Seonga Cho

Assistant professor (Joining on April 1st.)

  • Degree
    • University of California, Santa Barbara, Ph.D. in Geography

    • University of California, Santa Barbara, M.A. in Statistics

    • Seoul National University, M.A. in Geography

    • Seoul National University, B.A. in Geography (Minor in Anthropology)
  • Research field
    • Spatial Optimization, Heuristic Algorithm, GIS, Urban Built Environment Analysis, Population Geography
  • Teaching
  • Major Career
    • Postdoctoral Researcher, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (2024.06-2025.03)
  • Major external activities and awards
    • The Second Prize in Robert Raskin Student Competition, Cyberinfrastructure Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers (2024)

    • The Second Prize in Annual Best Student Paper Competition, Geographic Information Systems and Science Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers (2020)

  • Representative Research Performance
    • S. Cho, A. T. Murray, S. Dodge, and R. L. Church. (2025). Locational Decision-Making and Representational Impacts, The Professional Geographer 1-15. [DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2025.2455180]

    • S. Cho, S. Kim, and B. Lee. (2024). Correlation between Hotspots of Child Maltreatment and Neighborhood-Level Interventions, Child Indicators Research 17: 2099-2121. [DOI: 10.1007/s12187-024-10161-2]

    • S. Maxwell, C. Brooks, D. Kim, C. L. McNeely, S. Cho, and K. C. Thomas. (2023). Improving Surveillance of Human Tick-Borne Disease Risks: spatial analysis using multimodal databases, JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 23(9): e43790. [DOI: 10.2196/43790]

    • S. Cho, A. T. Murray, S. Dodge, and J. Baik. (2023). Improving Locational Decision Making: a heuristic that optimizes access and coverage, International Journal of Geographical Information Science 37(6): 1365-1387. [DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2023.2169923]

    • S. Cho and G. Lee. (2022). Spatio-temporal Multi-objective Optimization for Competitive Mobile Vendors Location and Routing Using De Facto Population Demands, Geographical Analysis 54: 294-308. [DOI: 10.1111/gean.12292]