Wenxin Qiao is a Transport Specialist with the World Bank, working on analyzing transformative technologies and their impact on global transport networks and supporting the improvements towards sustainable and intelligent transport networks. She specializes in developing network models to optimize traffic conditions and resource use, such as prioritizing public transit systems, predicting travel times, and improving network resilience.
Wenxin has about 30 peer-reviewed publications on international journals and conferences and served as a reviewer for several transportation journals. Before joining the Bank, she was an Associate Professor and Vice-Chair of the Department of Traffic Engineering in Beijing Jiaotong University in China. She holds a Ph.D. degree in transportation from the University of Maryland.