{"id":12965,"date":"2026-08-14T14:24:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/landscape\/?page_id=12965"},"modified":"2026-08-14T14:24:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:24:40","slug":"dr-chendi-zhang","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/landscape\/dr-chendi-zhang\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Chendi Zhang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-8dff21de default uagb-is-root-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-66253bdd\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image aligncenter uagb-block-c95d37e4 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-center\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/landscape\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2026\/08\/Chendi-Zhang-768x768-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-12949\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" title=\"Chendi-Zhang-768x768\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-c76368d9\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dr. Chendi Zhang<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-006a3825 default uagb-is-root-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-ab1e6879\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3c4ae8e80f79e4b3daf2b735db9fdfd3\">Assistant Professor<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4d612ca63295a926b2836470b3d0406b wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Research Specialization(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-08e9c7049d263e24d2e99ad5eacab738\"><strong><em>Climate Change Adaptation<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-d28e2d1098477b0348427f8a6c212343\"><strong><em>Urban Analytics <\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2bb50002e9a39fc047e12ae078e167c5\"><strong><em>Policy Review<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1bdca3378a2be9512f4e450ffa8c55d3\"><strong><em>Computational Design<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-faccfb12\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-932d3cbbfcf8ad88da5e4194519aac3c\">Office: TBA<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-buttons uagb-buttons__outer-wrap uagb-btn__default-btn uagb-btn-tablet__default-btn uagb-btn-mobile__default-btn uagb-block-903a957f\"><div class=\"uagb-buttons__wrap uagb-buttons-layout-wrap \">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-buttons-child uagb-buttons__outer-wrap uagb-block-97a794d6 wp-block-button\"><div class=\"uagb-button__wrapper\"><a class=\"uagb-buttons-repeater wp-block-button__link\" aria-label=\"\" href=\"#\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\"><div class=\"uagb-button__link\">Curriculum Vitae<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-b920fe93\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-84fd6df10a4a9adaccbb85f295c9e324\">Contact: <a href=\"mailto:chendizhang@ufl.edu\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:chendizhang@ufl.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">chendizhang@ufl.edu<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-9567bf32 default uagb-is-root-container\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-12965_193b26-a6 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-12965_193b26-a6 .kt-divider{border-top-width:10px;border-top-color:var(--ast-global-color-0);width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-12965_193b26-a6\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-92949989098a106dbaccbc994f79a3c1 wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Chendi Zhang is a researcher and designer in landscape architecture and urban planning. Her research focuses on aging in place, climate change adaptation including wildfire resilience, urban analytics, computational design, and the social and spatial dimensions of built environment design. She uses mixed methods, including geospatial analytics, computational design media, policy review, and comparative planning research, to examine how planning and design can promote equity, resilience, and quality of life across diverse contexts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-8113492f7842138d219578c44158fa8b wp-block-paragraph\">Chendi earned her Ph.D. in Urban Planning at UCLA and a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture from Beijing Forestry University. 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