Prof. Zaili Yang

Prof. Zaili Yang
Affiliation: Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), UK

Zaili Yang is Professor of Maritime Transport and Co-Director of Liverpool, Logistics, Offshore and Marine Research Institute at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), UK. He received his BEng in Maritime Transportation from Dalian Maritime University, China, in 2001, MSc in International Transport from Cardiff University, UK, in 2003, and PhD in Maritime Safety from LJMU, UK, in 2006. Prof. Yang’s research interests are analysis and modelling of safety, resilience and sustainability of transport networks, particularly maritime systems. Prof. Yang has received more than £6m external grants (£4m as the PI) from the EU and UK EPSRC, including a prestigious ERC consolidator grant. Prof. Yang has completed 7 postdoctoral and 33 PhD projects. He currently has 3 PDRAs and 7 PhD students under his supervision in the research areas of maritime safety and logistics operations. His research findings have been published in over 250 refereed papers in risk and transport areas, including 150 long journal papers. Prof. Yang is the AE/EMB of 14 journals (e.g. Transport Research Part E). He has received 14 paper awards (e.g. IMechE Journal Part M) and 4 research awards (e.g. Northeast Asia Logistics Award 2018).