PROFESSOR

Thanos Pallis (BSc, MA, PhD, Fulbright (Columbia, USA)) is a Professor in Port and Maritime Economics & Policy at the Department of Maritime Studies of University of Piraeus, where he also directs the Integrated Port Economics & Management Laboratory.

He is a founder and co-director of PortEconomics, Vice-Chair of the Port Performance Research Network (PPRN), and a member of the International Association of Ports & Harbours (IAPH) Risk and Resilience Committee, for which he co-authors the annual World Ports Tracker report.

The immediate past President of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME), he served as Secretary-General of MedCruise and as General Secretary of the Greek state for Ports and Port Policy.

Thanos has worked in ports and maritime logistics on all different continents and contributed to the formulation of port policies by participating in relevant studies. He is included on the list of the 2%  most-cited researchers in transportation and logistics globally.