Huaqing Wang

LAEP

Assistant Professor


Huaqing Wang

Contact Information

Office Hours: By appointment
Office Location: FAV 258
Phone: 435-797-1590
Email: huaqing.wang@usu.edu
Additional Information:

Educational Background

PhD, Urban and Regional Science, Texas A&M University, 2021
Effects of greenspace morphology on population health
MS, Landscape Architecture, Peking University, 2012
Evaluating the ecological potential of water bodies on mitigating urban flood in Beijing city
BS, Landscape Architecture, Shenyang Jianzhu University, 2010

Licensures & Certifications

CITI Human Research, The Collaborative IRB Training Initiative (CITI), 2023
Graduate Certificate: Applied Statistics, Texas A&M University, 2021
Graduate Certificate: Geographic Information Science, Texas A&M University, 2021
SAS Certified Associate, SAS, 2019

Biography

Huaqing Wang is an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning. Huaqing holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Landscape Architecture from Shenyang Jianzhu University and a Master of Science in Landscape Architecture from Peking University. She completed her Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Science at Texas A&M University in 2021. Before joining USU LAEP, she served as a lecturer at Texas A&M University and worked as a lab manager at the University of Hong Kong.

Research Interests

Huaqing’s research brings together the fields of landscape ecology and human health to investigate the environment and human health relationships and aims at bridging the gap between landscape architecture design practices and research. She uses spatial analysis, remote sensing, landscape pattern metrics, machine learning, survey, and experimental study methods to access the impact of urban green space on human health and health equity. Her current research offers landscape and environmental planners a tool to estimate the health outcomes of a design decision. Her work was published in The Lancet Planetary Health, Landscape and Urban Planning, Environment and Behavior, Journal of Environmental Psychology, etc. Journals. Her study is covered by a variety of media, including Forbes, Medical News Today, Engineering & Technology, International Business Times, and more.

Regarding Dr. Wang's publication, please reference her Google Scholar page here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fvuTN8cAAAAJ&hl=en

Awards

Hero Award, 2023

International Student Council

Best Poster Award , 2023

Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture


Teaching

LAEP 3700 - City and Regional Planning, Fall 2023
LAEP 6370 - City and Regional Planning, Fall 2023
LAEP 6930 - Readings in Environmental Planning, Fall 2023
, Spring 2023
LAEP 6100 - Landscape Analysis and Planning, Spring 2023
LAEP 6100 - Regional Landscape Analysis and Planning, Spring 2023
LAEP 3700, 6370 - City and Regional Planning, Fall 2022
LAEP 6930 - Reading Seminar II, Fall 2022

Graduate Students Mentored

Simin Gholami, Landscape & Environmental Plan