Qingqing Chen

• Dissertation: "Rethinking Urban Environments Through Multisensory Experiences: A Mixed-methods and Multi-scalar Approach"
• Advisor: Andrew Crooks
• Reported position: Assistant Professor, James Madison University

Collin O'Connor

• Dissertation: "Deer as Dilution Hosts: Testing Density-Dependent Mechanisms in the Ixodes Scapularis and Anaplasma Phagocytophilum Genetic Variant System"
• Advisor: Jared Aldstadt
• Reported position: Research Scientist, Health Research, Inc.

James (Jay) Roorbach III

• Dissertation: "Assessment of the Function of Risk Management in Regional Institutions of Higher Education"
• Advisor: Sara Metcalf
• Reported position: Lecturer in Emergency and Disaster Management, SUNY Canton

Naiima Khahaifa

• Dissertation: "Making Prisons Work: Black Correctional Officers and Carceral Geographies of Western New York"
• Advisor: Werner
• Reported position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Departments of Geography and African and African American Studies, Dartmouth College

Sara Peterson

• Dissertation: "Operationalizing the Human Capabilities Approach in the Context of Infrastructure Disruptions and Resilience"
• Advisor: Metcalf
• Reported position: Graduate Intern, National Renewable Energy Labs

Caitlyn Sears

• Dissertation: "Global Agrochemical Production Networks: A Study of Malaysia's Pesticide Production and Regulation"
• Advisor: Werner
• Reported position: NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Indiana University Bloomington, 2023–2025

Hannah Stokes-Ramos

• Dissertation: "Resilience for Whom? The Transformative Potential of Participatory Justice for Agro-Food Systems Governance in Puerto Rico"
• Advisor: Werner
• Reported position: Postdoctoral Research Associate in Food Systems, College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, University of New Hampshire

Han Zhang

• Dissertation: "Integrating Geographical Data Science with Soil Erosion Modeling to Support Soil Conservation and Environmental Sustainability: A Hybrid Geo-Spatial Approach"
• Advisor: Renschler
• Reported position: Geospatial Data Scientist, Cigna Healthcare

Youngseob Eum

• Dissertation: "Inference of Activity Patterns from Mobile Phone-based GPS Traces for Influenza Surveillance"
• Advisor: Yoo
• Reported position: Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Qiang Pu

• Dissertation: "Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Ambient PM2.5 Concentrations at Fine Scales Using Big Geospatial Data"
• Advisor: Yoo
• Reported position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Environmental Health, Emory University

Shengyuan Zou

• Dissertation: "Unravelling the Spatial Distribution of Individual-level Abandoned Houses at Large Scale Using Open-Access Remotely Sensed Data"
• Advisor: Wang
• Reported position: Assistant Professor, Beijing Forestry University

Marissa Bell

• Dissertation: "Energy Justice, Nuclear Landscapes and Consent: An Examination of Canadian Nuclear Waste Siting"
• Advisor: Hamilton
• Reported position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Communication and Cornell Cooperative Extension Program, Cornell University

Dennis Choi

• Dissertation: "Transformation of Ethnic Economies and Neighborhood Change: The Case of the Koreans in Bom Retiro"
• Advisor: Cooke
• Reported position: Assistant Clinical Professor, University at Buffalo and Singapore Institute of Management Partnership Program

Jessica Gilbert-Overland

• Dissertation: "Food Justice Transitions in Buffalo, NY: The Role of Values-based Approaches in Social Movements"
• Advisor: Hamilton
• Reported position: Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Sustainability Studies, SUNY Geneseo

Candace Kuechler

• Dissertation: "An Analysis of the Intermediary Role of Female and Minority-Focused Entrepreneurial Support Organizations (FFESO's and MFESO's)"
• Advisor: Bagchi-Sen
• Reported position: Senior Financial Analyst, Technology, Delaware North

Misa Yasumiishi

• Dissertation: "The Effects of Topography and Soil Properties on Radiocesium Concentrations in Forest Soils in Fukushima, Japan"
• Advisor: Bittner
• Reported position: Not provided

Dameng Yin

• Dissertation: "High-Spatial-Resolution Estimation of Mangrove Growth and Carbon Stock Change Using Multi-Temporal UAV LiDAR Data"
• Advisor: Wang
• Reported position: Assistant Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Shiran Zhong

• Dissertation: "How Does Communicable Disease Spread in Space? A Three-perspective Approach in Analyzing Dynamics in a Location-centric Framework"
• Advisor: Bian
• Reported position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Western University, Ontario, Canada

Xiangyu Jiang

• Dissertation: "Modeling Daily Ambient Air Pollution Using a Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) System"
• Advisor: Yoo
• Reported position: Modeler, Air Protection Branch, Georgia Environmental Protection Division

Yue Luo

• Dissertation: "Cardiovascular Disease among Asian Immigrants in California"
• Advisor: Rogerson
• Reported position: Senior Associate, PwC Germany

Torsten Schunder

• Dissertation: "Household-Level Adoption of Modern Sources of Energy for Electrification and Cooking in South Asia"
• Advisor: Bagchi-Sen
• Reported position: Scientific Project Manager, Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development within the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning

Xiang Ye

• Dissertation: "The Impacts of the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP) on Linear Regression"
• Advisor: Rogerson
• Reported position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Shenzhen University, China

Qiuyi Zhang

• Dissertation: "Modeling a Multi-Level Intervention to Improve Oral Health for Chinese Americans"
• Advisor: Metcalf
• Reported position: Lecturer, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Fujian University of Technology, China