Leonardo J. Basso is Full Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering. He received his Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering (1999) and his Master degree in Transportation Engineering (2001) from Universidad de Chile. He obtained his PhD from the Sauder School of Business, The University of British Columbia, Canada (2006).
Leo Basso's areas of research are transport economics, urban economics, and industrial economics and antitrust. He also works on several health and engineering projects and initiatives
He is the Director of the ANID Center of Excellence Instituto Sistemas Complejos de Ingeniería (ISCI) .
He is a member of the University Senate for the period 2022-2026.
He is a member of Academia Chilena de Ciencias (the Chilean National Academy of Sciences).
He is co-editor in chief of Economics of Transportation, the oficial journal of the International Transport economics Assocation
Franz Edelman Award 2022 for Covid Response
During the COVID-19 crisis, the Chilean Ministries of Health and Sciences partnered with the Instituto Sistemas Complejos de Ingeniería (ISCI) and telecom company Entel to develop innovative methodologies and tools that placed O.R. and analytics at the forefront of the battle against the pandemic. INFORMS, the largest association for the decision and data sciences, awarded Chile its 2022 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Advanced Analytics, Operations Research and Management Science for this work.
Video of the winner project- Analytics saved lives during the Covid crisis in Chile
Leonardo Basso: interview with channel 24h
Leonardo Basso: interview with The Clinic
What bringing home the 2022 Franz Edelman Award meant after two years of unpredictable and turbulent times amid COVID-19 in Chile