Dr. Neema Nassir is a Senior Lecturer in Transport Engineering and the Discipline Coordinator for Civil Engineering at the Department of Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne. He is also a member of the AIMES team in the Faculty of Engineering and IT. He earned his Ph.D. in Transportation Systems from the University of Arizona (2013). His research is focused on new methods to simulate, model, design, and manage public transport, shared mobility, and connected/automated transport systems. Prior to joining the University of Melbourne, he was a senior researcher at the Transit Lab and Urban Mobility Lab of MIT, where he closely collaborated with transport authorities in Chicago, Boston, and London.
Dr. Patricia Sauri Lavieri is a Senior Lecturer in Transport Engineering at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She has a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin (2018). Her goal is to contribute to the development of more sustainable and equitable societies that leverage smart technologies. Her background includes qualitative and quantitative research methods, particularly in the field of advanced discrete choice modelling. She has had high-impact contributions to the modelling of user preferences for emerging transport technologies and services, such as ride-hailing, bike-sharing, and electric, connected, and automated vehicles. She currently leads a research group focusing on electric vehicle charging behavior and demand modelling for integrated transport and energy systems.
