CV

Education

• Ph.D in Geography, the University of British Columbia, 2026 (expected)
• M.L.A., Peking University, 2020
• B.Eng. in Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2017

Work experience

• Autumn 2025: Teaching Assistant for GEOS372 Cartography
  • The University of British Columbia
  • Duties includes: Introducing lab assignment, Demonstrating use of software (ArcGIS pro, Adobe Illustrator, R studio), Answering students question, Grading.
• Spring 2024: Teaching Assistant
  • The University of British Columbia
  • Duties includes: Lab discussion, Grading.
• Spring 2021: Research Intern
  • Research Center of Eco-Environment Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
  • Duties included: participated in a research project titled ‘The Impact of New Urban Land Development on Ecological Space in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region.
• Fall 2018: Research Assistant
  • Peking University
  • Duties included: GIS data collection and processing
  • Supervisor: Professor Fang Wang
• Fall 2018: Teaching Assistant
  • Peking University
  • Duties included: Course Videos
  • Supervisor: Zhengkai Xia

Skills

• Programming languages: Python (package: Geopandas, scikit-learn, Matplotlib, Pytorch), R (package: terra, sf, tidyverse, tidytext, ggplot,leaflet) , Javascript
• Data processing software: ArcGIS Pro (Advanced), QGIS, ENVI, SPSS
• Design software: Photoshop (Advanced), Adobe Illustrator (Advanced), Sketch UP

Publications

Ren, B., Park, K., Shrestha, A., Yang, J., McHale, M., Bai, W., & Wang, G. (2022). Impact of human disturbances on the spatial heterogeneity of landscape fragmentation in Qilian Mountain National Park, China. Land, 11(11), 2087.

Award

• Finalist in Annual Awards in China Human Settlement Design (Jointly organized by Tsinghua University and National Steering Committee of Design of Higher education in Education Ministry) (Architecture Design Group, top 43/345) (2-person group) , 11/2019 Reconstructing Vitality and Creating Blank Space ——Renovation of an Old Theater in Xixinan Village.

• Excellence Award in 2016 Barcelona International Design Awards (Jointly organized by Barcelona University, Barcelona school of Architecture Polytechnic University of Catalonia, top 10%) (2-person group) 11/2016 Epiphyllum Blooms, Livelihood Inherit——Reconstruction of Tanhualin historic district in Wuhan

• Second Prize in Social Investigation Competition of National Steering Committee of Urban and Rural Planning Education in China. (4-person group) 09/2015 An Exploration of the Direction of Private Museums——Investigation and Research on the Development of Private Museum in Wuhan

• The Only 1st Prize in Design Competition of Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture, CHSLA (rank: 1/98) (5-person group) 11/2015 “Bunker” Necklace——The Cultural Revival and Ecological Restoration of Zhanggong Embankment as a Heritage Corridor Our design works and description of design was accepted for publication in the journal Landscape Architecture