Profile

Harilaos N. Psaraftis is Professor Emeritus at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Department of Technology, Management and Economics. He has a diploma from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) (1974), and two M.Sc. degrees (1977) and a Ph.D. (1979) from MIT, USA. He has been Assistant and Associate Professor at MIT from 1979 to 1989, a Professor at NTUA from 1989 to 2013 and a Professor at DTU from 2013 to 2023.  He has been PI or co-PI in 55 projects, of which 25 from the EU, and  has coordinated 3 EU projects. He has been a member and chairman of various groups at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and has also served as CEO of the Piraeus Port Authority (1996 -2002). He has published extensively and has received several academic and industry awards. His latest book is entitled "Sustaible Shipping: A Cross Disciplinary View" (Springer, 2019). His main research interests are in logistics and transportation.

Other information

See CV: 

https://findit.dtu.dk/en/cvuploads/84933/PSARAFTIS_H_N_CV_Nov_2024.pdf

International Experience:

Principal Investigator in many EU projects, coordinating 3 of them.

Involved in various International Maritime Organization, European Commission and other UN bodies committees and panels.

Departmental Academic Advisor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Dept. of Logistics and Maritime Studies.

See CV for more info.

Language Skills:
Greek (mother tongue)
English
French

Research areas

Transportation logistics; maritime logistics; green logistics