Ana Dolores Lopez Sanchez

Pablo de Olavide University
Sevilla, Spain

Associate Professor & Optimization Lead

Bio

Ana Dolores López Sánchez is a “Profesora Titular de Universidad” (Associate Professor) at Universidad Pablo de Olavide in the “Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics” department and currently works as an Optimization Lead at OGA.ai. She is located in the Greater Sevilla Metropolitan Area.

Her research focuses on developing and applying metaheuristic algorithms and combinatorial optimization techniques to solve real-world routing and logistics problems, with particular expertise in multiobjective optimization approaches.

Key Contributions

Multiobjective Waste Collection: Leading research on waste collection problems as multiobjective routing problems considering distance, travel time, and route optimization
GRASP-VND Algorithms: Development of hybrid Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedures with Variable Neighborhood Descent
Real-world Applications: Practical implementation of optimization algorithms for city logistics and waste management
Industry Integration: Bridging academic research with industry applications through role at OGA.ai

Research Impact

395 citations across research contributions
34 publications with significant practical applications
Funded research through Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation projects
Recognition in both academic and industry optimization communities

Publications

“A multiobjective GRASP–VND algorithm to solve the waste collection problem” (International Transactions in Operational Research, 2018)
Research on heterogeneous fleet vehicle routing problems with time windows
Publications on energy minimizing drone routing problems with pickups and deliveries
Contributions to hybrid optimization methodologies