Dr. Danlin Yu graduated from the Geography Program at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He is a geographic information scientist, spatial data scientist, locational strategist, quantitative urban geographer, and environmental sustainability modeler by training. His research specifically focuses on geographic information analysis, cartographical design and presentation, statistical analysis, urban and regional planning, and system dynamic modeling for complex systems (including environmental, urban, and regional systems). He has strong statistical analysis skills that are applied to urban and regional planning, public health, environmental management, and population prediction. Moreover, he is a system dynamic modeler studying urban sustainability and environmental management.