Meet the minds advancing spatial data science
Our collective brings together geospatial analysts, data scientists, and domain experts to advance spatial sciences and build forward-looking solutions for the communities we serve.
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Navigate SDSC by role, then dive into individual profiles
The directory is organized around how people contribute to the center: leadership, core faculty, affiliated collaborators, and graduate researchers. Use the section links below to jump directly into the layer you want.
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Directory
Researchers listed across leadership, faculty, affiliates, and graduate scholarship.
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Core Faculty
Faculty shaping the center's flagship research program.
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Affiliates
Interdisciplinary collaborators extending SDSC across domains.
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Graduate
Emerging scholars advancing the next generation of SDSC work.
Center Director
Leadership at the center of SDSC
Spatial Data Science Center
Stewart Fotheringham
Krafft Professor of Spatial Data Science, Director of the Spatial Data Science Center
Select Recognition
Elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences
2013
Elected Member of Academia Europaea
2016
Elected Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences, UK
2013
Appointed as Regents’ Professor (the highest award at ASU restricted to 3% of Full Professors) at universities in Arizona
2019
Core Members
Core Faculty
SDSC Faculty
Amber DeJohn
Assistant Professor of Geography and Public Health, CDPH Faculty & Associate of the Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy
SDSC Faculty
Christopher Uejio
Professor of Geography and Public Health
SDSC Faculty
Mark W. Horner
Earl B. and Sophia H. Shaw Professor of Geography
SDSC Faculty
Mason Mathews
Visiting Professor
SDSC Faculty
Mehak Sachdeva
Assistant Professor of Urban Science
SDSC Faculty
Ziqi Li
Assistant Professor of Geography
Affiliated Members
Affiliated Members
Graduate Students
Graduate Students
Graduate Research Assistant
Chen-Lun Kao
Ph.D. student
Advisor: Stewart Fotheringham
Graduate Research Assistant
Hanbin Wang
Ph.D. student
Advisor: Ziqi Li
Graduate Research Assistant
Jacob N. Tagnan
Ph.D. student
Advisor: Mark W. Horner
Graduate Research Assistant
Jia-Jun Chang
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Stewart Fotheringham
Graduate Research Assistant
Ju He
Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Ziqi Li
Graduate Research Assistant
Md A. Fattah
MS student
Advisor: Mark W. Horner
Graduate Assistant
Shangrui Zhu
Ph.D. student
Advisor: Christopher Uejio
Graduate Assistant
Stephen Liwur
MS Student
Advisor: Amber DeJohn
Graduate Research Assistant
Weining Kan
Ph.D. student
Advisor: Amber DeJohn
Graduate Research Assistant
Zhipeng Li
Ph.D. student
Advisor: Stewart Fotheringham