Summary
Quan Yuan is an Associate Professor at Tongji University specializing in the intersection of transportation, land use, and environmental impacts, with eight years of post-PhD research and academic experience spanning China and the United States. Educated at Peking University, UCLA, and USC (PhD in Urban Planning and Development), he blends engineering, geography, and public policy to study how transportation systems shape communities and how policy can enable sustainable mobility. His work includes urban freight transportation and quantitative analysis of transportation-land use interactions, informed by visiting research experience in Gothenburg and postdoctoral work at UNC Chapel Hill. Based in Shanghai, he brings a global perspective and an uncommon combination of economics and urban planning training that helps translate complex research into actionable policy insights.
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