Meead Saberi Kalaee
Professor · Faculty of Engineering · University of New South Wales
Quick answer: Meead Saberi Kalaee is Professor at University of New South Wales. Meead Saberi Kalaee shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-17.
⭐ I am continuously seeking highly motivated and talented PhD applicants with strong background and interest in traffic flow theory and transport network modelling to contribute to our growing research in transportation engineering at University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney. UNSW offers PhD research scholarships to competitive applicants covering tuition fees and a minimum annual stipend of $37,
Research interests
Meead Saberi is a Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia, a member of the Research Centre for Integrated Transport Innovation (rCITI), and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow (2026-2031). He received his PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering (Transportation Systems Analysis and Planning) from Northwestern University, USA (2013), his MSc in Transportation Engineering from Portland State University, USA (2010), and his BEng in Civil Engineering from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran (2007). Prof Saberi's research interests span a broad range of topics in transportation systems analysis, traffic flow theory and network dynamics, large-scale transport network modeling and simulation, complex networks, pedestrian and crowd dynamics, and urban data analytics and visualisation. He has authored nearly 100 peer-reviewed journal papers. He has led and collaborated on numerous externally funded projects worth over $3 million AUD since 2015, supported by the ARC, Transport for NSW, City of Sydney, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Cisco Australia, and others. His work has advanced both theoretical and applied understanding of transport networks, urban mobility, and sustainable transport systems. Prof Saberi is also the co-founder and CEO of footpath.ai, a UNSW spin-out that uses GeoAI and computer vision to scale and automate the mapping and analysis of pedestrian infrastructure. He serves on the editorial boards of Data Science for Transportation, npj Sustainable Mobility and Transport, and Transportation Letters, and has guest-edited special issues on emerging mobility services and machine learning in transportation research. His scholarship and service have been recognised with multiple awards, including the UNSW Faculty of Engineering Academic Excellence Award (2020) and Leadership Award from the Transportation Research Board's Traffic Flow Theory and Characteristics Committee (2017).
transportation, traffic modeling, dynamic traffic assignment, pedestrian behaviour, transportation networks, data visualisation, data analytics, high-dimensional spatial data, transport, traffic, road safety, urban planning
Frequently asked questions
Is Meead Saberi Kalaee hiring PhD students at University of New South Wales?
Yes. As of 2026-09-17, Meead Saberi Kalaee's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: I am continuously seeking highly motivated and talented PhD applicants with strong background and interest in traffic flow theory and transport network modelling to contribute to our growing research .
What does Meead Saberi Kalaee research?
Meead Saberi is a Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia, a member of the Research Centre for Integrated Transport Innovation (rCITI), and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow (2026-2031). He received his
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