Personal Statement

Dr. Guoping Huang joined the faculty in 2011 as An assistant Professor in the department of Urban and Environmental Planning. He came to us from Harvard University where he had played a lead role for the past five years in their Center for Geographic Analysis. He is an expert in digital visualization techniques, geographic information systems (GIS), and alternative futures studies. He will also be initiating a new course on international cities and working to add to UVa’s joint efforts with Peking University. Huang holds a Doctor of Design from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and Master of Science degrees in Landscape Design and Planning from Peking University. Huang recently won the best poster award for his visual assessment poster at the 12th International Conference on Information Technologies in Landscape Architecture held in Dessau, Germany in May. This year, the conference was held parallel to the European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools’ summer school with the theme, “Teaching & Learning with Digital Methods & Tools.”