Past Staff

Wendy Guan was the Executive Director of the Center for Geographic Analysis (CGA) at Harvard University from 2007 until her retirement in February of 2025.

Gigi Sung was an urban planning student at Harvard Graduate School of Design, and has a diverse academic background. Prior to her studies in the United States, she completed a Master of Architecture at Hongik University and a Bachelor of Business at...

Mukul Rawat holds a Master's degree in Machine Learning and Data Science from Northeastern University. During his tenure at Northeastern, he excelled as a Research Assistant in the field of Data Science, specializing in the development of Large Language...

Jack Hayes is a senior at William & Mary pursuing a major in Data Science with a focus in Spatial Data Analytics. Jack is passionate about using spatial science and machine learning to advance efforts in conservation. As an NSF REU Student Research...

Dakota Bailey has a Master's degree in Geography from Syracuse University, where he studied Physical geography and published a master's thesis using ESRI's Suitability Modeler tool to understand wildfire ignition risk in the Adirondack State Park of...

Hanchen Yu is a research associate and post-doctoral fellow at CGA. He received his Ph.D. in 2019 in Regional Economics from Peking University. He works on methods in spatial statistics, spatial econometrics, spatial data science, and machine learning...

Dr. Junghwan Kim is a postdoctoral fellow at CGA. He received his Ph.D. in 2021 in Geography from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). He also holds a B.S. in Urban Planning and Engineering (Summa Cum Laude) from Yonsei University (2016...

Phillip Gomez is a masters student at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, where he studies international security, maritime affairs, and geospatial methods. He has held GIS positions for environmental engineering firms, local...

Rinki Deo was a post doctoral Research Fellow at the CGA from Oct. 2019 to Oct. 2020. She joined the staff as a part time GIS Specialist in November of 2020. Her basic educational background is in physics and specializes in remote sensing and GIS. She...

As the Executive Director of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) from 2003-2019, Douglas Richardson led a highly successful renewal of the organization. He greatly expanded its membership and international footprint, developed dynamic and wide...