Dr. Deepank Verma is a post-doctoral researcher leading the Spatial AI group at the SpACE Lab, TU Braunschweig, Germany. He holds a bachelors degree with honors in Planning from SPA Bhopal, a master’s degree in City Planning from IIT Kharagpur, and earned his PhD from IIT Bombay in 2020. Recognized for his research on Human Perception of Urban Surroundings, he received the prestigious Naik and Rastogi Excellence Award at IIT Bombay. In his current role, Dr. Verma mentors students and professionals in applying cutting-edge techniques in urban planning and design. His expertise extends to writing grant proposals, designing academic courses, and delivering seminars. He is actively involved in international collaborations and exchanges through the SpACE Lab and the Institute for Sustainable Urbanism, working with projects in South Africa, China, and Singapore. His recent research focuses on deep learning-based audio-visual urban data analysis, the use of large language models as virtual humans, and Lidar-based street comprehension at a citywide scale. Dr. Verma is also exploring innovative applications of generative AI in urban planning, with a vision to develop new technologies that scale planning and management tools for larger spatial contexts.