1. Introduction
PhD, Logistics Management & Engineering; Master of Engineering, Transport Planning & Management; Bachelor of Economics, International Shipping Management.
Practical work and research experiences in container transport, freight forwarding, ship broking and shipowner companies.
Short-term exchange faculty at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2007; Visiting Scholar at California State University, Long Beach, 2012-2013.
Associate Professor and Graduate Tutor, College of Transport & Communications, Shanghai Maritime University; member of the Technical Committee of Navigational Safety Standardization, committee member of the Center for Internet Educational Resources, China Institute of Communications Education, and also Deputy Director of the Branch Center for Transport & Communications Management.
Research and internal training for China Ports & Harbors Association, COSCON, CSCL, Minmetals, Ma Steel, COSCO SHIPPING Lines, COSCO SHIPPING Agency, Worldwide Logistics, Unitrans and Port of Zhuhai, etc.
Email: sunm@shmtu.edu.cn
Tel: 86 21 3828 2345
Add: 415, Jiaoyun Building
2. Teaching and Research
Courses taught include Multimodal Transport Organization & Management, International Freight Forwarding, Theory & Practice for Ship Chartering, Shipping Agency Practice, International Logistics Transportation Management, Ocean Shipping Business, International Shipping & Logistics (overseas teaching in English), Maritime Economics (in English to international students), Chartering Theory & Practice (in English to SMU Students), Purchasing & Supply Management (in English), etc. Certified trainer of FIATA’s Diploma in Freight Forwarding, Certified trainer of ITC’s program in International Purchasing & Supply Management.
Research interests include international freight forwarding, symbiotic development of shipping service industries and shipping center theories, shipping & logistical service functions clustering, multimodal transport system optimization, maritime business & law, and liner shipping & chartering business management.
3. Honors and Awards
Students under his guidance have always ranked top 2 in the Shanghai and 3 national qualification trials, and the No. 1 student participated, on behalf of China, the World Skills Competition 2019 held in Kazan, Russia.
Top Course Award, Shanghai Education Committee, 2011; Super Prize, Teaching Achievement Award, Shanghai Maritime University, 2012; The NORDEN Scholarship Award, 2012; Super Prize (No. 3), Teaching Achievement Award for Higher Education, Shanghai Education Committee, 2013; Nationally Planned Textbook, 2014; “Best Educators in My Heart”, SMU, 2017; Shanghai Gold-medal Coach for the 45th World Skills Competition 2019 (Freight Forwarding), 2018; National Coach for the 45th World Skills Competition 2019 (Freight Forwarding), 2019; First Prize, Teaching Achievement Award, Shanghai Maritime University, 2020; Super Prize, Excellent Instructor guiding students for innovation and academic competition, 2020; National First-class Courses (Multimodal Transport Organization & Management), 2020; Shanghai First-class Courses (Transport Agency Practice), 2021.