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Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development (UPD)

UPD Ph.D. Students

Hyehyeon Bark

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Education: Bachelor of Arts in Psychology & Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering, Yonsei University; Master of City Planning, Seoul National University.

Research Interests: migration, race/ethnicity, new media, urban HCI, STS, emotion/affect, environmental aesthetics, comparative planning, planning theory

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Annette Kim

Robert Binder

Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development

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Education: Master in City and Regional Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology; Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Michigan State University

Research Interests: Public transportation, equity and justice, urban sociology, social interactions in public space, ethnography, community engagement, storytelling in planning, urban design, and public finance

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Genevieve Giuliano

Alycia Cheng

Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development

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Education: Master of Urban Planning, Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles

Research Interests: Housing, community development, immigrant communities, social networks

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Dowell Myers

Ruoyu Chen

Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development

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Education: Master of Science in Urban and Regional Planning, Peking University; Bachelor of Engineering in Urban and Rural Planning, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Research Interests: Sustainable transportation, urban analytics, and urban economics

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marlon Boarnet

Seongmoon Cho

Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development

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Education: Master of Planning, USC; Master of Science in City and Regional Planning, Seoul National University; Bachelor of Architecture, Yonsei University  

Research Interests: Housing demography, urban economics, urban analytics, data science

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Dowell Myers

2024 Haynes Lindley Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, 2024 Lusk Center Research Award

Alanna Coombes

Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development

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Education: Master of Science in Public Administration and Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom; Master of Science in Urban Design and City Planning, University College London, United Kingdom; Bachelor of Arts in Politics, Hull University

Research Interests: Urban policy and planning, community resilience, autonomous vehicles, ‘smart city’ technology, STS, transport planning, economic development, city and local politics, public affairs – and how all these interact

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Genevieve Giuliano

Sue Dexter

Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development

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Education: Master of Science in Operations Research, London School of Economics and Political Science; Bachelor of Arts in Management Science, University of California, San Diego

Research Interests: Sustainable urban freight, transportation planning and infrastructure, land use policy, environmental policy, climate change mitigation, international development

Faculty AdvisorDr. Genevieve Giuliano

James Gross

Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development

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Education: Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Sociology, Purdue University Northwest

Research Interests: City form and vitality, urban data science and econometrics, transportation, international development planning

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marlon Boarnet

Jaehyun Ha

Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development

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Education: Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Planning, Bachelor of Science in Urban Planning, Hanyang University 

Research Interests: Transportation planning, travel behavior, urban freight, urban spatial structure, urban informatics 

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Genevieve Giuliano

Nassim Hoorijani

Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development

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Education: Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering and Master of Science in Urban Design, Azad University of Sanandaj

Research Interests: Healthy cities, sustainable transportation planning, travel behavior, urban mobility, urban economics

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marlon Boarnet

Jiyoon Kim

Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development

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Education: Master of Urban Planning, USC; Bachelor of Landscape Architecture and Bachelor of Architecture, Seoul National University

Research Interests: Urban design, spatial analysis, green space, urban development, public health

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Annette Kim

Seula (Naomi) Lee

Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development

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Education: Master of City and Regional Planning, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Bachelor of Science in Economics and Finance, Hanyang University

Research Interests: Travel behavior, transportation planning, transport policy, urban mobility, urban space, urban economics, new mobilities

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marlon Boarnet

Jody Liu

Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development

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Education: Master of Science in Urban Regeneration, University College London; Bachelor of Science in Anthropology, University of Michigan

Research Interests: Policing and the carceral system; queer space; spatial justice; planning theory

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lisa Schweitzer

Sihan Mao

Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development

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Education: Master of Public Policy, University of Chicago; Bachelor of Economics, Peking University

Research Interests: Housing and land use policy, spatial analysis, urban economics, international development

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard Green

Saisha Mattoo

Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development

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Education: Master of Urban Design, School of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi; Bachelor of Architecture, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

Research Interests: Intersection between design and planning, urban health

Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Sloane

David Flores Moctezuma

Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development

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Education: Master of Science, Geographic Information Science and Technology, Bachelor of Arts in Music, University of Southern California

Research Interests: Urban demography, housing, GIS, urban sociology, transportation, urban development, real estate

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Dowell Myers

Thu Nguyen

Thu Nguyen

Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development

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Education: Master of City and Regional Planning, Clemson University; Bachelor of Arts in Economics; Growth and Structures of Cities, Bryn Mawr College

Research Interests: Urban form, housing, urban economics, spatial informatics, international planning, transportation

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Annette Kim

Aisling O’Reilly

Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development

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Education:  Bachelor of Science in Urban Planning, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Research Interests: Transportation equity, mobility justice, accessibility, travel behavior, disability justice, spatial sciences & GIS, mixed methods

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Genevieve Giuliano

Laura Prada

Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development

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Education: Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Universidad Industrial de Santander; Master of Science in Economics, Universidad del Rosario.

Research Interests: Poverty and inequality issues from a behavioral perspective to inform public policy decisions.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Emma Aguila

Marley Randazzo

Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development

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Education: Master of Urban Planning, USC; Bachelor of Arts in Growth and Structure of Cities, Haverford College 

Research Interests: Technology and the metropolitan spatial structure, urban economic development, human geography, urban demography

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Currid-Halkett

Qifan Shao

Ph.D. Urban Planning and Development

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Education: Master of Urban and Regional Planning, Peking University; Bachelor of Human Geography and Urban Planning, Northwest A&F University

Research Interests: Land use and transportation, sustainable transportation, social equity, public transit

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marlon Boarnet

Elana Simon

Ph.D. Urban Planning and Development

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Education: Master of City and Regional Planning and Master of Public Informatics, Rutgers University; Bachelor of Arts in Politics, Whitman College

Research Interests: Science and technology studies (STS), housing and urban inequality, planning theory, spatial data science

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Annette Kim

Yuquan (Wendy) Zhou

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Ph.D. Urban Planning and Development

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Education: Master of Planning, University of California, Berkeley; Bachelor of Engineering in Urban and Rural Planning, Sun Yat-Sen University

Research Interests: Urban form, urban environment, health cities, big data, spatial analysis

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Geoff Boeing