{"id":5587,"date":"2026-06-08T16:05:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T20:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/iadapt\/?page_id=5587"},"modified":"2026-09-21T16:35:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T20:35:51","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/iadapt\/team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Our Team<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

International Center for Adaptation Planning and Design<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Director<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Zhong-Ren Peng<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor and Director<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organization:<\/strong> School of Landscape Architecture and Planning, University of Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests:<\/strong> Transportation and land use planning, Planning for climate change, Information technology for planning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education:<\/strong>
Ph.D., Urban Studies, Portland State University, 1994
M.S., Economics, Portland State University, 1994
M.S., Geography, USTC, China, 1986
B.S., Geography, Central China Normal University, 1983<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email:<\/strong> zpeng@ufl.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Current Ph.D. Students<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Undergraduate Students<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Alumni<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Visiting Scholars<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Current Ph.D. Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Khalid A. Aljuhani<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. Student<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organization:<\/strong> Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests:<\/strong>
Smart Cities, Climate Change and Urban Resilience, Urban Renewal and Revitalization<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education:<\/strong>
M.S., Urban and Regional Planning, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2014
B.S., Urban and Regional Planning, King Abdulaziz University, 2009<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email:<\/strong> aljuhani@ufl.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Qing Hou<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. Student<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organization:<\/strong> Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests:<\/strong>
Social inequality; Urban Sustainability; Transportation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education:<\/strong>
M.S., Urban Planning, University of Southern California, 2022
B.A., Landscape Architecture, Northeast Forestry University, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email:<\/strong> houqing@ufl.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Qing Zhang<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. Student<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organization:<\/strong> Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests:<\/strong> Climate Change and Urban Resilience; Urban Sustainability and Environmental Planning, Transportation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education:<\/strong>
M.S., Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, 2023
B.A., Land Resource Management, Shandong Agricultural University, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email:<\/strong> qingzhang1@ufl.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Graduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Goshtasb Shahriari Mehr<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. Candidate<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organization:<\/strong>\u00a0College of Design, Construction, Planning, University of Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests:<\/strong>
Transportation Planning, spatial temporal planning, recommender systems, Location-Based Services<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education:<\/strong>
M.Sc., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, USA, 2025
M.Sc., Geographic Information Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 2019
B.Sc., Civil Engineering (Geomatics), K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email:<\/strong> g.shahriarimehr@ufl.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Yuzhou Zhu<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Master’s Student<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organization:<\/strong>\u00a0Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests:<\/strong> Transportation Planning, Sustainable Planning, AI for Urban Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education:<\/strong>
M.S., Urban Analytics, University of Florida, USA, 2026\u2013present
M.S., Building Science, University of Southern California, USA, 2022\u20132024
B.A., Urban and Rural Planning, Central South University, China, 2015\u20132020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email:<\/strong> yuzhouzhu@ufl.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Emily Teodoru<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Master’s Student<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organization:<\/strong>\u00a0Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests:<\/strong>
Transportation Planning, Transit-Oriented Development, Health in the Built Environment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education:<\/strong>
M.S., Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida, US, 2027.
B.A., Public Health, University of Florida, US, 2023.
Minor, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida, US, 2023.
Certificate, AI in Public Health and Healthcare, University of Florida, US, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email:<\/strong> teodoru.emily@ufl.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Undergraduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Jack Popov<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organization:<\/strong>\u00a0Warrington College of Business, University of Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests:<\/strong>
Transportation Planning, Consulting, Transportation Profitability<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education:<\/strong>
B.A., Business Administration, University of Florida, 2024 \u2013 Current
Minor, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida, 2024 \u2013 Current<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email:<\/strong> jackpopov@ufl.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ananda Chatterjee<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organization:<\/strong> University of Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests:<\/strong>
Transportation Modeling, Benefit-Cost Analysis, Artificial Intelligence in Urban Planning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education:<\/strong>
B.S. Statistics, University of Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email:<\/strong> anandachatterjee@ufl.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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David Wang<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organization:<\/strong> University of Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests:<\/strong> Financial Economics, Market Design, Public Economics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education:<\/strong>
B.S., Finance, University of Florida, 2025\u2013Expected 2029<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email:<\/strong> wang.david@ufl.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chi (Chloe) Mai<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Student<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organization:<\/strong> College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests:<\/strong>
Spatial Accessibility, Geographic Information Systems, Transportation Planning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education:<\/strong>
B.S., Data Science, University of Florida, 2027<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email:<\/strong> maic@ufl.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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