Publication Awards

• UGA Geography Globe Award for Methodological Advancement (2023)
• Annals of GIS Journal Most Downloaded Paper Award 1st Place (2022)
• Annals of GIS Journal Best Paper Award 3rd Place (2022)

Research & Scholarship Awards

• NSF Student Scholarship for GIScience 2025 Conference (2025)
• NSF I-GUIDE Summer School Scholarship - Leveraging AI for Environmental Sustainability (2024)
• International Cartographic Association (ICA) Scholarship (2024)
• UGA 2024 Summer Doctoral Research Assistantship Award (2024)
• UCGIS Student Scholarship Award (2020)
• AutoCarto Student Assistantship (2020)
• Excellent Undergraduate Thesis Award (2016)
• SYSU Academic Merit Scholarship (2015)

Travel Grants & Funding

• UGA Graduate School International Travel Grant (2024)
• UGA Graduate School Domestic Travel Funding (2023)
• American Association of Geographers (AAG) SAM Specialty Group Student Travel Award (2021)
• UGA Graduate School Virtual Conference Registration Funding (2021)
• UGA Graduate School Domestic Travel Grant (2019)
• UGA Graduate School Domestic Travel Grant (2017)

Map Awards

• “Our Spatial Memories of the United States”, Winner (sole), Ordnance Survey Student Award, British Cartographic Society (2025)
• “Home Metro Map”, Ranked Top 2% in 650+ submissions, Esri User Conference Map Gallery (2020)