Prospective Students

I am recruiting fully funded PhD students and postdoctoral fellows to help grow the UCLA mobility program with me. If you’d like to learn more about my advising style, you can read my letter to prospective students. To learn more about my recent research interests, I encourage you to watch my talk and read the three papers discussed during the presentation. 

Prospective PhD Students: I recruit new PhD students each year. If you are interested in PhD position, please read and submit this form. Please also make sure to apply through official admission website, and mention my name in your Statement of Purpose. For a Spring 2026 start, you should apply during the 2025-2026 admission cycle, which closes in August 2025. For a Fall 2026 start, the application portal will likely open in September 2025, with a deadline of December 15, 2025. 

Postdoctoral Research Fellow: If you are interested in a postdoc position, please read and submit this form.

UCLA Undergraduate or Masters Students: If you are interested in research positions, please read and submit this form.

Potential Visitors and Remote Collaborations: If you are not a UCLA student and interested in visiting research positions, please send me an email including your plans for an in-person or remote visit, along with any expected support.

UCLA CEE offers comprehensive expertise in transportation, with many outstanding faculty members actively recruiting students. Since transportation research is highly interdisciplinary, expertise and interest areas often overlap. Here is a quick guide to help you find the best fit:

If you are interested in system-level decision-making and optimization, I may be the right advisor for you. If your focus is on vehicle-level automation and AI, I recommend looking into the work of Jiaqi Ma and Chen Tang. If you would like to specialize in discrete choice modeling and consider policy implications, check Tierra Bill. For the full list of faculty working at the intersection of transportation and broader fields, please check here. In special cases where co-advising may be beneficial, please feel free to discuss this option with us, but make sure to communicate openly and transparently from the beginning.