Maria Battarra

Phone+44 (0) 1225 384236
EmailM.Battarrabath.acuk

10 EAST 4.42

Accepting Doctoral Students

Research interests

My research focuses on developing innovative exact and metaheuristic algorithms for real world applications, including but not limited to vehicle routing problems, scheduling problems, disaster relief management, and maritime logistics.

Willing to supervise doctoral students

I am looking forward to supervise new doctoral researchers in the field of Operational Research. Candidates should have a quantitative background, some computer programming skills and be hard-working.

Education/Academic qualification

Operational Research, Doctor of Engineering, Exact and Heuristic Algorithms for Rich Vehicle Routing Variants, Università di Bologna

1 Oct 2007 → 30 Mar 2010

Award Date: 30 Mar 2010

Industrial Engineering, Master of Engineering, Heuristic algorithms for the Vehicle Routing Problem, Università di Bologna

1 Sept 2000 → 19 Dec 2005

Award Date: 19 Dec 2005

Keywords

optimisation
routing
scheduling

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People-Led Net Zero: accelerating our transition
Newnes, L. (PI), Battarra, M. (CoI), Larkin, C. (CoI), McManus, M. (CoI), Meng, M. (CoI), Shepherd, P. (CoI) & Lattanzio, S. (Researcher CoI)
UK Research & Innovation
1/02/25 → 31/01/30
Project: Research council
RO funding - São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration (FAPESP SPRINT)
Battarra, M. (PI) & Munari, P. (PI)
Project: Research-related funding
UKRI, APP46540: People-Led Net Zero: accelerating our transition
Battarra, M. (CoPI)
Project: Research council
Assssment of promotion candidates
Battarra, M. (PI)
Project: Other
Made Smarter Innovation - People-Led Digitalisation
Newnes, L. (PI), Barzotto, M. (CoI), Battarra, M. (CoI), Brace, C. (CoI), Branicki, L. (CoI), Burke, R. (CoI), Davidson, M. (CoI), Dhokia, V. (CoI), Fai, F. (CoI), Flynn, J. (CoI), Giannikas, V. (CoI), Hintermair, U. (CoI), Larkin, C. (CoI), Lattanzio, S. (CoI), Loukaides, E. (CoI), McManus, M. (CoI), Pearce, N. (CoI), Shepherd, P. (CoI), Shokrani Chaharsooghi, A. (CoI), Tomlinson, P. (CoI), Zhang, N. (CoI), Atashikhoei, A. (Researcher), Carey, E. (Researcher), Garcia Lazaro, A. (Researcher), Kilic Ararat, B. (Researcher) & Lattanzio, S. (Researcher)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/09/21 → 28/02/25
Project: Research council

