Prof. Huang Xiaoyan   Tel: +86-18792888797   E-mail:hxiaoy@snnu.edu.cn

Education and Work Experiences：

Ph.D. Human Geography, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China, 2009-2013;

Visiting Scholars, Academic Institution Center for Urban ＆Regional Affairs in University of Minnesota, USA, 2017-2018;

Visiting Scholars, Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland, 2025-2026.

Research Interests：

1. Territorial Spatial Planning and Governance

2. Ecological Restoration of Territorial Space

3. Human Settlements, Transportation Equity and Well-being

4. Urban Geography and Behavioral Geography

Awards and Honors：

2025, the key technologies and applications of data-driven territorial spatial ecological restoration planning won the Youth Award of the Natural Resources Science and Technology Award in 2024, awarded by the Ministry of Natural Resources' Natural Resources Science and Technology Award Committee (1/1)

2024，the research and application of land space ecological restoration planning technology based on geographical systems won the second prize of the 2023 Natural Resources Science and Technology Award, awarded by the Ministry of Natural Resources (2/10)

2024 , the key technology and application of intelligent classification of gardens and grasslands through multi-source data fusion won the second prize of the 2024 Geographic Information Science and Technology Progress Award, awarded by the China Geographic Information Industry Association (6/20)

2020, the proposal on advancing the implementation of the Silk Road Economic Belt strategy and regional win-win cooperation won the second prize of the 8th Ministry of Education Higher Education Scientific Research Outstanding Achievement Award (Humanities and Social Sciences), awarded by the Ministry of Education (2/13)

2018, the proposal on cultivating and developing small towns and promoting poverty alleviation in the overall poor areas of the region won the first prize of the 13th Shaanxi Provincial Philosophy and Social Sciences Excellent Achievement Award, awarded by the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education (2/10)；

2017, Public transport accessibility and auto travel behavior in megacities, Second prize of outstanding achievements in the study of the humanities and Social Sciences in Shaanxi colleges and Universities. （1/1）

2015, Research on space development strategy of the silk road economic belt and win-win regional cooperation, First prize of outstanding achievements in the study of the philosophy social science in Shaanxi Province. （2/13）

2016, Research and application of key technologies of land management for resource development and ecological coordination，Third prize of science and technology in Guangdong province.（6/7）

2014, Guangzhou construction land conservation intensive use evaluation，Second prize of science and technology award of land and resources (Guangdong). (5/5）.

Research Projects as Principal Investigator:

1. The Spatial Differentiation and Mechanism of the Impact of Traffic Vulnerability on Social Integration from the Perspective of Spatiotemporal Behavior, 2024/01-2027/12, (Principal Investigator: Huang Xiaoyan), sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 42371214), ¥460,000.

2. The mechanism of the impact of urban rail transit on commuting inequality among different income groups, 2019/01-2022/12, (Principal Investigator: Huang Xiaoyan), sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41871168), ¥580,000.

3. Study on Residents' Travel Behavior Towards Spatial Equilibrium, 2023/01-2026/12, (Principal Investigator: Huang Xiaoyan), sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 23FGLB017), ¥250,000.

4. Study on the Mechanism and Path of Ecological Product Value Realization in the Qinling-Daba Mountains Area.2024/01/01-2025/12/31, (Principal Investigator: Huang Xiaoyan), sponsored by Shaanxi Provincial Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences Work, ¥20,000

5. Study on the Effects of Urban Modal Accessibility on Car Travel, 2015/01-2017/12, (Principal Investigator: Huang Xiaoyan), sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41401127), ¥230,000

Representative Achievements:

1. Yu, Zehang, Chenchen Kang, and Xiaoyan Huang*. "Commuting CO2 emissions and built environment around residences and workplaces: Income disparities." Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 148 (2025): 105007.

2. Linna Li ,Zilin Deng , Xiaoyan Huang*. Nonlinear relationship between urban form and transport CO2 emissions: Evidence from Chinese cities based on machine learning [J]. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2024, 34 (08): 1558-1588.

3. Xiaoyan Huang, Chenchen Kang, Chun Yin*, Junqing Tang. Influence of Transportation Accessibility on Urban-rural Income Disparity and Its Spatial Heterogeneity[J]. Chinese Geographical Science, 2024, 34 (03): 453-467.

4. YIN Jiangbin, LI Shangqian, JIANG Lei, CHENG Zhe, HUANG Xiaoyan*, LU Gaigai. The spatio-temporal variations and driving factors of non-farm employment growth in contiguous destitute areas of China. Acta Geographica Sinice[J], 2021, 76(6): 1471-1488

5. HUANG Xiaoyan. The influence of urban transit and built environment on walking. Acta Geographica Sinice[J], 2020, 75(6): 1256-1271 doi:10.11821/dlxb202006012