Transportation Research Group

Our people

Meet our researchers and learn more about their expertise.

Mr Ismail Aydemir

Research interests

  • Intelligent Transportation and Logistics Systems
  • Sustainable Urban Logistics
  • Shared-Fleet Logistics
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Miss Jingjing Zhao

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Dr John Armstrong

Snr Res Fellow in Engineering Economics
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Professor John Preston

Professor in Rail Transport

Research interests

  • Demand, capacity and cost modelling for sustainable transport infrastructure.
  • The design, monitoring and evaluation of transport interventions designed to promote sustaina…
  • The determination of pathways for future mobility transitions to net zero carbon.
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Professor Katie Plant

Professor
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Miss Lisa Aldridge BSc, C.ErgHF

Research interests

  • Physiological Measures such as Heart Rate Variability and Pupillometry.
  • Objective Measures such as Speed of Data Entry and Visual Gaze Plots.
  • Subject Measures such as "Good" Coordination and "Good" Communication.
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Dr Marcus Young PhD

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Application of GIS methods and techniques to research relating to public transport and active…
  • Development of open source tools for transport planning applications, for example the Station…
  • Rail demand modelling and appraisal with a focus on developing improved aggregate models to f…
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Professor Mark Young BSc (Hons), PhD, CErgHF, FCIEHF

Professor of Human Factors in Transport

Research interests

  • human factors
  • transport safety
  • accident investigation and analysis

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Matt Grote

Research Fellow Transport & the Envirmt

Research interests

  • Mitigating road traffic impacts
  • Sustainable aviation
  • Practical modelling methods
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