Marcel Moran, PhD, is a Faculty Fellow at the Center for Urban Science + Progress at NYU Tandon. He studies urban transportation via a variety of methods, including satellite imagery, mining open datasets, and in-person field collection. His published work has led to policy changes in both San Francisco and New York City, and his research has been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Forbes, and Bloomberg CityLab. He received his PhD from the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley in May 2023. For academic year 2021-22, he was given the department's Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award. He holds a bachelors degree from Harvard University and a masters degree from the University of Chicago. He lives in New York City.
University of California, Berkeley – 2023
PhD, City and Regional Planning
University of Chicago – 2017
MA, Social Sciences
Harvard University – 2011
BA, Biology
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, UC Berkeley Dept. of City and Regional Planning
Earl S. and Esther Johnson MA Thesis Prize, University of Chicago
Aloian Memorial Award, Harvard University