Francesc Soriguera Martí
Associate Professor of Transportation Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering – BarcelonaTech-UPC
Jordi Girona 1-3, Building B-1, Office 114
08034 Barcelona
Tel. (+34) 93 401 72 66
@ francesc.soriguera@upc.edu
web http://fsoriguera.com
@fsoriguera
HIGHLIGHTS
- Associate Professor of Transportation since 2016. (Assistant Professor between 2007-2016)
- Coordinator or the Master Program on Supply Chain, Transport and Mobility. UPC – BarcelonaTech (since 2016).
- Head of traffic research division at CENIT (Center for Innovation in Transport, 2008-2012).
- 20 papers in indexed journals (15 as 1st autor; 11 in 1st quartile Impact Factor journals)
- Director of 3 PhD thesis and advisor of 38 graduate theses.
- Lead researcher in three projects belonging to the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation Research Plan (2013-15; 2016-19; 2020-23).
- 16 research contracts with private companies and public institutions.
- Reviewer for the Spanish National Research Commission, for the ETH Zurich Research Commission, for the Swiss National Foundation (SNF) and for several high impact SCI journals: Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, IEEE Transactions on ITS, Transportation Research – Part C, Journal of Intelligent Transportation and Transportation Science, among others.
AWARDS
- 7 research awards and 6 honorable mentions / finalist positions for research works under F. Soriguera direction.
- 2015. Recipient of a mobility fellowship under the NILS Science and Sustainability Programme for Individual Mobility (ABEL‐IM‐2014B)
- 2014. Finalist in the Young Researcher of the Year 2014 Award. International Transport Forum (OECD).
- 2013. Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award. UPC–BarcelonaTech.
- 2012. II Young Researcher Award. X Congreso de Ingeniería del Transporte. Best paper presented by researchers under 35 years old.
- 2011. VIII Abertis Prize Winner. Best 2010 Doctoral Thesis in the field of transportation infrastructure management.
EDUCATION
- Visiting researcher position (2015) at TØI, Institute of Transportation Economics – Norwegian Center for Transport Research, Oslo, Norway.
- Two visiting scholar appointments at the University of California at Berkeley (USA), hosted by Prof. Carlos Daganzo (2007) and Prof. Michael Cassidy (2012).
- PhD in Civil Engineering. UPC-BarcelonaTech (2010)
- Postgraduate diplomas in Port Operations, Public Works Management and Private Management of Infrastructures (2005-2006)
- MEng in Civil Engineering. UPC-BarcelonaTech (2004)
- Research interests: traffic analysis and management, improvement of urban mobility and optimization of transportation operations
- 20 papers in indexed journals (15 as 1st autor; 11 in 1st quartile Impact Factor journals)
- 1 Monograph (published in Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic)
- 2 book collaborations / chapters (one edited by OECD publishing)
- 3 PhD thesis & 38 Master thesis directed
- 38 publications in conference proceedings
- Over 60 participations in research conferences, seminars, courses and invited talks, both at national and international levels.
- and 24 media collaborations
- Transportation [Degree in Civil Engineering, 6th Semester, Core subject]
- Urban Mobility [Master in Civil Engineering; 3rd Semester; Optional]
- Operations in Transportation [Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Transport and Mobility, 1st Semester, Core subject]
- Traffic [Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Transport and Mobility, 2nd Semester, Core subject for major in Transport and Mobility]