Qingqing Chen

Hi! I'm Qingqing, an incoming Assistant Professor of Geography in the School of Integrated Sciences at James Madison University (Fall 2025), where I will also be part of the CSM Environmental Data Science group. Currently, I'm a Ph.D. Candidate under the supervision of Dr. Andrew Crooks in the Department of Geography at the University at Buffalo. My research focuses on critically understanding how cities function by leveraging (geo)computational techniques and data informatics. I'm interested in Urban Data Science, Geocomputation, Urban Sensory Experience, Spatial analysis & visualization, and Social media & big data.

I received a M.Sc. in Physics from National University of Singapore and B.Sc. in Physics from Minjiang University. Prior to starting my Ph.D., I worked as a Research Associate at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and as a Research Engineer at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Centre (SMART).