Prof. dr. Koen Mommens

Koen Mommens is an associate professor in the research group Mobilise - Vrije Universiteit Brussel, led by Prof. Dr. Cathy Macharis. He leads the research group on Sustainable Logistics within Mobilise, and is supervising multiple PhD students and postdocs. Koen was actively involved in over 50 research projects, including European projects, projects for governments, NGO's and industry (e.g. COMEOS, AB Inbev, Colruyt). Koen counts over 100 publications of which many as first author. He is board member of Vervoerslogistieke Werkdagen, Mobiliteitsraad (MORA) and VIL Adviesraad and active in several networks like ALICE, NECTAR, BIVEC and the House Of Sustainable Transition (HOST).

Koen Mommens is a Master of Science in Geography at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. In his PhD, Koen researched the impact of different cargo-types (e.g. containers, pallets, etc.) on the modal shift to rail and inland waterways. He therefore developed the LAMBTOP (GIS model) and TRABAM (agent-based model). This last model is a freight transport model for Belgium integrating both logistic service provider behavior and external cost calculations on individual vehicle level.