Hannah is a PhD student in Urban Systems at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. She is advised by Dr. Joseph Chow at the Behavioral Urban Informatics, Logistics, and Transport Lab (BUILT) at the C2SMARTER Center. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Geography/Urban Studies from Macalester College in 2017 and her Master of City Planning, with a concentration in Smart Cities, from the University of Pennsylvania in 2022. As a PhD student, her research focuses on micro-mobility and sustainable transportation, emphasizing the use of analytical techniques and new technologies to develop creative solutions. She has been involved in a range of projects while at the BUILT Lab, including collaborating with the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) to create a traffic digital twin that improves emergency vehicle response times and developing a bike route choice model in Manhattan using NYC DOT mobility survey data. She is a 2024 award recipient of the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program and a recipient of the 2025 WTS-GNY Graduate Scholarship.
Education
MCP, City Planning - University of Pennsylvania
BA, Geography / Urban Studies - Macalester College