Runzi's Resume

Education

2018-2020 | Ph.D. in Planning, Design and Construction, Michigan State University

Dissertation Title: Investigate landscape-stream water quality relationships and stream water quality preservation strategies in the Texas Gulf Region using a hybrid of machine learning and hydrological modeling approach

2014-2017| Ph.D. candidate (attended), Urban and Regional Sciences, Texas A&M University

2011-2013| Master of Science in Landscape Architecture (MSLA), Peking University, Beijing, China

Thesis Title: The influence of residential design on stormwater runoff and the control approaches in a mountainous city

2006-2009, 2010-2011| Bachelor of Engineering in Architecture, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

2009-2010 | Bachelor of Architecture (exchange student), Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Working Experiences

2020-now| Assistant Professor, School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), University of Michigan

2018-2020| Research Assistant, Assistant of School Director, School of Planning, Design and Construction, Michigan State University

2015-2017| Instructor of Record, Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University

2014-2015| Teaching Assistant, Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University

2013-2014| Research fellow, Graduate School of Landscape Architecture, Peking University, Beijing, China

Teaching Experience

2020-present |School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan

--Site Engineering (EAS 588), Instructor, 2021 Winter

--Ecological Site Design Studio (EAS 590), Instructor, 2021 Winter

--Urban Stormawater (EAS 578), Instructor, 2022 Fall

2014-2017 |Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University.

--Digital Communication (URPN 220), Instructor, 2017 Fall, 2016 Spring, 2015 Fall

--Landscape Design Studio III (LAND 311), Co-instructor. 2016 Fall

-- Advanced Digital Communication (URPN 320), Co-instructor. 2017 Spring

Professional Skills

Design: AutoCAD, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Google SketchUp, Rhino

Spatial analysis: ArcGIS, Fragstats

Remote sensing: Google Earth Engine, ENVI, eCognition

Hydrological modeling: SWAT, SWMM

Programming: Python, R, MATLAB, JavaScript, SQL

Statistical software: SAS, Stata, SPSS