Biography

Professor Othmane Benmoussa joined the Euromed University of Fes (UEMF) in January 2019. He is currently Vice-President in charge of research-innovation and partnerships at UEMF and Director of the Euromed Polytechnic School (EPS).

In addition to his academic experience in Switzerland, Prof. Benmoussa accumulated more than 15 years of practice in industry and services, in Morocco and abroad (Canada), as chief of staff, director of strategy, audit and inspection of services, director of logistics and transport, airport director and director of heritage and procurement for various public, semi-public and private organizations.

In addition to his initial training as a civil engineering engineer from EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne - Switzerland), Prof. Benmoussa also obtained a PhD (doctorate in technical sciences) in technology management, entrepreneurship and management of high-impact technological projects from EPFL, as well as a postgraduate diploma in transport modeling from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology - USA) and an advanced executive certificate in management, innovation and technology from the Sloan School of Management at MIT.

Prof. Benmoussa's research areas relate to the modeling, simulation and optimization of physical flows and traffic, using macro-, meso- and microscopic transport models, combining discrete choice analysis theory and intelligent learning models, in addition to the integration of internalization and monetization mechanisms of externalities within systemic analyses related to modal shifts and stochastic route choice.