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Jinwoo Park, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography & Geographic Information Science at the University of North Dakota. Prior to that, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the CyberGIS Center for Advanced Digital & Spatial Studies at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He received a Ph.D. in Geography (2021) from Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. He holds a B.S. in Geography (2013) and an M.S. in Geography (2016) from Kyung Hee University in Seoul, South Korea.
Dr. Park’s research revolves around Geographic Information Science (GIScience), with a strong emphasis on deriving policy implications for sustainable and inclusive urban landscapes through the exploration of spatial and temporal accessibility to urban infrastructure. His work delves into the intricate relationship between urban environments and the availability of essential resources, shedding light on how the dynamic nature of accessibility impacts various aspects of society. His research harnesses the power of data-rich environments and advanced cyberinfrastructure to capture and analyze the ever-changing phenomena within urban settings. Dr. Park’s exploration encompasses diverse topics, including human mobility and transportation networks, as he strives to unravel their complexities and uncover insights that inform innovative solutions in Geography, GIScience, and Urban Planning.
GEOG 474 - Introduction to Geographic Information System
GEOG 457 - Urban Geography & Planning
Park, J., Michels, A., Lyu, F., Han, S. & Wang, S. (2023). Daily changes in spatial accessibility to ICU beds and their relationship with the case-fatality ratio of COVID-19 in the state of Texas, USA. Applied Geography, 102929. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog. 2023.102929
Park, J. & Goldberg, D. W. (2022). An examination of the stochastic distribution of spatial accessibility to intensive care unit beds during the COVID-19 pandemic: a case study of the Greater Houston area of Texas. Geographical Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1111/gean.12340
Park, J., Kang, J.-Y., Goldberg, D. W. & Hammond, T. A. (2022). Leveraging temporal changes of spatial accessibility measurements for better policy implications: a case study of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in Seoul, South Korea. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 36(6), 1185–1204. https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2021.1978450
Park, J. & Goldberg, D. W. (2021). A review of recent spatial accessibility studies that benefitted from advanced geospatial information: Multimodal transportation and spatiotemporal disaggregation. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 10(8). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10080532
Park, J., Goldberg, D. W. & Hammond, T. (2020). A comparison of network model creation algorithms based on the quality of wayfinding results. Transactions in GIS, 24(3), 602–622. https://doi.org/10.1111/tgis.12632
Ph.D., Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA, 2021
M.S., Department of Geography, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, 2016
B.S., Department of Geography, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, 2013