Overview

Francesc Soriguera Martí
Professor of Transportation Engineering

POSITIONS

Full Professor of Transportation since 2026. (Associate Professor between 2016-2026; Assistant Professor between 2007-2016).
Vice-dean of Master Studies and Coordinator of the Master Program in Civil Engineering (Màster en Enginyeria de Camins, Canals i Ports). Barcelona Civil Engineering School. UPC – BarcelonaTech (Since 2020).
Coordinator or the Master in Urban Mobility. (2020 – 2025). Programme SUMT – Sustainable Urban Mobility Transitions. EIT Urban Mobility Master School coordinator (Since 2020). European Institute of Innovation and Technology.
Coordinator or the Master Program on Supply Chain, Transport and Mobility. UPC – BarcelonaTech (2016 – 2021).
Head of traffic research division at CENIT (Center for Innovation in Transport, 2008-2012).

AWARDS

12 research awards and 7 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
35 papers in indexed journals (18 as 1^st author; 16 in 1^st quartile Impact Factor journals)
2 Monographs (1 published in Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic)
2 book collaborations / chapters (one edited by OECD publishing)
57 publications in conference proceedings
4 PhD thesis directed .
Lead researcher in 4 projects belonging to the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation Research Plan (2014-16; 2016-19; 2020-25; 2025-2028).
Participation in 2 projects funded under “Climate, Energy and Mobility” programme HORIZON EUROPE.
14 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.
Over 80 participations in research conferences, seminars, courses and invited talks, both at national and international levels.
and 29 media collaborations

20 years of teaching experience at the UPC-BarcelonaTech.
Participation in the teaching of 23 subjects (11 as professor in charge) at bachelor and master’s level.
49 master / bachelor thesis supervised.
4.31 out of 5 in the key question of the student surveys on professor assessment (weighted average in the last 5 academic courses with available data 2020/21 – 2024/25).
3 five-year recognized teaching periods (quinquenios docentes) (2007-11; 2012-16; 2017-21)
1 Massive Online Open Course. “MOOC – Engineering fundamentals for urban mobility”.
1 textbook on “Transportation operations and traffic”. To be published.
10 participations in teaching innovation activities.
15 participations in teaching training courses and workshops