Prof Susana Val

Biography

Dr. Susana Val is Deputy Director, Research Institute ZLC and Associate Research Professor.

She obtained both a PhD and MSc degree in Industrial Engineering at the University of Zaragoza. Her PhD Dissertation was awarded first Prize by CEL (Centro Español de Logística) University in 2008. Furthermore, she studied the Master of Engineering and Logistics at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

Her current research activities focus on improving infrastructures, logistics corridors, best practices, transport policies and urban mobility; as a result she has published book chapters in Springer and also in journals such as Supply Chain management Review, Transportation Planning and technology and International Journal of Procurement Management.

As part of her work, she concentrates on key areas including the decarbonization process and carbon footprint reduction, synchromodality, and the optimization of transport networks. She also focuses on enhancing logistics parks as strategic hubs for supply chain development, strengthening connectivity between ports and their hinterlands, and improving platform interoperability across supply chains.

Throughout her research activity at ZLC, she has led more than 30 research projects, collaborating with companies and entities such as Halliburton, Panalpina, P&G, Beiersdorf, Leo Pharma, SLB, Schindler, BSH, SAICA and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), among others.