Varsolo C. Sunio, PhD

Welcome to my personal web page!

I am Varsolo Sunio, Assistant Professor at the School of Sciences and Engineering of the University of Asia and the Pacific (Academe).  I serve as the Program Director of the Industrial Engineering Program and the Chief Research Fellow of the Science Engineering and Management Research Institute of UA&P.  I also lecture at the School of Management, School of Economics and the School of Sciences and Engineering of UA&P.  I teach Systems Engineering, Business Analytics, Management Science, Operations Research, Mathematics (College Algebra), College Physics and Japanese language.

I have a stint as a visiting senior scholar (2025 Sejours Scientifiques De Haut Niveau (SSHN)) at Mines Paris PSL (funded by the Embassy of France) (scheduled in November 2025; with Prof. Shenle Pan and Prof. Eric Ballot as the host professors), at Portland State University (funded by Fulbright in 2024; with Prof. Aaron Golub as the host professor) and at the University of Tokyo (funded by Sumitomo Foundation in 2023; with Prof. Hironori Kato as the host professor).  I finished my PhD in Urban Management at Kyoto University in 2018 (MEXT scholarship; under Prof. Jan-Dirk Schmocker).  I completed a Master's degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering at the National University of Singapore in 2014 (NUS ASEAN Scholarship), an MS Physics degree at the University of the Philippines in 2010 (DOST-funded) (supervised by Prof. Maricor Soriano), and a BS Physics with Computer Engineering at the Ateneo de Manila University in 2007 (with full scholarship) (supervised by Prof. Raphael Guerrero).

My areas of research include public and informal transport, logistics and supply chain, sustainable transitions, and many others. 

Please get in touch with me at varsolo.sunio[at]uap.asia.

Other professional email addresses:

National University of Singapore email: a0117704[at]u.nus.edu or varsolo.sunio[at]u.nus.edu

Kyoto University email: sunio.varsolo.47r[at]kyoto-u.jp

Fulbright: varsolo.sunio[at]fulbrightmail.org

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9781-9412