Ron van Duin is applied research professor Port & City Logistics at the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences and assistant professor at the department Engineering Systems and Services at Delft University of Technology. He completed his undergraduate studies in Econometrics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. He received his Doctorate in Technology, Policy and Management from Delft University of Technology.

As a researcher he has worked on numerous studies concerning, city logistics, (intermodal) freight transport, infrastructure, ports, and terminals. His main interests are in research in sustainability, efficiencies, cost and quality impacts of new technologies in freight transport and logistics.