Dr Shahram Heydari
Lecturer in Transportation
Dr Shahram Heydari is Lecturer in Transportation within the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Southampton.
I am a Lecturer in the Transportation Research Group, Department of Civil, Maritime and Environmental Engineering. Prior to joining the University of Southampton, I was an NSERC Research Fellow in the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London. I obtained my PhD in Transportation Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada. My doctoral research has contributed significantly to the introduction of Bayesian nonparametrics as a viable and feasible alternative approach to the traffic safety research community.
I have extensive experience with undertaking collaborative research across different institutions and disciplines. I was a visiting scholar at Texas A&M University and McGill University. At Imperial College, my research was centred on transport-related air pollution, specifically traffic contribution to air pollution, exposure in different modes of transport, and predicting air quality in urban settings.
With a background in Civil Engineering awarded by the University of Rome “La Sapienza,” I have several years of experience as a professional engineer in Italy. In line with my years in industry, I aim at addressing real-world transportation problems. I am a member of the Network of Excellence in Air Quality at Imperial College London and a recipient of a number of prestigious academic awards, including the Alexander Graham Bell doctoral scholarship and the NSERC postdoctoral fellowship.