Research Fellow
Working with Prof. Erick Guerra on travel behavior & smart mobility.
Hi, I’m Zhanchao (Z) Yang 👋
Dual-degree master's student exploring how cities function through GIS and urban informatics.
MCP + MUSA at UPenn. Research fellow under Prof. Erick Guerra. 2024 SUNY Chancellor's Award recipient.
Urban analytics in motion
zhanchao@research ~
$ cat research_interests.txt
→ Travel behavior modeling & human mobility
→ GeoAI and remote sensing for urban planning
→ Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
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Research Fellow @ UPenn under Prof. Erick Guerra
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What I’m up to now
Three hats, one brain, zero boredom.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
MUSA 5000 Statistics, MUSA 5080 & CPLN 5920 Public Policy Analytics.
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.
Fun fact roulette
Because resumes deserve a sense of humor.
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