Konstantina (Nadia) Gkritza is a Professor at the Lyles School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University and a Purdue University Faculty Scholar. She is the Director of the Sustainable Transportation Systems Research Group, and the Campus Director of the NSF ASPIRE Engineering Research Center. Dr. Gkritza’s recent work revolves around gaining a deeper understanding of the market acceptance and modeling the adoption of electric vehicles (light-duty, medium and heavy-duty vehicles) at different spatial scales (local and state) and estimating the corresponding environmental and societal impacts. Dr. Gkritza is an Associate Editor of the ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering and of the International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology. She also serves on the Editorial Board of Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. Dr. Gkritza is a member of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committees on Transportation Energy and Agriculture & Transportation, past member of the TRB Committee on Freight Transportation & Regulation, and past co-Chair of the TRB Committee on Transportation and Economic Development. SDr. Gkritza teaches courses on transportation engineering, economic analysis of transportation investments, public transportation systems, and transportation data analysis. Dr. Gkritza holds a Diploma in Civil Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, an M.S.C.E. from the Virginia Polytechnic and State University, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Purdue University.
