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Professor Gabriel Lodewijks is a Professor of Aerospace Systems in the School of Engineering at the University of Newcastle, joining the institution in 2022. He completed his PhD in 1996 at Delft University of Technology on the dynamics of belt systems, such as moving sidewalks and escalators, and holds a Master of Science from the same university. Post-PhD, he worked in the USA for a small engineering company as an engineer specializing in large-scale transport systems. In 1999, he returned to the Netherlands and was appointed Professor of Transport Engineering and Logistics at Delft University of Technology in 2000. He subsequently served as Head of the School of Maritime and Transport Technology from 2003, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime, and Materials Engineering, Chief Technology Officer of the Schiphol Group in 2007, and Scientific Director of the Delft Centre of Aviation from 2008. He also holds adjunct or chair professor positions at the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa), Wuhan University of Technology, Beijing University of Science and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology (China), and the University of New South Wales (Australia). Prior to Newcastle, from 2017 to 2022, he was Professor and Head of the School of Aviation at UNSW Sydney.