Dr Martino Luis

Martino Luis holds a PhD in Operations Research from Kent Business School, University of Kent

Prior to joining the University of Exeter, Martino was a faculty member at the Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia where in the latter years he served as the Director of the MBA Programme. During this time, he was actively involved in the School’s accreditation processes, certification processes and practices (ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, and IQNet SR10: 2015), and had collaborated closely with the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) UK for programme development. 

Martino’s teaching areas are in the field of modelling and simulation, operations and supply chain management, management science (operations research), and manufacturing systems. His research focuses on the application of optimisation and advanced simulation techniques, both discrete-event and agent-based, to complex supply chain and logistics systems. This includes work on facility location problems, sustainable and socially responsible supply chain network design, and advanced sequencing and scheduling challenges.

Martino is a Chartered Member with the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CMILT). He is also a member of the Operational Research Society and the EURO Working Group on Locational Analysis (EWGLA). Martino also contributes to the Winter Simulation Conference, participating both as an organising committee member and as co-track coordinator.

Research Topic Interests
The applications of simulation modelling (discrete and agent based), optimisation, (meta)-heuristics optimisation, matheuristics across key application areas, including:

• manufacturing planning and control
• facility location problems
• sustainable supply chain design network
• inventory routing problems that focus on environment and sustainable operations
• location-inventory optimisation problems
• integrated supply chain production and distribution planning models

Research Projects

Exploring applications of STFC sensor technologies and data analytics for enhancing sustainable production and food safety in the Indonesian shrimp aquaculture industry. Funded by STFC Food Network+.  Co-Investigator with Professor Miying Yang. (2019 - 2020)

DISTINCT - Use of IoT and data analytics for shrimp productivity, safety and sustainability (completed). Funded by EPSRC (Internet of Food Things). Co-Investigator with Professor Miying Yang. (2020 - 2021)

KTP with Smart Manufacturing ltd to develop and embed the capability to develop a novel Multidisciplinary Design Optimisation solution for the manufacture of complex bespoke manufacturing machinery (completed). Co-Investigator with Prof Ion Sucala and Prof Gavin Tabor. (2022-2024)

Porcement. Recycling Tiles into a concrete alternative. 
BINDER - sustainaBle supply chaIN and market opportunities iDentification for waste tilE powdeR (completed). Funded by Innovate UK. Co-Investigator with Dr Lele Vinai. (2023 - 2025)

UK-Indonesia Going Global Partnerships. Funded by British Council. (2024-2025)

Robotics in manufacturing for sustainability (completed). Funded by UK-RAS. Co-Investigator with Dr Jingchao Jiang and Prof Ion Sucala. (2025)

PhD Supervision and Research Collaborations

I welcome enquiries from prospective research students interested in any of the above or other closely related areas of research. I also welcome enquiries from academics active in these areas with a desire to collaborate or visit to complete research. Please get in touch.

Current PhD Students