Awards and Recognitions

Outstanding Paper Award 2025 for article “A Diffused Memetic Optimizer for Reactive Berth Allocation and Scheduling at Marine Container Terminals in Response to Disruptions”, published in Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, Elsevier (Netherlands) – May 2026

Highly Cited Scholar 2025 (Top 2% worldwide in Logistics & Transportation; ranked #20 out of 30,588 scholars according to the composite c-score and 2025 Scopus citation report based on single-year performance and #93 based on lifetime performance), Scopus, Elsevier (Netherlands) – Sept 2025 [Link] 

Outstanding Reviewer, ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers - ASCE (USA) – May 2025

 2024-2025 Research Excellence Award, Florida A&M University – Apr 2025

2024-2025 Teaching Award for Inclusive Teaching and Mentoring, Florida State University – Mar 2025

Highly Cited Scholar 2024 (Top 2% worldwide in Logistics & Transportation; ranked #14 out of 28,891 scholars according to the composite c-score and 2024 Scopus citation report based on single-year performance and #148 based on lifetime performance), Scopus, Elsevier (Netherlands) – Sept 2024 [Link] 

Outstanding Reviewer, Maritime Business Review, Emerald (United Kingdom) – Sept 2024

Outstanding Reviewer, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Elsevier (Netherlands) – Jan 2024

Highly Cited Scholar 2023 (Top 2% worldwide in Logistics & Transportation; ranked #29 out of 26,803 scholars according to the composite c-score and 2023 Scopus citation report based on single-year performance and #274 based on lifetime performance), Scopus, Elsevier (Netherlands) – Oct 2023 [Link] 

Highly Cited Scholar 2022 (Top 2% worldwide in Logistics & Transportation; ranked #106 out of 24,981 scholars according to the composite c-score and 2022 Scopus citation report based on single-year performance and #560 based on lifetime performance), Scopus, Elsevier (Netherlands) – Nov 2022 [Link] 

Best Paper Award, paper "Capturing Effects of COVID-19 on Global Cruise Vessel Density and Emissions" presented at The 13th International Workshop on Computational Transportation Science (CTS2022). Chang’an University, Xi’an (China), August 15-16, 2022

Highly Cited Scholar 2021 (Top 2% worldwide in Logistics & Transportation; ranked #138 out of 23,751 scholars according to the composite c-score and 2021 Scopus citation report based on single-year performance), Scopus, Elsevier (Netherlands) – Oct 2021 [Link] 

IEEE Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) – 2021

2021 FAMU Teaching Innovation Award, Florida A&M University – 2021

Rising Star Award, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering – 2021

Invited Editorial Board Member, Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain, Elsevier (Netherlands) – 2021 [Link] 

Outstanding Reviewer, Algorithms, Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute - MDPI (Switzerland) – 2021

Highly Cited Scholar 2020 (Top 2% worldwide in Logistics & Transportation; ranked #394 out of 21,274 scholars according to the composite c-score and 2020 Scopus citation report based on single-year performance), Scopus, Elsevier (Netherlands) – Oct 2020 [Link] 

Invited Editorial Board Member, Soft Computing Letters, Elsevier (Netherlands) – 2020 [Link]

Invited Member of the Standing Subcommittee on Port Digitalization (AW010(2)) of the Transportation Research Board – 2019

Editors’ Award for Excellence in Reviewing, European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier (Netherlands) – 2019

Outstanding Reviewer, Utilities Policy, Elsevier (Netherlands) – 2018

Emerald Literati Award for article “A Novel Continuous Berth Scheduling Model at Multiple Marine Container Terminals with Tidal Considerations”, published in Maritime Business Review, Emerald (United Kingdom) – 2018

FAMU Teaching Innovation Award Finalist, Florida A&M University – 2018

Invited Member of the Standing Committee on International Trade and Transportation (AT020) of the Transportation Research Board – 2018

Outstanding Reviewer, International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier (Netherlands) – 2018

Invited Member of the Standing Subcommittee on Port Performance (AW010(2)) of the Transportation Research Board – 2018

Outstanding Reviewer, European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier (Netherlands) – 2017

First Year Assistant Professor (FYAP) Award, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering – 2016

Biologistics Fellow, FedEx Institute of Technology, the University of Memphis – 2016

Invited Membership Coordinator for the Standing Committee on Ports and Channels (AW010) of the Transportation Research Board – 2016

Nominated for “Kindness Lunch” by the Department of Civil Engineering, the University of Memphis – 2015

Invited Young Member of the Standing Committee on Ports and Channels (AW010) of the Transportation Research Board – 2015

Researcher of the Year – Intermodal Freight Transportation Institute – 2014

Red Diploma with Honors from the Moscow State University of Railroad Engineering – 2011

Silver Medal of the Moscow State University of Railroad Engineering for Outstanding Performance – 2011

The Grant of Russian Federation President for Education Abroad – 2010

The Grant of Prof. G. M. Shakhunjants – 2009

The Russian Federation President Stipend – 2008

Winner of the Moscow Olympiad on Strength of Materials - 2008

Silver Medal “Hope of Kuzbass” – 2006