Welcome! I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Geography at the University of Georgia, advised by Dr. Xiaobai (Angela) Yao, who leads the Urban Geospatial Analytics (UrGA) Lab. My dissertation research explores the applications and sampling bias of geotagged social media big data. I earned my B.Sc. in GIScience from Sun Yat-sen University
Education
- Ph.D. in Geography (GIScience) – University of Georgia, Athens, GA (Defended on Nov 13, 2025)
- B.Sc. in GIScience – Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (2016)
News
- Nov 2025: Successfully defended PhD dissertation
- Sep 2025: Won the Ordnance Survey Student Award by British Cartographic Society
- May 2025: Received the NSF Student Scholarship for GIScience Conference
- Aug 2024: Attended the NSF I-GUIDE Summer School
- Jun 2024: Received the ICA Scholarship
- Jun 2024: Presented at CaGIS + UCGIS Symposium in Columbus, OH
- Apr 2024: Presented and co-organized a session at AAG Annual Meeting in Honolulu, HI
- Mar 2024: Received UGA 2024 Summer Doctoral Research Assistantship Award
Skills
- Programming Languages & Tools: Python, R, JavaScript, Jupyter Notebook, VS Code, C, C++
- GIS & Spatial Analysis: ArcGIS (Pro,Online), QGIS, GeoPandas, Rasterio, ENVI, ERDAS IMAGINE, SpaceStat, Google Earth Engine
- Statistical Analysis: SPSS, STATA, MATLAB
- Data Analysis & Visualization: Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Plotly, Leaftlet, Tableau, Gephi
- Machine Learning: Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras
- Web & Database: HTML, CSS, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, AWS
- Version Control, Design, and Others: Git, GitHub, TransCAD, LaTeX, R Markdown, AutoCAD, CorelDraw, Blender
- Languages: English, Mandarin