32 Article
4 Abstract
3 Review article
2 Comment/debate
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Beneficiary appointment and delivery planning in a conflict setting
Balcik, B., Battarra, M., Çelik, M., Khoury, B. & Subramanian, A., 30 Jun 2025, In: Decision Sciences. 56, 3, p. 297-315 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
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Routing a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles: a trajectory optimisation-based framework
Pereira Coutinho, W., Fliege, J., Battarra, M. & Subramanian, A., 31 Oct 2025, In: Transportation Research Part B: Methodological. 200, 103312.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Non-identical parallel machines batch processing problem to minimize the makespan: Models and algorithms
Beldar, P., Battarra, M. & Laporte, G., 31 Aug 2024, In: Computers and Operations Research. 168, 106708.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
8 Link opens in a new tab Citations (SciVal)
Operational Research: methods and applications
Petropoulos, F., Laporte, G., Aktas, E., Alumur, S. A., Archetti, C., Ayhan, H., Battarra, M., Bennell, J. A., Bourjolly, J.-M., Boylan, J. E., Breton, M., Canca, D., Charlin, L., Chen, B., Cicek, C. T., Jr, L. A. C., Currie, C. S. M., Demeulemeester, E., Ding, L. & Disney, S. M. & 62 others, Ehrgott, M., Eppler, M. J., Erdoğan, G., Fortz, B., Franco, L. A., Frische, J., Greco, S., Gregory, A. J., Hämäläinen, R. P., Herroelen, W., Hewitt, M., Holmström, J., Hooker, J. N., Işık, T., Johnes, J., Kara, B. Y., Karsu, Ö., Kent, K., Köhler, C., Kunc, M., Kuo, Y.-H., Letchford, A. N., Leung, J., Li, D., Li, H., Lienert, J., Ljubić, I., Lodi, A., Lozano, S., Lurkin, V., Martello, S., McHale, I. G., Midgley, G., Morecroft, J. D. W., Mutha, A., Oğuz, C., Petrovic, S., Pferschy, U., Psaraftis, H. N., Rose, S., Saarinen, L., Salhi, S., Song, J.-S., Sotiros, D., Stecke, K. E., Strauss, A. K., Tarhan, İ., Thielen, C., Toth, P., Berghe, G. V., Vasilakis, C., Vaze, V., Vigo, D., Virtanen, K., Wang, X., Weron, R., White, L., Woensel, T. V., Yearworth, M., Yıldırım, E. A., Zaccour, G. & Zhao, X., Mar 2024, In: Journal of the Operational Research Society. 75, 3, p. 423-617 195 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Open Access
66 Link opens in a new tab Citations (SciVal)
The maximum length car sequencing problem
Pontes, L., Costa Neves, C. V., subramanian, A. & Battarra, M., 16 Jul 2024, In: European Journal of Operational Research. 316, 2, p. 707-717 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
2 Link opens in a new tab Citations (SciVal)

Verlog board member
Battarra, M. (Recipient), Apr 2025
Prize: Election to learned society

6 Publication peer review
3 External examination
2 Major conference organising role
2 Role on a committee, board or panel
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Production and Operations Management (Journal)
Battarra, M. (Peer reviewer)
2025
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial roles › Publication peer review
Discrete Optimization Talks (DOTs)
Battarra, M. (Speaker)
3 Oct 2025
Activity: Academic conferences and events (excluding conference publications) › Keynote presentation or prestigious invited talk
The dynamics of sustainable value creation in the UAE’s parcel delivery market, Ajman university- DBA external examiner
Battarra, M. (Examiner)
Feb 2026
Activity: External examination and supervision › External examination
MSc examination committee (progress report), Alex Ebru, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SÃO CARLOS
Battarra, M. (Examiner)
Sept 2024
Activity: External examination and supervision › External examination
Journal of the Operational Research Society (Journal)
Battarra, M. (Peer reviewer)
2025
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial roles › Publication peer review

Maria Battarra

Personal profile

Research interests

Willing to supervise doctoral students

Education/Academic qualification

Keywords

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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

Dive into details

People-Led Net Zero: accelerating our transition

RO funding - São Paulo Researchers in International Collaboration (FAPESP SPRINT)

UKRI, APP46540: People-Led Net Zero: accelerating our transition

Assssment of promotion candidates

Made Smarter Innovation - People-Led Digitalisation

Beneficiary appointment and delivery planning in a conflict setting

Routing a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles: a trajectory optimisation-based framework

Non-identical parallel machines batch processing problem to minimize the makespan: Models and algorithms

Operational Research: methods and applications

The maximum length car sequencing problem

Verlog board member

Production and Operations Management (Journal)

Discrete Optimization Talks (DOTs)

The dynamics of sustainable value creation in the UAE’s parcel delivery market, Ajman university- DBA external examiner

MSc examination committee (progress report), Alex Ebru, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SÃO CARLOS

Journal of the Operational Research Society (Journal)

Maria Battarra

Personal profile

Research interests

Willing to supervise doctoral students

Education/Academic qualification

Keywords

Fingerprint

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

Projects

Research output

Prizes

Activities