Education:
Ph.D., Geography, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, 2021
(Advisor: Dr. Mei-Po Kwan)
M.S., Geography, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, 2020
(Advisor: Dr. Mei-Po Kwan)
M.S., Geography & Geoinformatics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 2017
(Advisor: Dr. Lasse Møller-Jensen)
Certificate of Completion, Special Research Student, Cooperative Laboratory Study Program, Tohoku University, Japan, 2017
(Advisor: Dr. Isoda Yuzuru)
B.S., Geographic Information System, Shandong Jianzhu University, China, 2015
Professional Appointments:
2022-present Research Assistant Professor, Institute of Space and Earth Information Science & Institute of Future Cities, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2024-present Associate Editor, The International Encyclopedia of Geography, The American Association of Geographers
2021-2022 Postdoctoral Associate, Human Environments Analysis Laboratory, Department of Geography and Environment, The University of Western Ontario, Canada
2020-2021 Predoctoral Fellow, Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
2017-2021 Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
2016-2017 Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) Scholar, Department of Earth Science, Tohoku University, Japan
Selected Honors and Awards:
2024, China-U.S. Scholars Program (CUSP) Grants for Conference Participation and Research Travel, Institute of International Education (on behalf of Carnegie Corporation of New York, Harvard-Yenching Institute, Henry Luce Foundation, and Rockefeller Brothers Fund)
2023&2024, Conference Grant Supported by the Central Budget, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2022, Children's Health Research Institute Trainee Award, Canada Children’s Health Foundation
2020, Marion G. Russell Graduate Fellowship, Department of Geography and GIS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2020, EESG Travel Award, Energy and Environment Specialty Group of Association of American Geographers
2019, Samuel and Berel D. Schlesinger Travel Grant, School of Earth, Society, and Environment, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2019, GIS-SG Travel Award, Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group of Association of American Geographers
2017-2018, Teaching Excellence Award, Department of Geography and GIS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2016, JASSO Scholarship, Japan Student Services Organization
2016, IARU-Santander GSP Scholarship, Banco Santander/University of Tokyo
2016, IARU-GSP Travel Grant, University of Copenhagen