Personal profile

Summary

Dr. Nazam Ali earned his bachelor’s degree in Transportation Engineering from University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore in 2014. His Masters is from Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University, Thailand (2016-2018). He earned his PhD from Kanazawa University, Japan. He has diverse experience of working with organizations and collaborators from around the globe. His main research areas are transport modeling, travel behaviours, transport policy, mobility-as-a-service, and travel behaviour monitoring and evaluations. He worked at University of Management and Technology Lahore, COMSATS University Islamabad, and The University of Hong Kong.  Currently, he is working as a researcher at University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom. 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Education/Academic qualification

Ph.D., Modeling the Transport and Land-use System through a Unified Equilibrium Model and Predicting the Public Transport Mode Choice Behavior., Kanazawa University

1 Oct 201926 Sept 2022

Award Date: 26 Sept 2022

MSc, Classification and The Study of Impacts on Fuel-economy of Heavy-duty Vehicles., Thammasat University

8 Aug 201631 Aug 2019

Award Date: 31 Aug 2018

BSc (Hons), Preference Evaluation of Metro Bus Systems (MBS) at Signalized Intersections: A Lahore City Case Study, NED University of Engineering and Technology

30 Sept 201031 Aug 2014

Award Date: 31 Oct 2014

External positions

Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Hong Kong

9 Aug 202312 Sept 2024

Assistant Professor, COMSATS University Islamabad

17 Oct 20224 Aug 2023

Lecturer, University of Management and Technology

4 Sept 201830 Sept 2019

Keywords

  • TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
  • Travel Behaviour
  • Transport Planning
  • Transport Policy
  • Mobility as a Service
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Machine Learning