Conference Chairs/Conference Committee/
Track Chairs

Conference Chair

Genevieve Giuliano, Senior Associate Dean, Research & Technology, School of Policy, Planning and Development, University of Southern California; Director of METRANS giuliano@usc.edu

Conference Organization Chair

Marianne Venieris, Executive Director, Center for International Trade and Transportation, California State University, Long Beach mvenieris@uces.csulb.edu

Conference Committee

Petros Ioannou, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering Systems, University of Southern California; Associate Director of Research, METRANS ioannou@usc.edu

Marianne Venieris, Executive Director, Center for International Trade & Transportation, California State University Long Beach; Deputy Director, METRANS  mvenieris@uces.csulb.edu

Mahyar Amouzegar, Associate Dean for Research & Development, College of Engineering, California State University Long Beach  mayhar@csulb.edu

Anastasios Chassiakos, Executive Director of Assessment, California State University Long Beach   achassk@csulb.edu

Maged Dessouky, Professor, Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Southern California  maged@usc.edu

Joseph Magaddino, Chairman, Department of Economic, California State University Long Beach   magaddin@csulb.edu

James E. Moore II, Professor and Chair, Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Southern California  jmoore@usc.edu

Thomas O’Brien, Associate Director, METRANS CSULB Programs; Director of Research, California State University Long Beach   tobrien@csulb.edu

Track Chairs

Modeling

• Maged Dessouky,  Professor, Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Southern California  maged@usc.edu
• Fernando Ordóñez, Assistant Professor, Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Southern California  fordon@usc.edu

Port Operations

• Anastasios Chassiakos, Executive Director of Assessment, California State University Long Beach   achassk@csulb.edu
• Hanh Dam Le-Griffin, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California  hdle@usc.edu

Transport Economics

• Kristen Monaco, Professor, Department of Economics, California State University Long Beach  kmonaco@csulb.edu
• Seiji Steimetz, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, California State University Long Beach  ssteimet@csulb.edu

Environment

• Hamid Rahai, Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, California State University Long Beach  rahai@csulb.edu
• Reza Toossi, Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, California State University Long Beach  rtoossi@csulb.edu

Policy/Institutions

• Lisa Schweitzer, Assistant Professor, School of Policy, Planning, & Development, University of Southern California  lschweit@usc.edu

Security/Vulnerability

• James E. Moore II, Professor and Chair, Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Southern California  jmoore@usc.edu

Best Practices/Lessons Learned

• Thomas O’Brien, Associate Director, METRANS CSULB Program, California State University Long Beach   tobrien@csulb.edu
• Marianne Venieris , Executive Director, Center for International Trade and Transportation, California State University, Long Beach  mvenieris@uces.csulb.edu