for Doctoral Training

  • Centre for Transport & Logistics (CENTRAL)
  • Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK
  • DSI - Foundations
  • Lancaster Intelligent, Robotic and Autonomous Systems Centre
  • LIRA - Smart Cities and Mobility
  • Mathematical Models and Algorithms for Allocating Scarce Airport Resource (OR-MASTER)
  • Optimisation
  • STOR-i Centre for Doctoral Training