Zaili Yang

Course Leader at Liverpool John Moores University

Trainer

Zaili Yang is Professor of Maritime Transport at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), UK. Prior to his current appointment, he was Reader in Maritime Transport (2010-2014) and a lecturer in Maritime Operations (2007-2010) at the School of Engineering, Technology and Maritime Operations, LJMU. 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 and logistics systems. Prof. Yang has received more than £4m external grants (£2m as the PI) from the EU, UK EPSRC and UK DTI to support his research. Research funding support has also been received from government collaborators (i.e. UK MoD and Korean research collaborative funds) via PhD research projects. Prof. Yang has successfully completed 5 postdoctoral and 18 PhD projects. He currently has 1 postdoctoral researcher and 14 PhD students under his supervision in the research areas of maritime safety, logistics operation and port optimisation. His research findings have been published in more than 200 refereed papers in risk and supply chain areas, including more than 90 (70 SCI/SSCI-cited) journal and 90 conference papers. Prof. Yang is a member of 9 transport/maritime journals (e.g. Transport Research Part E). He has also served as a member of review boards for national research councils of USA, UK, EU, Canada, Norway, China and Hong Kong. He has received 10 best paper awards including 1 from a publisher (i.e. Emerald Publishing), 2 from journals (e.g. IMechE Journal Part M) and 7 from conferences (e.g. IEEE LISS) and 2 research awards from IAME2012 and ICRITO2010.

Degrees
2007, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, PhD
2003, Cardiff University, United Kingdom, MSc
2001, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China, BEng