Tânia Ramos is an Associate Professor at the Engineering and Management Department at IST – University of Lisbon, and President of the Research Unit CEGIST – Centre for Management Studies of IST. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Management from ISCTE-IUL, her Master’s degree in Operations Research and Systems Engineering from IST and her PhD in Engineering and Management from IST. Tânia’s research focuses mainly on modelling and solving real-world problems related with logistics systems planning, routing, sustainability, reverse logistics and waste management systems. She has several papers published in international journals. She is also the co-author of books in the field of logistics. She has coordinated several national projects on the fields of logistics and waste management.

Keywords: Vehicle Routing Problems | Reverse Logistics | Waste Management