Pablo L. Durango-Cohen is associate professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northwestern University. After completing his undergraduate studies at the University of Southern California, he completed his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at the University of California, Berkeley. His main research activities involve developing and analyzing optimization and econometric models to support monitoring, management and operation of transportation systems. He has also published in transportation economics and policy, as well as in environmental design and life-cycle assessment of transportation systems. Among others, his research has been recognized with a Faculty Early CAREER Development Award from the National Science Foundation in 2006, and with a Young Author Prize at the 2007 World Congress on Transport Research. Among Prof. Durango-Cohen’s professional activities, he serves as Associate Editor for the ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, and has served as proposal and project reviewer for a number of federal and state agencies, as well as universities from around the world.