Christoffel Venter

Dissertation: The Timing of Activity and Travel Planning Decisions

Advisor: Mark Hansen

PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1998

MEng Civil Engineering, University of Stellenbosch (South Africa), 1993

BEng Civil Engineering, University of Stellenbosch (South Africa), 1992

University of Praetoria - Present 

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Christo Venter is a civil engineer with more than 25 years’ experience in transportation planning, transport modelling and public transport operations.

He completed a PhD in Transportation Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1998, focusing on travel behaviour research and activity-based modelling. He then joined the CSIR in Pretoria, before moving to the University of Pretoria in 2003 where he is currently appointed as a full Professor. He remains involved in industry-oriented consulting and research work in the areas of transport planning and engineering. Recent clients and research funders include the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF), the World Resources Institute, GIZ, DFID, and various national departments and local governments in South Africa.

He is a registered professional engineer, a Fellow of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) and serves on various local and international editorial panels and research fora. Prof Venter has authored or co-authored more than 30 peer-reviewed articles, 7 book chapters, and 43 conference papers. He has also supervised or co-supervised about 60 undergraduate projects, 25 completed Master’s research projects and two completed Ph.D dissertations.