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Exploring how people think, feel, and live in place.
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Basics
| Name | Jiayin Zhang |
| jiayinzhang@ucsb.edu | |
| Phone | +1(805)4537531 |
| Url | https://jerrinez.github.io/ |
| Research interests | Human-centered GIScience/Geospatial Data Science; Environmental Perception and Behavior; Spatial Cognition; Urban and Rural Planning |
Education
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2024.09 - Present Ph.D. student
Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Supervised by Prof. Daniel R. Montello and Prof. Peter KedronGeography, with An Interdisciplinary Emphasis in Cognitive Science
- Human-centered GIScience/Geospatial Data Science
- Environmental Perception and Behavior
- Spatial Cognition
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2021.09 - 2024.06 Master
College of Architecture and Landscape, Peking University.
Supervised by Prof. Fang WangLandscape Architecture
- Locality and Adaptation
- Urban and Rural Planning
- Multi-scale Spatial Analysis
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2017.09 - 2021.06 Bachelor
School of Geography, South China Normal University.
Supervised by Prof. Min Wang and Assoc. Prof. Ning AnGeography
- Social and Cultural Geography
- Emotional Geopolitics
- Spatial Perception
- Environmental Psychology & Neuroscience
Awards
- 2025
AAG Student Travel Award
AAG Spatial Analysis and Modeling (SAM) Specialty Group
- 2025
Graduate Student Association (GSA) Travel Grant
University of California, Santa Barbara
- 2024
First Prize of the China Award for Science and Technology in Construction
China Awards Committee for Science and Technology in Construction
- 2024
Second Prize for Outstanding Paper
Chinese Landscape Architecture Journal
- 2022
- 2022
Merit Student
Peking University
- 2022
Outstanding Student Assistant of Peking University Convention Center
Peking University
- 2021
Top Ten Liru Scholars of South China Normal University
South China Normal University
10 out of all 7000+
- 2021
- 2021
First Prize of the Innovation Award
South China Normal University
- 2019
National Scholarship
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
Chinese National Scholarship for top 0.5% undergraduate
- 2018 to 2021
First-Class Scholarship for Outstanding Students
South China Normal University
Top 3%, for 4 straight years
Languages
| English | |
| Fluent |