Zhongyi Jin

Zhongyi Jin

Postdoctoral Fellow, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

I focus on how operations research methods can make transportation and logistics systems more reliable, efficient, and sustainable.

I am currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. I received my PhD from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University under the supervision of Prof. Kam Hung Ng. During my doctoral studies, I was a Visiting Doctoral Researcher in the Department of Decision Sciences at HEC Montréal, supervised by Prof. Okan Arslan.

I hold a Master's Degree from Dalian University of Technology in Port, Coastal, and Offshore Engineering and a Bachelor's Degree in Port, Waterway, and Coastal Engineering from Ocean University of China. I will join HEC Montréal as a Postdoctoral Fellow, working with Prof. Okan Arslan and Prof. Maryam Daryalal this year, supported by the GERAD Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition 2026-2027.

My research interests center on low-altitude air mobility and logistics systems, as well as airport and seaport operations management. I have authored over ten papers in peer-reviewed journals such as Transportation Research Part A/D/E, International Journal of Production Research, and Omega. I also actively contribute to the academic community as a reviewer for more than twenty journals, such as Transportation Research Part A/C/D/E, Computers & Operations Research, International Journal of Production Research, and Transport Policy.

Domains

  • Low-altitude air mobility and logistics
  • Airport and seaport operations
  • Transportation and logistics

Methodologies

  • Operations research
  • Data-driven optimization
  • Transport economics

Sep. 2022 - Oct. 2025

Doctor of Philosophy

Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China

Aug. 2024 - Jan. 2025

Visiting Doctoral Researcher

Department of Decision Sciences, HEC Montréal, Montréal, Canada

Sep. 2019 - Jun. 2022

Master of Engineering

School of Infrastructure Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China

Sep. 2015 - Jun. 2019

Bachelor of Engineering

Department of Ocean Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

Oct. 2026 - Oct. 2027

Incoming Postdoctoral Fellow

HEC Montréal, Montréal, Canada

Nov. 2025 - Present

Postdoctoral Fellow

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China

Jul. 2025

Best Paper Award 2025 from the Journal of the Air Transport Research Society

Hong Kong SAR, China

Jun. 2025

PolyU Postdoc Matching Fund Scheme 2024/25

Hong Kong SAR, China