Advisor: Dr. Mei-Po Kwan
Biography
I am a Ph.D. candidate in GGIS. I earned my BA in Cultural and Creative Studies from Aoyama Gakuin University and an MS in Environmental Sciences from University of Tokyo.
Research Interests
Advisor: Dr. Mei-Po Kwan
My current research interest is spatio-temporal analysis using GIScience. Through these methods, I am aiming to evaluate people's living environment such as accessibility to shopping facilities and other public amenities in order to enhance public life.
Education
- MS in Environmental Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan, 2017
- BA in Cultural and Creative Studies, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan, 2014
Grants
- George Beatty Graduate Fellowship, UIUC (Spring 2022)
- GGIS Summer Research Grants, UIUC (Summer 2021)
- Graduate College Supplementary Summer Block Grant, UIUC (Summer 2020)
Awards and Honors
- Finalist, AAG Peter Gould Student Paper Competition in Health & Medical Geography Specialty Group, 2022 AAG Annual Meeting
- Third Prize, Illinois GIS Day Student Poster Competition, 2021 GIS Day in UIUC
- Third Prize, Doctoral-level Oral Presentation Award, 2021 West Lakes Division of the AAG Annual Meeting
- Finalist, AAG GIScience & Systems (GISS) Specialty Group Student Paper Competition, 2021 AAG Annual Meeting
- Second Prize, 2020 Illinois GIS Day Student Poster Competition, 2020 GIS Day at UIUC
- Student Travel Award, AAG Spatial Analysis and Modeling (SAM) Specialty Group, 2020 AAG Annual Meeting
- Research Award, AAG Applied Geography (AG) Specialty Group, 2020 AAG Annual Meeting
- Runner-Up in the Best Dynamic Web Map Part of the Student Map & Poster Competition, 2019 GIS Day at UIUC
Courses Taught
- GEOG 105 - The Digital Earth (TA, with Dr. Brian J Jefferson in Spring 2021, Fall 2021; Instructor in Summer 2021)
- *CERE 5100 - Introduction to Sustainability (TA, with Dr. Nichole Hugo in Spring 2020) *Illinois Innovation Network Course
- GEOG 205 - Business Location Decisions (Grader, with Dr. Sara L McLafferty in Fall 2019)
Additional Campus Affiliations
- Research Assistantship (Summer 2021): Creating maps for new articles and books supported by History Department at UIUC (with Dr. Roderick Ike Willson)
- Research Assistantship (2019 - 2020): A multi-institutional NSF award under the Convergence Accelerator Program for creating an open knowledge network for civic infrastructure systems (with Co-PI Dr. Arnab Chakraborty, PI Dr. Nora El-Gohari, and others)
External Links
Recent Publications
Wataru Morioka, Atsuyuki Okabe, Mei-Po Kwan & Sara L. McLafferty (2021) An exact statistical method for analyzing co-location on a street network and its computational implementation, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2021.1976409
