Air Transport Research Society

Executive Committee

Headquartered at the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada — with a global network of researchers, consultants and professionals.

Founding President

Prof. Tae H. Oum

Tae H. Oum is the Founding President of the Air Transport Research Society, which was launched in 1995 as a special interest group of the WCTR Society and which he led as President from 1998 to 2014. He is the UPS Foundation Chair Professor Emeritus at the UBC Sauder School of Business and founded the ATRS Global Airport Benchmarking Task Force, whose annual report has become the leading international reference on airport performance.

Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia — tae.oum@ubc.ca

President

Prof. Gianmaria Martini

University of Bergamo

gianmaria.martini@unibg.it

Chair, Networking Committee

Prof. Anming Zhang

Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia

anming.zhang@sauder.ubc.ca

Committee Members

Christian Bontemps

VP Education

ENAC & Toulouse School of Economics

christian.bontemps@tse-fr.eu

Achim Czerny

VP Information Systems

Faculty of Business, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

achim.czerny@polyu.edu.hk

Wouter Dewulf

VP External

Dept. of Transport and Regional Economics, University of Antwerp

wouter.dewulf@uantwerpen.be

Hideki Fukui

VP Research

Faculty of Law and Letters, Ehime University

fukui.hideki.hz@ehime-u.ac.jp

Anne Lange

VP Publications

Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences

anne.lange@fra-uas.de

Xiaoqian Sun

VP Journal & Airline Benchmarking

School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University

sunxq@buaa.edu.cn

Yulai Sarah Wan

VP Programs

Faculty of Business, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

sarah.wan@polyu.edu.hk

Andreas Wittmer

Treasurer & Swiss Representative

University of St. Gallen

andreas.wittmer@unisg.ch

Chunyan Yu

VP Benchmarking

College of Business, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

chunyan.yu@erau.edu

Yahua Zhang

Secretary

Faculty of STEM, University of South Australia

shane.zhang@unsia.edu.au

Yilin Zhang

Administrator

Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia

yilin.zhang@sauder.ubc.ca

Networking Committee

North America7 members

Kenneth ButtonGeorge Mason Universitykbutton@gmu.edu

Martin DresnerRobert H. Smith School of Business, University of Marylandmdresner@umd.edu

Mark HansenUniversity of California at Berkeleymhansen@ce.berkeley.edu

Perry J. MillerCapital Region Airport Commission, Richmond Virginiapmiller@flyrichmond.com

Tae H. OumUPS Foundation Chair Professor, Sauder School of Business, UBCtae.oum@sauder.ubc.ca

Bijan VasighDepartment of Business, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Universityvasighb@erau.edu

Jia YanSchool of Economic Sciences, Washington State Universityjiay@wsu.edu

Europe11 members

Jaap de Wit2000 Conference Chair, AmsterdamTransport Economics Department, University of Amsterdamj.g.dewit@uva.nl

Kurt Fuellhart2024 Conference Chair, LisbonGhent UniversityKurt.Fuellhart@UGent.be

Sveinn GudmundssonToulouse Business Schools.gudmundsson@tbs-education.fr

Seock-Jin Hong2014 Conference Chair, BordeauxUniversity of North Texas (UNT)seock.hong@unt.edu

Kostas Iatrou2008 & 2016 Conference Chair, Athens / RhodesCEO, ATN – Air Transport Newskiatrou@atn.aero

Keith J. MasonCollege of Aeronautics, Cranfield Universityk.mason@cranfield.ac.uk

Hans-Martin NiemeierDept. of Nautical Sciences and International Economics, University of Bremenhans-martin.niemeier@hs-bremen.de

Eric Pels2019 Conference Chair, AmsterdamVrije Universiteit Amsterdama.j.h.pels@vu.nl

Aisling Reynolds-Feighan1998 Conference Chair, DublinDepartment of Economics, University College Dublinaisling.reynolds@ucd.ie

