Dr. Yuquan Du is a Senior Lecturer in Logistics and Supply Chain Management in the Department of AI, Digital Innovation and Marketing, La Trobe Business School (LBS). He obtained his B.E. in Software Engineering in 2004 at Nankai University in China. Then, he worked as a lecturer and a technical specialist at Jiangxi Vocational College of Finance and Economics between 2004 and 2006. After two years of work, he returned to Nankai University to pursue his master’s and doctoral degrees. He obtained his PhD in Control Theory and Control Engineering in June 2012. Afterwards, he worked for about one year as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Transportation Engineering at Inner Mongolia University (IMU). In 2013, he joined the Centre for Maritime Studies (CMS), National University of Singapore (NUS), and worked there as a Research Fellow for three years. For 6+ years from October 2016, he worked as a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer with the Australian Maritime College (AMC), University of Tasmania (UTAS). He joined La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University, in 2023. His current research concentrates on applying AI, machine learning, and optimisation approaches to the decision-making problems in transport and logistics systems. He is a highly cited researcher in the area of global freight transport and logistics studies. Some of his studies have gained a high academic or industrial reputation, such as the INFORMS President’s Pick (2015).