Ning Ai, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Dept. of Urban Planning and Policy
&
Inst. for Environmental Science and Policy

Welcome to my website! Here you’ll find information on my research, teaching, advising, and public scholarship.

My work centers on integrating life cycle perspectives and locally-specific data into urban sustainability planning and analysis.

My primary theme of interdisciplinary research is material and waste management. I have also implemented neighborhood-level data mining, environmental and socioeconomic modelling, and metrics development to study urban metabolism and sustainable transportation.

I believe that a better understanding of each other’s work fosters more effective and meaningful collaboration towards innovative solutions with wider societal impacts. I am enthusiastic about collaboration opportunities that help shape the pattern of sustainable cities through a mutual learning process.