Prof. Yeran Sun – IACP Faculty Highlights

孙晔然（ Dr Yeran Sun）

英国斯旺西大学理学院地理系助理教授 Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, College of Science, Swansea University, UK

2008年获得西北大学城市与环境学院地理信息系统专业学士，2011年获得中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所地图学与地理信息系统专业硕士，2015年获得德国海德堡大学地理所地理学（地理信息科学）专业博士。毕业后曾任英国格拉斯哥大学城市大数据中心博士后研究员。 Dr. Sun received a Bachelor in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in 2004 from the School of Urbanology and Environmental Science at Northwest University (China) and a Master of Science in Cartography and Geographic Information Systems in 2005 from the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He received a Ph.D. degree in Geography (GIScience) from the Institute of Geography at Heidelberg University (Germany) in 2015. After graduation, Dr. Sun worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Urban Big Data Centre, University of Glasgow, UK.

研究方向与社会贡献  （Research direction and social contribution）

主要研究领域包括城市信息科学、城市遥感、城市交通、大数据分析等。这些研究发表在 Environment and Planning B, Computers Environment and Urban Systems, Sustainable Cities and Society, Journal of Transport & Health, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health等期刊，以及作为章节发表在Complex Networks and Dynamic Systems: Transportation Analytics in the Era of Big Data丛书。

His research fields include Urban Informatics, Urban Remote Sensing, Urban Transport, Health Geography, and Big Data Analytics. These studies have been published in journals such as Environment and Planning B, Computers Environment and Urban Systems, Sustainable Cities and Society, Journal of Transport & Health, and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, and in ‘Complex Networks and Dynamic Systems: Transportation Analytics in the Era of Big Data’ as book chapters.