About Rongxiang Su
Rongxiang Su is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). He holds a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research interests lie in geospatial data science, human mobility, travel behavior, and urban analytics.
Areas of Expertise
Travel Behavior, GIS, Human MobilitySelected Publications
Su, R., Eshtiyagh, J., Santi, P., Hu, S., Duarte, F., Mazzarello, M., Ratti, C. (2025). Determinants of the localized behavior of individual food delivery choices. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 178, 105185. doi: 10.1016/j.trc.2025.105185
Su, R., Newsham, N., Dodge, S. (2024). Spatiotemporal dynamics of ethnoracial diversity and segregation in Los Angeles County: Insights from mobile phone data. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 114, 102203. doi: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2024.102203
Su, R., Liu, Y., Dodge, S. (2024). ORTEGA v1.0: An open-source Python package for context-aware interaction analysis using movement data. Movement Ecology, 12, 20. doi: 10.1186/s40462-024-00460-2
Su, R., Goulias, K. (2023). Untangling the relationships among residential environment, destination choice, and daily walk accessibility. Journal of Transport Geography, 109, 103595. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2023.103595
Su, R., Dodge, S., Goulias, K. (2022). Understanding the impact of temporal scale on human movement analytics. Journal of Geographical Systems, 24(3), 353-388. doi: 10.1007/s10109-021-00370-6 (JGS Editors’ choice article)
Su, R., Dodge, S., Goulias, K. (2022). A classification framework and computational methods for human interaction analysis using movement data. Transactions in GIS, 26(4), 1665-1682. doi: 10.1111/tgis.12960
Su, R., Xiao, J., McBride, E.C., Goulias, K. (2021). Understanding senior’s daily mobility patterns in California using human mobility motifs. Journal of Transport Geography, 94, 103117. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2021.103117
Su, R., McBride, E.C., Goulias, K. (2021). Unveiling daily activity pattern differences between telecommuters and commuters using human mobility motifs and sequence analysis. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 147, 106-132. doi: 10.1016/j.tra.2021.03.002
Su, R., McBride, E.C., Goulias, K. (2020). Pattern recognition of daily activity patterns using human mobility motifs and sequence analysis. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 120, 102796. doi: 10.1016/j.trc.2020.102796
Recent Courses Taught
UP230: Transportation Planning: Fundamentals and Innovations (Spring 2026)
UP418: GIS for Planners (Fall 2025, Spring 2026)
FAA330: Making Sustainable Design (co-instructor for a three-week module, Spring 2026)
Teaching Assistant Professor