Yael Nidam

• Bachelor of Architecture, Technion
• Master in city Planning, MIT

Urban health, climate resilience, energy transition, Participatory Action Research, community-engaged HCI, data science & social science methods, communication, and storytelling with data.

Alex Ramiller

• BA, Macalester College
• MA, University of Washington

Land use, household mobility, eviction, property ownership

Faisal Almogren

• BS. Architecture and Building Science, King Saud University
• MS Architecture and urban Design, Columbia University
• MS Urban Planning, Harvard University

Research Interests: Gulf Urbanism, City-Building, Master Planning, Housing Policies, and Urban Morphologies
 

David Amos

• BS Urban and Regional Studies, Cornell University
• Master of Architecture, University of Oregon
• MCRP Community and Regional Planning, University of Oregon

Urban design; street design; walkability; and transportation and land use

Alli Appelbaum

• M.Sc. Regional and Urban Planning Studies (with distinction), London School of Economics and Political Science
• B.A. Honours, Historical Studies (in the first class), University of Cape Town
• B.A., Political Science and History (with distinction), University of Cape Town

Urban governance; security; securitisation of space; security guarding; biopolitics; urban inequality; gender, sexuality and urban space; middle-class urbanism; spatial transformation; (the politics of) densification; housing; urban history; African urbanisms; India; South Africa; Johannesburg

Arezoo Besharati

• Master of City Planning, UC Berkeley
• Master of Urban Design, National University of Iran
• B.S. City Planning and Design, University of Guilan

I’m interested in urban data science, city planning, urban design, and application of computer science, machine learning and artificial intelligence in urban planning and public policy analysis. I’m especially interested in investigating new methods for urban data acquisition, processing, visualization, and advanced modeling in order to help planners and communities more effectively navigate the complex decision-making processes that shape contemporary cities. 

Abigail Cochran

• BS Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
• Master of City Planning, UC Berkeley

Research Interests: Urban governance, data science, technology, international planning, and transportation

Priscila Coli

• B.S. Architecture and Urbanism, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
• M.S. in Urban Design, Columbia University

Urbanization in the Global South, Criminal Actors, Informal Governance, Peripheries

Savannah Cox

• M.A. International Affairs, The New School
• B.A. Political Science, B.A. Foreign Languages and International Studies, Bellarmine University

Science and Technology Studies; Resilience; Urban Climate Governance; Economic Sociology

Nathaniel Decker

• B.A. Biology, B.A. History, Oberlin College
• M.R.P. Cornell University

Real estate, affordable housing policy, disruptive technologies, and public finance

Irene Farah Rivadeneyra

• B.A. in Political Science, ITAM (Mexico City)
• MA in Social Sciences, University of Chicago

Informal employment, urban governance, health, food systems, spatial analytics, Latin America

Dagin Faulkner

Jeff Garnand

Chester Harvey

• BA Geography, Middlebury College
• MS Natural Resources, University of Vermont

Research Interests: urban design, street spaces, active transportation, spatial cognition, geodata
 

Cheng-Kai Hsu

• BS in Urban Planning, National Cheng Kung University
• MSC in Transport, Imperial College London

Micro-mobility, mobile sensing, environmental exposure, health equity

Shakirah Hudani

• MSc. Public Health, LSHTM - University of London
• MSc. Social Anthropology, University of Oxford
• AB Social Studies, Harvard College

Urban sustainability, International development, African cities, public health and city planning.

Tamara Kerzhner

• B.A., Geography, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2015 M.A., Geography and Urban Planning, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2018

Informal transportation, paratransit; the role of informal and informalized labour in producing urban services and urban space; mobility and equity in divided and diverse cities. 

Yanin Kramsky

• MESc, Environmental Science, Yale University
• BS, Product Design, Art Center College of Design

Spatial politics; political ecology; environmental knowledge, power, and planning; critical environmental and climate justice; intersectional feminism; queer and transgender geographies.

Flávia Leite

• B.S. in Economics, University of São Paulo
• B.S in Urban Policy Analysis and Management, The New School

Housing markets, Land use, urbanization in the Global South, urban redevelopment and inequality

Meiqing Li

• MCP, University of Pennsylvania
• BA, Urban Studies and Economics, The University of Hong Kong

My research explores the intersection of sustainable transportation, travel behavior, and built environment in the United States and Asia.

