CONFERENCE
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
- Poster Presentation, “Leveraging crowd-sourced environmental data to inform environmental exposure disparity”, Annual Conference of the International Society for Exposure Science (ISES), Aug. 27-31, 2023, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Oral Presentation, “How COVID-19 impacts air pollution exposure among disadvantaged communities? Leveraging crowd-sourced urban data to develop healthy communities”, 17th International Association for China Planning (IACP) Annual Conference, June 28-July 02, 2023, ONLINE.
2022
- Oral Presentation, “Application of machine learning for PM2.5 estimation using the low-cost sensors”, AGU Fall Meeting, Dec. 12-16, 2022, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Oral Presentation, “Leveraging a crowd-sourced platform to investigate telecommuting patterns before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic”, 16th International Association for China Planning (IACP) Annual Conference, June 23-27, 2022, ONLINE.
- Oral Presentation, “Using crowd-sourced low-cost sensors in a land use regression of PM2.5 in 6 US cities”, Air Sensors International Conference, May. 11-13, 2022, Pasadena, California, USA.
- Oral Presentation (discussant), “Challenges and opportunities of transportation planning for disadvantaged communities in Southern California before and during COVID-19 pandemic”, 61st Association of Collegiate School of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Oct. 21-23, 2021, ONLINE.
2021
- Oral Presentation (discussant), “Challenges and opportunities of transportation planning for disadvantaged communities in Southern California before and during COVID-19 pandemic”, 61st Association of Collegiate School of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Oct. 21-23, 2021, ONLINE.
- Oral Presentation, “Challenges and opportunities of transportation planning for disadvantaged communities in Southern California before and during COVID-19 pandemic”, International Association for China Planning (IACP) Annual Conference, Sep. 11-12, 2021, ONLINE.
- Poster Presentation, “Racial-ethnic Disparities in PM2.5 Exposure in California: Differences by Season and Daily Pollution Level”, 33rd Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE), Aug. 23-26, 2021, ONLINE.
2020
- Oral Presentation, “Does open data offer opportunities to inform community health? The case of using low-cost sensors to develop urban air quality models”, 60th Association of Collegiate School of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Nov. 5-8, 2020, ONLINE.
- Poster Presentation, “Use of low-cost sensors to develop land use regression models for PM2.5 of 6 urban areas in the US”, 32st Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE), Aug. 24-27, 2020, ONLINE.
2019
- Oral Presentation, “Using A community-based low-cost sensor network to validate and improve air quality models”, 59th Association of Collegiate School of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Oct. 24-27, Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
- Poster Presentation, “External validation of national land use regression models for PM2.5 using a low-cost sensor network”, 31st Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE), Aug. 25-28, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
- Oral Presentation (Discussant and Moderator), “Leveraging Google Point of Interest (POI) Data, crowdsourced Local Climate Zones (LCZs) data, and machine learning to predict urban air pollutants for health-promoting Cities”, 13th International Association for China Planning (IACP), June. 14-16, Chengdu, China.
2018
- Oral Presentation, “Using crowdsourcing, machine learning, and remote sensing to classify urban form into Local Climate Zones and associations with urban air quality”, 58th Association of Collegiate School of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Oct. 25-28, Buffalo, New York, USA.
- Oral Presentation and Poster Presentation, “Leveraging Google Point of Interest (POI) Data, crowdsourcing, and machine Learning to predict urban NO2 concentrations for the contiguous US”, the Joint Annual Meeting of the International Society of Exposure Science and the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISES-ISEE), Aug. 26-30, Ottawa, Canada.
- Oral Presentation, “Adding temporal information to direct-demand models: Hourly estimation of bicycle and pedestrian traffic in Blacksburg, VA”, North American Travel Monitoring Exposition and Conference (NATMEC), June 10-13, Irvine, California, USA.
2017
- Oral Presentation, “Incorporating area emission sources in Land Use Regression models of volatile organic compounds”, 29th Annual Scientific Conference of the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE), Sep. 24-28, Sydney, Australia.
- Poster Presentation, “Designing a bicycle and pedestrian traffic monitoring program to estimate annual average daily traffic in a small rural college town”, Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting (TRB), Jan. 8-12, Washington, D.C., USA.
- Poster Presentation, “Merging traffic monitoring and direct-demand modeling to assess spatial patterns of annual average daily bicycle and pedestrian traffic”, Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting (TRB), Jan. 8-12, Washington, D.C., USA.
2016
- Oral Presentation, “Designing a bicycle and pedestrian traffic count campaign in a small rural college town”, North American Travel Monitoring Exposition and Conference (NATMEC), May 1-4, Miami, Florida, USA.
- Poster Presentation, “Using temporal patterns of bicycle and pedestrian traffic to define factor groups”, North American Travel Monitoring Exposition and Conference (NATMEC), May 1-4, Miami, Florida, USA.
2015
- Poster Presentation (Best Poster Award), “Planning for bicycles and pedestrians in small town: Developing best practices in Blacksburg, VA”, Save Our Towns Summit, Sep. 9-10, Abingdon, Virginia, USA.
Professional experience
2011-2014
- Staff, Urban Planning and Construction Management Bureau, Tieshan, Huangshi, Hubei, China. Director and responsible for urban planning, infrastructure construction, and hazard resilience projects.
iNVITED TALK
March 2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2014
- “IACP Career Development Series: Navigating the Academic Job Market in North America”, International Association for China Planning.
2022
- “Leveraging Citizen Science and Low-Cost Sensors to Characterize Air Pollution Exposure of Disadvantaged Communities in Southern California”, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
- “Leveraging Citizen Science and Low-Cost Sensors for Air Pollution Exposure Assessment”, Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council (NWSPNC).
“Integrating Low-Cost Sensing Data into Land Use Regression Models”, US Environmental Protection Agency. - “Developing Healthy Communities through Clean Air and Active Mobility”, University of Cincinnati.
2021
- “Healthy and Sustainable Communities”, California State University Dominguez Hills: Fall Faculty 3 * 2 (online; ~30 people).
- “Leveraging Geospatial Techniques to Access Community Transportation Accessibility, Reliability, and Affordability”, California State University Dominguez Hills: GIS Day 2021 (online; ~50 people).
- “Promoting Healthy Communities through Transportation and Environment”, CSU Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Network (STEM-NET) Virtual Research Café (online; ~50 people).
- “Leveraging Data Science for Transportation and Environmental Challenges”, Texas A&M Institute of Data Science (online; ~50 people).
2020
- “Using Geo-Techniques to Develop Healthy Communities: Practices in Transport, Environment, and Urban Form”, California State University Dominguez Hills: GIS Day 2020 (online; ~50 people).
- “How to Seek for Academic Jobs in the United States”, International Association for China Planning (online; ~100 people).
- “Leveraging Community-based Data to Develop Healthy Cities: Empirical Air Quality and Transportation Models”, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (online; ~40 people).
2019
- “Leveraging Big Data to Develop Healthy Cities: Air Quality and Active Transportation”, School of Transportation and Logistics, Southwest Jiaotong University, China (~100 people).
2018
- “Leveraging Google Point of Interest (POI) Data, Crowdsourcing, and Machine Learning to Predict Air Pollution Concentrations for the Contiguous US”, BioStats Group, University of Washington (~30 people).
2014
- “Confidence, Optimism and Diligence—Powerful Youth”, Guilin University of Technology, China (~2,000 people).