Research
Research projects:
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2025-2026 - Hazards and Migration Patterns
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2025-2026 - Global Land-Population Typologies
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2025-2026 - Spatial Risk Perception
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2025-2026 - Streetscape Visual Perception, Digital Twin, Bayesian
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2025-2026 - Pre/Post UNESCO World Heritage Inscriptions, LLM
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2025-2026 - Environmental and Social Drivers of Hidradenitis Suppurativa
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2025 - Social Sensing-Based Identification of Urban Waterlogging and Resilience Governance:A Case Study of the July 21, 2012 Beijing Rainstorm [in Chinese]
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2025 - Enhanced disaster monitoring through Earth observation and social sensing integration (A chapter of the book: Data-Driven Earth Observation for Disaster Management From Theory to Practical Applications)
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2024-2025 - A Multi-Scenario Suitability Framework for Relocation Planning: The Case of Post-Wildfire Maui
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2024-2025 - Geographies and Changes in Homeownership in the United States, 1970–2020
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2024 - Multilevel Analysis, Ecological Adaptive Capacities, Heat and Flooding, Redlining Zones
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2024-2025 - The Impact of Streetlight Placement on Trends and Disparities in Pedestrian‑Motor Vehicle Crashes
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2020-2023 Beyond the Early Disruption of COVID-19: Americans’ Travel Adaptations and Their Associations With Social Vulnerability and the Built Environment (Dissertation. Chair: Ruth L. Steiner)
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2020-2022 Longitudinal and Spatial Analysis of Americans’ Travel Distances Following COVID-19
First-place Award in UF DCP’s 2021 Research Symposium -
2021-2023 Immersive Virtual Reality versus 360 Panorama for People’s Visual Evaluation of Geodesign Projects
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2020 Enhancing Resilience of Port St. Joe, FL
Collaborated with the City of PSJ, incorporating community engagement -
2019 Quantifying Landscape Performance of Depot Park, Gainesville, FL
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2018 Evaluating the Implementation of Master Planning of National Parks in China (Master’s Thesis)
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2015-2018 World Heritage Application to UNESCO: Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er
Recognized by UNESCO as the world’s first tea-related Cultural Landscape World Heritage Site; collaborated with Chinese central governments and multiple local governments; featured consistent community engagement in multi-ethnic areas
Planning practice:
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2021-2023 Signal Four Analytics (traffic safety-focused)
Used by FL transportation agencies and promoted by USDOT; obtained the Best Practice in Traffic Records Award at the Traffic Records Forum 2025 -
2016 Detailed Planning of Fangshan National Park in Zhejiang, China
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2016-2017 Master Planning of Mount Heng (Hengshan) National Park in Shanxi, China - 2016 Revision, 2001-2030
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2015 Historic Preservation and Urban Regeneration Planning of Dingxing Old City in Hebei, China
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2014 Planning & Design of ZOJE Industrial Park Area in Hebei, China
Design project:
- 2015 The regeneration planning of Dingxing Old City in Hebei, China & the conceptual design of the greenbelt surrounding the city.
Bronze Award in China’s Living Enviornment Design Competition, given by Tsinghua University and the Ministry of Education of China.