Resume
Academic Achievements
- Published research in Cities on socio-economic mobility gaps across nine major US cities
- Published studies in PLOS ONE on pedestrian impact assessments in Melbourne and the impact of COVID-19 on urban amenity visits
- Published work in Travel Behavior and Society on city-wide pedestrian route choice in San Francisco
- Published an article in JAPA on pedestrian impact assessments
- Published a paper in Environment and Planning B linking metropolitan form to transportation sustainability
- Developed Madina, a new Python package for urban network analysis of pedestrian mobility
- Published the Urban Network Analysis framework for Rhinoceros3D in Environment and Planning B
- Developed the Urban Network Analysis Toolbox for both Rhino 3D and ArcGIS
- Recipient of Singapore’s President's Design of the Year award
- Contributed to a thematic issue on Design and Mobility in Design Science
Research Experience
- Engaged in multiple City Form Lab (CFL) research projects on urban form and pedestrian mobility
- Conducted research at MIT on socio-spatial interactions, pedestrian impact assessments, and urban accessibility
- Led/participated in the Beirut Community Streets study, funded by DAR Group and LCAU
- Organized and delivered workshops on Urban Network Analysis and walkability at institutions including Politecnico di Milano, Technical University of Lisbon, ETSAB UPC Barcelona, and American University of Beirut
- Participated in the OECD International Transport Forum workshop on 'Transport Innovation in Emerging Economies'
- Discussed child-friendly street design at a UNICEF Mayors meeting in Indonesia