Diana Jorge is an Assistant Professor of Operations and Logistics at the Department of Engineering and Management, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon. She has held a PhD in Transportation Systems from the University of Coimbra since 2014. Her research focuses on modeling and solving real-world challenges in transportation and logistics systems, with particular emphasis on waste collection routing and urban logistics routing, using operations research methods. A central aspect of her work is the integration of sustainability objectives, including economic, environmental, and social dimensions. Diana has co-authored several peer-reviewed articles published in international indexed journals and has participated as a team member in five research projects—three completed and two ongoing. She is currently the coordinator of LL@Green – Optimizing towards Sustainable Last-Mile Logistics, a project dedicated to advancing sustainable last-mile logistics.

Keywords: Operations Research | Metaheuristics | Logistics