Huaqing Wang
LAEP
Assistant Professor
Contact Information
Office Hours: By appointmentOffice Location: FAV 258
Phone: 435-797-1590
Email: huaqing.wang@usu.edu
Additional Information:
Educational Background
Licensures & Certifications
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