I am a postdoctoral research fellow at the School of the Environment (SENV), the University of Queensland, in St Lucia, Queensland, Australia. I specialise in cross-discipline research in collaboration with geographers, planners, economists, and business scholars.
I accomplished my doctoral degree in Urban and Regional Planning & Design in August 2021 at the University of Maryland, College Park. I previously work as a research assistant at the National Center for Smart Growth on various projects in housing, economic development, and transportation. Prior to joining the doctoral program, I attained a M.S. degree in economics from the University of Oregon in 2015.
Initially trained by economists, my research strength comes down to understanding the merit and cost of policies using rigorous economic models and statistical analyses. As the capacities of mining, analyzing and visualizing data advance dramatically with the help of data science, I am expanding my research scope to how urban informatics could benefit planners and policymakers to solve new challenges faced by cities in the 21st century.
My research primarily focuses on, not limited to, short-term on-demand rental housing (e.g. Airbnb) and its impact on the housing market, shared mobility (e.g. e-scooter sharing, bike-sharing, and ride-sharing) and its impact on accessibility and transportation equity, machine learning and smart city, as well as promoting data science education.
I follow tennis tournaments all-year-round and play tennis on a regular basis. I enjoy traveling as much as I enjoy staying at home. My goal of 2023 is being productive in research and teaching at UQ, keeping fit, and exploring different states of Australia!
I accomplished my doctoral degree in Urban and Regional Planning & Design in August 2021 at the University of Maryland, College Park. I previously work as a research assistant at the National Center for Smart Growth on various projects in housing, economic development, and transportation. Prior to joining the doctoral program, I attained a M.S. degree in economics from the University of Oregon in 2015.
Initially trained by economists, my research strength comes down to understanding the merit and cost of policies using rigorous economic models and statistical analyses. As the capacities of mining, analyzing and visualizing data advance dramatically with the help of data science, I am expanding my research scope to how urban informatics could benefit planners and policymakers to solve new challenges faced by cities in the 21st century.
My research primarily focuses on, not limited to, short-term on-demand rental housing (e.g. Airbnb) and its impact on the housing market, shared mobility (e.g. e-scooter sharing, bike-sharing, and ride-sharing) and its impact on accessibility and transportation equity, machine learning and smart city, as well as promoting data science education.
I follow tennis tournaments all-year-round and play tennis on a regular basis. I enjoy traveling as much as I enjoy staying at home. My goal of 2023 is being productive in research and teaching at UQ, keeping fit, and exploring different states of Australia!