Mehmet Fevzi Ünal2004 Conference Chair, IstanbulIstanbul Technical Universitymunal@itu.edu.tr

Eddy van de Voorde2017 Conference Chair, AntwerpUniversity of Antwerpeddy.vandevoorde@uantwerpen.be

Asia Pacific10 members

Ian DouglasSchool of Aviation, The University of New South Walesian.douglas@unsw.edu.au

Cheng-Min FengInstitute of Traffic and Transportation, National Chiao Tung Universitycmfeng@mail.nctu.edu.tw

Peter J. ForsythDepartment of Economics, Monash Universitypeter.forsyth@buseco.monash.edu.au

Shinya HanaokaSchool of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technologyhanaoka@ide.titech.ac.jp

Yeon Myung Kim2018 Conference Chair, SeoulHanseo Universitykimyeon@hanseo.ac.kr

Yeong-Heok Lee2001 Conference Chair, Jeju IslandKorea Aerospace Universityyhlee@hau.ac.kr

Joel Zhengyi ShonTainan University of Technologyjoelshon@ms4.hinet.net

Mikio Takebayashi2023 Conference Chair, KobeKobe Universitytakebaya@kobe-u.ac.jp

Alana Khee-Jin Tan2015 Conference Co-Chair, SingaporeFaculty of Law, National University of Singaporealantan@nus.edu.sg

Cheng-Lung (Richard) WuSchool of Aviation, The University of New South Walesc.l.wu@unsw.edu.au

Latin America1 member

Respicio Antonio do Espirito Santo Jr2005 Conference Chair, Rio de JaneiroFederal University of Rio de Janeirorespicio@momentus.com.br

Fellows22 members

Nicole AdlerHebrew University Business School, Hebrew University of Jerusalemmsnic@huji.ac.il

Jan K. BruecknerUniversity of California, Irvinejkbrueck@uci.edu

Kenneth ButtonGeorge Mason Universitykbutton@gmu.edu

Jaap de WitTransport Economics Department, University of Amsterdamj.g.dewit@uva.nl

Mario C. DiazThe Houston Airport System (HAS)mario.diaz@houstontx.gov

Ian Douglas2021 Conference Chair, SydneySchool of Aviation, The University of New South Walesian.douglas@unsw.edu.au

Martin DresnerRobert H. Smith School of Business, University of Marylandmdresner@umd.edu

Peter J. ForsythDepartment of Economics, Monash Universitypeter.forsyth@buseco.monash.edu.au

Anne GrahamUniversity of Westminstergrahama@westminster.ac.uk

Shinya HanaokaSchool of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technologyhanaoka.s.aa@m.titech.ac.jp

Mark HansenUniversity of California, Berkeleymhansen@ce.berkeley.edu

Yoshitsugu Hayashi2006 Conference EC Chair, NagoyaCenter for Sustainable Development and Global Smart Cities, Chubu Universityy-hayashi@isc.chubu.ac.jp

Hans-Martin NiemeierDept. of Nautical Sciences and International Economics, University of Bremenhans-martin.niemeier@hs-bremen.de

Tae H. OumSauder School of Business, University of British Columbiatae.oum@ubc.ca

Aisling Reynolds-FeighanDepartment of Economics, University College Dublinaisling.reynolds@ucd.ie

Dawna RhoadesEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical Universityrhoadesd@erau.edu

William Swan2002 Conference Chair, SeattleChief Economist, Seabury Airline Planning Group, LLCbill.swan@cyberswans.com

Eddy van de VoordeUniversity of Antwerpeddy.vandevoorde@uantwerpen.be

Bijan VasighDepartment of Business, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Universityvasighb@erau.edu

Dieter WilkenGerman Aerospace Centre (DLR)Dieter.Wilken@dlr.de

Clifford WinstonBrookings InstitutionCWINSTON@brookings.edu

Anming ZhangSauder School of Business, University of British Columbiaanming.zhang@sauder.ubc.ca

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