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Penn Weitzman · MCP + MUSA
Transportation Research with Prof. Erick Guerra

At the intersection of how people move and how cities grow.

Smart mobility, travel behavior,
economics & land use.
Reading the pulse of cities.

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What I'm up to now

Three hats, one brain, zero boredom.

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Research Fellow

Working with Prof. Erick Guerra on travel behavior & smart mobility.

Team collaboration

Graduate Teaching Assistant

MUSA 5000 Statistics, MUSA 5080 & CPLN 5920 Public Policy Analytics.

City infrastructure

Dual-Degree Master's

MCP + MUSA at UPenn Weitzman School of Design (2024–2026).

Signature themes

The stuff I geek out about (in no particular order).

Travel behavior modeling Human mobility GeoAI & remote sensing Intelligent Transportation Systems Geostatistics & spatial analysis Agent-based modeling
SUNY Chancellor's Award 2024 GIS & Spatial Analytics Smart Mobility Researcher

Timeline (highlight reel)

Recent milestones without the awkward acceptance speeches.

2024–Present

Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania

Master of City Planning + Master of Urban Spatial Analytics, GPA 3.98.

2025–Present

Penn IUR Research Fellow

Supported Anchor Institutions strategies for President Larry Jameson at UPenn Institute for Urban Research.

2024–Present

Graduate Research Fellow

Researching travel behavior and smart mobility systems under Prof. Erick Guerra.

2024–Present

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Assisting courses MUSA 5000, MUSA 5080, and CPLN 5920 at UPenn Weitzman School of Design.

2020–2024

B.A. in Geography & GIScience, Binghamton University

Summa Cum Laude. Highest honors.

2023–2024

Harpur Edge Research Fellow

Honors thesis on trail accessibility with UAV + LiDAR.

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