Urban Information Lab: People

Director

Junfeng Jiao

Associate Professor

Hampton K. and Margaret Frye Snell Endowed Chair in Transportation

Co-Directors

Dr. Weijia Xu

Dr. Arya Farahi

Post-Doc Fellows

Dr. Kijin Seong

​Graduate Students

Samantha Lee

Huihai Wang

Rand Makarem

Carlos Gonzalez

Shunhua Bai

Yefu Chen

Seung Jun Choi 

Jiaxuan Huang

Undergraduate Students

Grant Shaffer (Finance)
Brian Folkers (Government)

Alumni

Undergradautes:
Kent Hensen (Computer Science)--Software Engineer, HubSpot
Nathaniel A Degen (Computation Biology)---Data Analyst, SALI Services
Rahul Gupta (Computer Science)-- Derivatives Trader, Optiver
Mihir Pethe (Mathematics) -- Consultant, BCG
Mira Bhat (Finance)-- Finance Analyst, Intel
Mohamad Abouelnaaj (Neuroscience)

Masters:

Josiah Lindquist (Planning)---Planner, AECOM
Seung Jun Choi (Planning)--PhD Student, UT Austin 
Rand Makarem (Planning)--PhD Student, U of Michigan 
Ying Rui Zhao (Planning)--PhD Student, U of Maryland
Sam Lee (CAEE)-- Startup
Qi Qian Yang (Planning)---Data Scientist, Apple
Chris Bichak (Planning)---Data Scientist, Noblis
Akik Patel (Planning)---Transportation Planner, AECOM
Haitao Yu (Planning)---Transportation Analyst, Kittelson & Associates
Aaron Nichols (Planning)---Research Scientist, TU Munich
Zack Lofton (Planning)---Transportation Planner, City of Austin 
Nathalie Kip (Planning)---Research Assistant, UBC
Nicole McGrath(Planning)---Transportation Planner, CDM Smith
Yang Yang (Planning)---Transportation Engineer, Marlin Engineering
Louis Alcorn (Planning/Transportation Engineering)--Transportation Planner, WSP
Chia-Hui Liu (Information Science)-- Data Scientist, Deutsche Bank
Jianwei Chen (Computer Science)-- Software Engineer, Google 
Xuyang Chen (Computer Science)-- Software Engineer, Yext
Toshi Ogura (Tourism Science)---PhD Student, Tokyo Metropolitan University 
Po Yuan Huang (Economics)--PhD Student, UNC
Dong Xu He (Transportation Engineering)--Transportation Engineer 

PhD:
Juan Yunda (Planning)--Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Greg Grffin (Planning)--Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at San Antonio 
Jack Bringardner (Eningeering)--Industry Assistant Professor, NYU
Kwangyul Choi (Planning)--Assistant Professor, The University of Oklahoma 
Jojo France-Mensaha (Engineering)-- Consultant, Boston Consulting Group
Hao Wu--PhD Student, Tong Ji University 

PostDoc: 
Dr. Amin Azimian (Smart Transportation)--Design Engineer, Terra Engineering
Dr. Chen Feng (Urban Informatics)-- Research Scientist, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden