Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
The University of Hong Kong
Rm 10.17, The Jockey Club Tower
Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
Email: yanjiac@hku.hk
2015 - 2019 PhD Geography, University of Maryland, College Park
2014 - 2015 PhD Geography, University of Iowa
Advisor: Dr. Kathleen Stewart
2012 - 2014 MS Geography, University at Buffalo, SUNY
2022.8 - now Assistant Professor The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
2022.1 - 2022.7 Research Associate Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope
2020 - 2021 Postdoctoral Research Fellow School of Public Health and Longevity Science, UC San Diego
2019 - 2020 Postdoctoral Research Fellow for a project on spatial burden of typhoid fever, School of Medicine, Stanford University
2018 - 2019 Research Assistant for a project of Adding Geospatial Analytics to the MPower Opioid Use Disorders Project, Dean’s Research Iniative, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Maryland-College Park
2016 - 2018 Research Assistant for a project of National Drug Early Warning System (NDEWS), Center for Substance Abuse Research, University of Maryland-College Park
2014 - 2015 Research Assistant for a project on Geographic Variability of Kidney Transplantation in the United States, VA Office of Rural Health-Central Region, The University of Iowa
2013 - 2014 Research Assistant for University at Buffalo Regional Institute and Urban Design Project, SUNY Research Foundation
2012 - 2013 Research Assistant for Hurricane Sandy Damage Assessment, Landscape-based Environmental Analysis & Modeling (LESAM) Lab, SUNY Research Foundation
2017&2019 Excellence in Graduate Research Award, Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland-College Park
2017 Jacob K. Goldhabor Travel Award, University of Maryland-College Park
2016 Melinda S. Meade Graduate Student Travel Award of the Health and Medical Geography Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers
2015 Dean’s Fellowship, University of Maryland-College Park
2015 Dean’s supplemental award, University of Maryland-College Park