FRANCISCO MARTÍNEZ CONCHA，Ph.D. in Transport Economics (1991, 1988) at the University of Leeds, UK，is a Dean of Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile. He is also a full Professor of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Chile, Senior Researcher of the Millennium Institute for Complex Engineering Systems (ISCI). He was a Head of Higher Education Division, Ministry of Education, Chile (2014-2016), in charge of the Higher Education Reform in Chile. He was a Founder of the Land Use and Transport Laboratory (LABTUS), University of Chile.

His current research interests include Urban Economics, Transport and Urban Dynamics, Urban Scale Laws  and he focuses on economic equilibrium and mathematic models. He is the key research member of Millennium Institute for Complex Engineering Systems, granted by Ministry of Economics, Chile. He is also the Project Partner of SinMobility project, Singapore MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) Future Urban Mobility (FM) Integrated Research Group. He has authored or co-authored over 4 books, 9 book chapters and 29 international journal and papers.