Wenjing Gong

About Me

Greetings,😀! I’m Wenjing Gong, a second-year Ph.D. student in Urban and Regional Science at Texas A&M University, co-advised by Dr. Lingqian (Ivy) Hu and Dr. Xinyue Ye. My academic training spans urban planning and geography, and my current research focuses on data-driven risk assessment of climate and environmental hazards, human–environment interactions, and urban resilience. Specifically, my research interests include:

• Urban Analytics and GeoAI: Advancing multimodal data fusion, geospatial foundation models, and data-driven analytics to enhance urban climate and environmental risk assessment.
• Human–Environment–Climate Nexus: Investigating the coupled interactions of climate extremes, urban systems, and human behavior to foster sustainable, resilient, and healthy urban futures.
• Earth Intelligence and Urban Dynamics: Leveraging remote sensing imagery, Earth observation embeddings, mobility data, and social sensing to reveal urban dynamics and inform planning, policy, and decision-making.

Feel free to contact me via email or LinkedIn. I’d be happy to connect! (Updated on 05/2026)

Education

[2024-pres.] Ph.D. Student, Urban and Regional Science (Urban Analytics & GeoAI)
Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
Chair: Dr. Lingqian (Ivy) Hu, Co-Chair: Dr. Xinyue Ye, Committee members: Dr. Galen Newman and Dr. Lei Zou
[2019-2022] M.E., Architecture (Urban Study)
Tongji University, Shanghai, China
GPA: 88.5/100 (Entrance through the exam-free recommendation program)
[2019] Visiting Student, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Columbia University, New York, USA
[2014-2019] B.E., Architecture
Shandong University of Science & Technology, Qingdao, China
GPA: 90.5/100 (Rank: 1/60 each year)

Academic & Professional Experience

[2025-2026] Student Ambassador
Texas A&M Institute of Data Science, College Station, USA
[2025-2026] Student Fellow
Telehealth Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
[2024-2025] Research Assistant
Center for Geospatial Sciences, Applications and Technology, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
[2022-2024] Designer and Planner
Architecture Design & Research Institute of Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Publications

See Google Scholar for the full list of publications.

Presentations

Conferences

• Gong, W. Toward Climate-Responsive Campuses: A Digital Twin Framework for High-Resolution Heat Stress Forecasting and Planning. 2026 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, October 8-10, 2026, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (Oral).
• Gong, W. Hyperlocal PM₂.₅ Imputation from Sparse Sensors with Earth Embeddings and State Space-Enhanced Spatial Learning. 2026 International Symposium on Spatiotemporal Data Science, August 7-8, 2026, Virginia Tech, Virginia, USA (Oral).
• Gong, W., Ye, X., Song, Y. Essential Infrastructure or Unavoidable Risk? Modeling Urban Park Visitation under Dual Climate and Crime Stressors with Large-Scale Mobility Data. 2026 Annual Meeting of American Association of Geographers, March 17-21, 2026, San Francisco, California, USA (Oral).
• Gong, W., Ye, X., Wu, K., Jamonnak, S., Zhang, W., Yang, Y., Huang, X. Integrating Spatiotemporal Vision Transformer into Digital Twins for High-Resolution Heat Stress Forecasting in Campus Environments. 2025 Annual Meeting of American Association of Geographers, March 24-28, 2025, Detroit, Michigan, USA (Oral).
• Gong, W., Wu, K., Yang, Y., Zhang, W., Ye, X., Huang, X. Integrating high-resolution simulations and transformer network predictions for mitigating human heat stress: A digital twin of a Texas campus. 2024 Texas Weather Conference, November 9, 2024, College Station, Texas, USA (Oral).
• Gong, W., Yang, Y., Zhang, W., Wu, K., Ye, X., Huang, X. Integrating high-resolution simulations and transformer network predictions for mitigating human heat stress: A digital twin of a Texas campus. College of Architecture’s 26th Annual Showcase, October 3, 2024, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA (Poster).
• Gong, W. Simulating and Predicting Spatial-Temporal Human Outdoor Heat Exposure: A Case Study on a Texas Campus. The 2024 Symposium on Spatiotemporal Data Science: GeoAI for Social Sciences, July 24, 2024, Virtual (Abstract accepted).