Beki McElvain

• MCP, City and Regional Planning, UC Berkeley
• BA, Public (Urban) Policy, Mills College (Distinction)

Resilience; Disaster Governance; Development Finance; Publics; Science and Technology Studies; Critical Urban Geography

Giselle Mendonça Abreu

• M.S. Urban and Regional Planning, University of São Paulo
• B.S. Architecture and Urbanism, University of São Paulo

Urbanization in the global South, urban and planning theory, urban/rural entanglements, Latin America

Michael Montilla

• Bachelor of Liberal Arts (ALB) in Extension Studies (Economics), Harvard University
• Master of Science (MS) in Urban Planning, Columbia University

Emerging Transportation Technologies (AVs, EVs, TNCs, etc.), Equitable Access to Electric Vehicles, Sustainable Transportation and Resilient Cities, Transportation and Climate Change, Transportation and Public Health, Private Uses of Streets and Other Public Spaces, Social Ramification of AV Data Practices

Marcel Moran

• A.B. Biology, Harvard University
• M.A. Social Sciences, University of Chicago

My research interests include urban transportation, the interaction between cities and new technologies (such as shared bike and scooters), and how infrastructure for biking, walking, and transit are distributed across space. I pursue these topics through a range of methods, including the use of GIS, satellite imagery, and on-the-ground observations. 

Manuel Santana Palacios

• B.S. Civil Engineering, Universidad de los Andes - Bogotá
• M.S. Civil Engineering, Universidad de los Andes - Bogotá
• M.U.R.P., University of California Los Angeles

Transportation and Land Use, Transportation and Urban Development, Travel Behavior, Informal Transportation, Transportation in the Developing World

Madeleine Parker

• Master in Public Affairs, Princeton University
• B.A. Geography, Dartmouth College

My research lies at the intersection of housing, land use, travel behavior, and public transit.

Tyler Pullen

• BS, University of Southern California
• MS, Stanford University

Affordable and supportive housing development, off-site and industrialized construction, energy efficient building design, public participation, alternative homeownership models

Lana Salman

• Master of Urban Planning and Policy, American University of Beirut
• BA Economics, American University of Beirut

Rocio Sanchez-Moyano

• B.S. Economics and Political Science, University of Wisconsin - Madison
• M.P.A., University of Wisconsin - Madison

Housing; housing demography; barriers to homeownership; low-income and minority housing and neighborhoods

Laura Schmahmann

• Bachelor of Planning (Honours Class 1), University of New South Wales
• Master of Philosophy (Planning and Urban Development), University of New South Wales

My research focuses on commercial gentrification and business displacement, particularly within urban industrial precincts, as well as the geography of innovation and economic development narratives which shape the location of employment within urban areas and regions.

Nick Shatan

• BA Geography, University of Chicago
• MCRP, Rutgers University

Community ownership and governance of land and housing; race, finance, risk, and materialities; politics of knowledge and participation; US housing policy; critical GIS and mixed methodologies

Taesoo Song

• B.A. in Economics, Yonsei University
• M.S. in Urban Planning and Engineering, Yonsei University

Housing Policy; Systemic Inequities in Gentrification, Displacement, and Eviction; Neighborhood Changes; Inclusive Urban and Community Development

Clara Turner

• MCRP (City and Regional Planning), University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
• BA, Political Science, University of California-San Diego

Regional labor markets, cross-border economies, migration and labor policy, economic geography

Liubing Xie

Megumi Yamanaka

My research interests include urban mobility, Bus Rapid Transit, public transport, non-motorized modes, planning, design, policy, social issues, demand modelling, and environmental impacts.

Pavan Yedavalli

• B.S. Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley
• M.S. Electrical Engineering, Columbia University

My research interests include smart cities, urban mobility, wireless IoT systems and drones in cities, urban data science and informatics, intelligent transportation systems, urban mapping, and travel behavior.

Aaron Young

• MA Sustainable International Development and Urban Planning, Brandeis University and Tufts University
• BA Political Science. University of Montana

My research in City & Regional Planning and Critical Geography addresses the urban land question in South Africa. By this angle of approach, I am interested in land and urban space not only as the physical terrain upon which contested claims are directed, embedded and performed, but also as an expanded field of meaning​ for local and transnational politics.