JUAN CARLOS MUÑOZ
Minister of Transport and Telecommunications, Chile
An Industrial Civil Engineer who graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile with a Master's in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research and a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, United States. He is a full professor in the Department of Transportation and Logistics Engineering at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He has extensive academic experience, conducting research in the areas of transportation operations, public transportation systems, logistics, and vehicular traffic theory, among others.
Until his appointment, he was a teaching professor in the Department of Transportation and Logistics Engineering at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, and Director of the Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CEDEUS). He was a member of the expert committee promoted by the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications of Chile to suggest improvements to public transport, and was director of the Santiago Metro and the Valparaíso Metro.
He is the editor of the book "Bus Rapid Transit and the Restructuring of Public Transit" (Policy Press, 2016) and has published multiple times in national and international journals on mobility and transportation, being recognised as an internationally renowned expert.
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