Workshops

• Yang, Y., Gong, W., Zhang, K. DisasterVLP: Perceiving Multidimensional Disaster Damages from Street-View Images Using Visual-Language Models. Summer School on Cyberinfrastructure and Disaster Resilience, August 15, 2025, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA (Oral).
• Gu, J., Gong, W., Zhang, X. Analysis of the Spatial Distribution of Express Courier Stations and Assessment of Site Selection Effectiveness. DigitalFUTURES 12th Summer Workshops, July 2, 2022, Virtual (Oral).
• Gong, W., Huang, H., Zhang, X. Undoing Sprawl: Urban Agriculture as a Social Innovation. Resizing the Urban Form in the Era of “Negative Population Growth” Workshop, December 9, 2019, Columbia University, New York City, USA (Oral).

Awards & Honors

See my CV for the full list of awards and honors.

• [2026] Environmental Perception and Behavior Geography (EPBG) Travel Grant, 2026 Annual Meeting of American Association of Geographers, $150.
• [2026] International Geographic Information Fund (IGIF) Scholarship Award, 2026 Annual Meeting of American Association of Geographers, $1,200.
• [2026] Applied Geography Specialty Group Annual Meeting Award, 2026 Annual Meeting of American Association of Geographers, $202.
• [2026] Travel Grant, LAUP Department, TAMU, $600.
• [2025] Travel Grant, Summer School on Cyberinfrastructure and Disaster Resilience, TAMU (funded by NSF), $200.
• [2025] Texas A&M Institute of Data Science (TAMIDS) Student Ambassador Scholarship, Domain Data Science Track (2025–2026 cohort), TAMU, $2,000.
• [2025] Ashok K. Dutt Award for Best Graduate Student Paper (1st place), Regional Development and Planning Specialty Group, 2025 Annual Meeting of American Association of Geographers, $200.
• [2025] UCGIS I-GUIDE 2024–2025 Community Champions, $3,000 (Student leader; project under Dr. Xinyue Ye).
• [2025] Travel Grant, LAUP Department, TAMU, $600.
• [2019 - 2022] Academic Scholarship covering all tuition fees, TJU.
• [2014 - 2019] First-class Scholarships in academic performance (5%, 8 times), SDUST.
• [2014 - 2019] First-class Corporate Scholarships (5%, 2 times), SDUST.
• [2014 - 2019] “Outstanding Student Pioneer” (5%, 3 times), SDUST.
• [2019] “Outstanding Graduate” of Shandong Province (5%).
• [2019] “Outstanding Student” in Science, Technology, and Innovation (5%), SDUST.
• [2018] National Best Leader Award, National Green Building Design Competition.
• [2018] Grand Prize, National Green Building Design Competition - Deep Green Category.
• [2017] Excellence Award, China Architectural Education/TSINGRUN Award Students’ Paper Competition.

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant

• [2026 Spring] PLAN626:600: Advanced GIS & PLAN625:600: Introduction to GIS & PLAN625:700: Introduction to GIS (Online), Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
• [2025 Fall] PLAN626:600: Advanced GIS & PLAN625:700: Introduction to GIS (Online), Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
• [2020 Fall] Design Studio III (Urban Planning), Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Services

Invited Reviewer

• International Journal of Geographical Information Science
• Journal of Planning Education and Research
• Landscape and Urban Planning
• Cities
• Journal of Transport Geography
• Sustainable Cities and Society
• Environmental Impact Assessment Review
• Transactions in GIS
• Urban Climate
• Journal of Transport and Land Use
• Transportation Planning and Technology
• Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy
• Computational Urban Science
• Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
• Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
• Frontiers in Environmental Science
• Frontiers in Psychology
• …

Editorial Boards

• Managing Editor: Computational Urban Science

Conference Organizations

• Session Co-chair: Symposium on Human Dynamics Research: Extreme Weather, Human Responses, and Urban Resilience (I & Ⅱ). 2026 Annual Meeting of American Association of Geographers, March 17-21, 2026, San Francisco, California, USA.
• Session Chair/Primary Organizer: Symposium on Human Dynamics Research: Urban Environmental Intelligence and Human-Climate Interactions (1 & 2). 2025 Annual Meeting of American Association of Geographers, March 24-28, 2025, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Media Coverage

• TAMIDS Announces 2025-2026 Cohort of Student Ambassadors. [Link]
• Throwing Shade at Heatwaves: Tracking campus “hot spots” could help students stay cool in the Texas heat. [Link]