Subject to: Tom Van Woensel

Tom Van Woensel is Full Professor of Freight Transport and Logistics in the Operations, Planning, Accounting and Control group of the department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. Since July 2019, he is appointed as the Director of Education and Graduate Program Director of the Department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences (around 2500 students in various BSc, MSc and PhD programs). He is also the program chair of the Bachelor Program Industrial Engineering. Tom serves as Academic Director of the Global Supply Chain Management program at the Antwerp Management School, Belgium. As a collaborating member, he is connected to the CIRRELT in Canada. His research is mainly focused on Freight Transport and Logistics. He published over 110 papers in leading academic journals (including Management Science, Transportation Science, Transportation Research Part B, C, D, E, Production and Operations Management, Interfaces, Computers and Operations Research, European Journal of Operational Research, etc.) and several chapters in international books. As the lead scientist from the TU/e, he was involved in securing several grants coming from industry, national science foundations, and Europe. He is associate editor for several journals in the transportation field. Tom conducted a large number of projects with industry, mainly with and through his Master, Professional Doctorate, and Doctorate students. He is also director of the European Supply Chain Forum, a collaborative effort with about 75 large multinational companies.