Nikolaos Geroliminis

Nikolaos Geroliminis is a Full Professor at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) holding multiple appointments across the institution. He serves as Full Professor at the Urban Transport Systems Laboratory (LUTS) within the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), Full Professor at SGC-ENS (Teaching), and Full Professor at SHS-ENS (Teaching). Additionally, he is a Member of the Diversity Office at ENAC (DOENAC), PhD program committee member for both Civil and Environmental Engineering and Robotics, Control and Intelligent Systems doctoral programs, and Head of Unit for the ENAC Academic Evaluation Committee.

Dr. Geroliminis received his Diploma in Civil Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in 2003, followed by an M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 2004, and completed his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from UC Berkeley in 2007. Prior to joining EPFL, he served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Minnesota.

His research primarily focuses on urban transportation systems with particular emphasis on traffic flow theory, control, and optimization of large-scale networks. His work spans multiple domains including public transportation, logistics, ride-hailing systems, drone-based traffic monitoring, and the Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram (MFD) concept. Dr. Geroliminis has pioneered research using drone swarms for traffic monitoring through the pNEUMA experiment, which has generated high-resolution traffic data for studying congestion propagation, lane-changing behavior, and emission patterns. His recent work increasingly addresses emerging mobility systems including autonomous vehicles, electric vehicle charging management, and urban air mobility.

His publication record demonstrates a clear evolution from fundamental traffic flow theory toward increasingly complex multimodal transportation systems. Recent publications (2023-2025) show strong emphasis on drone-based traffic monitoring, optimization of ride-sharing systems, integration of public transit with ride-hailing services, and applications of artificial intelligence to traffic forecasting and control. His work consistently bridges theoretical developments with practical applications for improving urban mobility.

• ERC Starting Grant 'METAFERW: Modeling and controlling traffic congestion and propagation in large-scale urban multimodal networks'

Dr. Geroliminis serves as Associate Editor for Transportation Research Part C and is on the editorial boards of Transportation Research Part B, Transportation Letters, and Journal of ITS. He is actively involved in multiple doctoral programs at EPFL and serves on the Transportation Research Board's Traffic Flow Theory Committee. His research has been supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation, Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology, European Union, and Innosuisse – Swiss Innovation Agency.

As head of the Urban Transport Systems Laboratory (LUTS), Dr. Geroliminis leads a research team focused on developing sustainable transportation solutions through innovative modeling approaches. His laboratory has been instrumental in conducting large-scale field experiments like pNEUMA, which employs drone swarms to collect unprecedented traffic data. The lab's work bridges transportation engineering, control theory, and data science to address pressing urban mobility challenges.