Amer Shalaby is a Professor and Bahen/Tanenbaum Chair in Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto. He is well known for his expertise in transit planning and operations, intelligent transit systems, and transportation planning for large-scale events. He made numerous significant contributions which enriched the state of transit knowledge and practice worldwide. He trained a large number of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and practitioners on advanced analytical methods for transit planning and operations. Professor Shalaby has led several research centres and institutes throughout his career. He received several awards and honours, and he served on various technical and editorial committees.