Celian Colon
Peter E. DeJanosi Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Capacity Development and Academic Training Unit
Peter E. DeJanosi Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Exploratory Modeling of Human-natural Systems Research Group
Advancing Systems Analysis Program
Biography
Celian Colon is a research scholar in the Exploratory Modeling of Human-Natural Systems Research Group of the IIASA Advancing Systems Analysis Program. His research focuses on modeling systemic risks, disruption cascades, and tipping points in ecological and economic systems, utilizing system dynamics, agent-based modeling, and complex networks.One of his main contributions is the development of the DisruptSC model, which analyzes the criticality of transport networks and supply chains to extreme events. The World Bank has applied this to various countries.
He completed his PhD in Applied Mathematics under Prof. Michael Ghil at Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, in 2017, with a thesis titled, Modeling Economic Resilience. He also holds a master’s degree in environmental technology and policy from Imperial College London, which he acquired in 2011. Prior to this, in 2010, he graduated from Ecole Polytechnique, a multidisciplinary engineering school in Paris.
Last update: 08 APR 2025
Publications
Wang, B. & Colon, C. (2024). Cambodia: Geospatial Analysis for Resilient Road Accessibility for Human Development and Logistic Supply. World Bank , Washington DC.
Colon, C. & Bouchaud, J.-P. (2022). The Radical Complexity of Rewiring Supplier–Buyer Networks. SSRN Electronic Journal 10.2139/ssrn.4300311. (Submitted)
Colon, C. & Hochrainer-Stigler, S. (2022). Systemic risks in supply chains: a need for system-level governance. Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 10.1108/SCM-03-2022-0101.
Colon, C. , Hallegatte, S., & Rozenberg, J. (2021). Criticality analysis of a country’s transport network via an agent-based supply chain model. Nature Sustainability 4 (3) 209-215. 10.1038/s41893-020-00649-4.