News:

Nov 2024: A paper I coauthored with Dr. Carruthers on comparing machine learning and econometric methods in urban analysis was accepted to Journal of Geographical Systems.

Oct 2024: I'm excited to share that I will be serving on the early career editorial board for Health & Place.

Oct 2024: A paper I coauthored, titled “A Systematic Review of Historic Neighborhood Redlining and Contemporary Health Outcomes.” was accepted to Public Health.

Research areas

My research is at the intersection of environment, health, and equity, providing data-driven solutions to inform urban planning and public health initiatives, with a focus on addressing disparities facing vulnerable populations in the context of climate change.

• Environmental planning and environmental justice.

• Environmental determinants of health.

• Impacts of historical discriminatory housing policies on environment and health.

Others: Urban Mobility Patterns, Housing Market, Urban Policy, Urban Redevelopment, Urban Crimes, Cardiovascular Health, Mental Health, Adverse Birth Outcomes

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Methods

GIS, Spatial Statistics, Causal Inference, Machine Learning

Teaching

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Awards and Honors

1. Postdoctoral Fellowship, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, 2023, 2024

2. Mellon Urbanism Fellowship, Cornell University, 2021

3. Global Citizen Scholarship, Mpower Financing, 2019

4. SOM Foundation China Fellowship, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 2017

5. ULI Hines Student Competition, Honorable Mention, Urban Land Institute, 2017

6. Shanghai Outstanding Graduate, 2015

7. Nomination of 12th “Academic Awards”, Tongji University, 2015

8. First Prize in East-Asia Architecture and Urban Design Competition, South Korea, 2013

9. Outstanding Student, Tongji University, 2011

Grants

• NYU Langone’s Collaborative Center in Environmental Health Research and Translation. (NIEHS) 2024.

  Exploring the Legacy of the Federal Housing Administration’s Housing Policies on Present-Day Disparities in Preterm Births and Low Birth Weight in Chicago, IL.

  Role: Principal Investigator

  Amount: $17,050

• Cornell Conference Travel Grant, Cornell University. 2020, 2019

  Amount: $500 each year

Service

2024 — Early career editorial board, Health & Place

2023 — Editorial Board, Growth and Change: A Journal of Urban and Regional Policy

2023 — Communications Committee member, Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science

2023 — 2024 Volunteer, NYU Langone Postdoctoral Association

2023 — 2024 Council member and student representative, North American Regional Science Council

2020 PhD Student Representative, Cornell AAP Diversity and Inclusion Council

2020 Secretary, Cornell Association of Ph.D. Planners

2019 — 2020 Committee member, Cornell Graduate Womxn in Science

Peer reviewer for conferences:

• American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting

• Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS) annual meeting

• International Association for China Planning (IACP) annual meeting

Peer reviewer for journals:

• Journal of Medical Internet Research

• Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

• Growth and Change: A Journal of Urban and Regional Policy

• International Journal of Management Science

• Race and Social Problems

• Networks and Spatial Economics

• The Annals of Regional Science

• Applied Geography

• Computational Urban Science

Media

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Work Experience

2018 - 2019 Urban Planner & Designer, Department of Urban Design, East China Architectural Design & Research Institute, Shanghai

Software

Python, R, ArcGIS, QGIS, Google Earth Engine, Stata, Tableau, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, SketchUp, Rhino

Miscellaneous

Old urban design works