Saphores is the director of the Institute for Transportation Studies. 

Ph.D., Resource and Environmental Economics, Cornell University, 1997
M.A., Economics, Cornell University, 1994
M.S., Environmental Systems Engineering, Cornell University, 1994
M.S., Geotechnical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1989
Ingénieur Civil, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC), 1988

Saphores focuses on transportation and environmental systems, which he analyzes using statistical and economic methods, combined with simulation and optimization tools. His active research interests include transportation and the environment (especially as it relates to air pollution and energy use), travel behavior analysis, alternative fuel vehicles, automated vehicles, transit use, sustainable infrastructure management, as well as decision making under uncertainty using real options.