Hanxue Wei joined the Center for Urban Science + Progress at NYU Tandon in 2025. Her research is at the intersection of urban built environment, public health, and social equity. Her work provides data-driven solutions for urban planning and public health challenges in the context of climate change, leveraging spatial data and statistical analyses. She has published in leading urban studies journals, such as Landscape and Urban Planning and Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, and her work has been covered by multiple media outlets. Hanxue also serves on the Early Career Editorial Board for the journal Health & Place and the editorial board for the journal Growth and Change: A Journal of Urban and Regional Policy.
Education and Training
NYU Grossman School of Medicine, 2025
Postdoctoral Fellow
Cornell University, 2023
PhD in Regional Science
Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017
MS in Urban Design
Tongji University, 2018
BE and ME in Urban Planning
Awards and Grants
2025-2026, Climate Research Seed Grant (Principal Investigator), NYU Provost Office
2024-2025, The Collaborative Center in Children’s Environmental Health Research and Translation Pilot Grant (Principal Investigator), NYU Langone Health
2024-2025, The Collaborative Center in Children’s Environmental Health Research and Translation Pilot Grant (Principal Investigator), NYU Langone Health
2023-2025, Postdoctoral Fellowship, NYU Grossman School of Medicine