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John D. Kasarda is an acknowledged expert on aviation infrastructure, logistics, demographics, urban development and commercial real estate issues. He has published more than 80 scholarly articles and nine books on the subjects, and he is considered the leading developer of the Aerotropolis concept defining the roles of aviation and airports in shaping 21st century urban growth and form.??
Dr. Kasarda is the Kenan Distinguished Professor of entrepreneurship and director of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise.??He was elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his research on airport-driven economic development and a senior fellow and trustee of the Urban Land Institute.??Dr. Kasarda has offered numerous executive programs on logistics, firm siting, global supply-chain management and new air transportation infrastructures to multinational firms such as FedEx, DHL, Caterpillar, Prudential Real Estate, Bank of America and Deloitte & Touche.
Under his leadership, the Kenan Institute was named the world's top air logistics educational institution by The International Air Cargo Association for its work on airports and industrial development.??Dr. Kasarda has received many grants and awards from such organizations as the Federal Aviation Administration, World Bank, National Science Foundation, National Academy of Sciences, the United Nations Development Program and the U.S. Agency for International Development.??He received his PhD from UNC-Chapel Hill and his MBA and BS from Cornell University.
