Dr. Zhibin Chen is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at New York University Shanghai.

Prior to this appointment, he was a research fellow at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Dr. Chen received his Ph.D. in Transportation engineering from the University of Florida in 2017, and his B.S. from Sun Yat-sen University in 2012.

Dr. Chen’s research goal is to identify, develop, and implement emerging technologies to achieve a safer, more efficient, and environment-friendly transportation system. His research interests include the investigation of electric vehicle behavior, policies, and charging facilities; sustainable transportation system design; transportation network modeling and optimization; and AI for transportation. His extensive research experience has resulted in more than 40 published journal papers in top transportation, energy, and urban journals, such as Transportation Science, Transportation Research Part B/C/D, EJOR, IEEE ITS, Applied Energy, and Sustainable Cities and Society.

Beyond publications, he has secured 8 grants from the NSF China, the Shanghai government, and other sources. In addition, he has received 3 talent programs from the Shanghai government, and the Stella Dafermos Best Paper Award and the Ryuichi Kitamura Paper Award at the 95th TRB Annual Meeting.