吃瓜网

Assistant Professor, Director of Spatial Social Science Research Lab

Spatio-temporal Analysis, GIS, Crime Science, Public Health, Big Data

Snyder Memorial 3035

419.530.4196

minxuan.lan@utoledo.edu

Education

Ph.D. University of Cincinnati, 2021 鈥� Geographic Information Science

M.A. University of Cincinnati, 2016 鈥� Geographic Information Science

B.S. University of Cincinnati, 2014 鈥� Geographic Information Science

B.S. Sun Yat-sen University, 2014 鈥� Geographic Information Science

Research Interests

Dr. Lan is a human geographer with backgrounds in GIS, spatial statistics, crime science, public health, and big data mining. He is particularly intrigued by the possibility of using interdisciplinary theories and methods to solve real-world problems. He believes that researchers shall actively adopt new data sources and new data-driven methods, while the research shall be guided and closely tied to established theories.

Dr. Lan is the director of the Spatial Social Science Research Lab at 吃瓜网. His publications are mainly focusing on applications of spatial analysis on spatial-temporal crime patterns, advancements in criminology theories, and the substance abuse epidemic. His current research interests are:

Spatial-temporal analysis and its applications to crime, public health, and human sustainability
Data mining, natural language processing (NLP), and their applications on social media big data
Substance abuse epidemic and drug problem

Publications

• Lan, M., Liu, L.*, Burmeister, J., Zhu, W., Zhou, H., & Gu, X. (2022). Are Crime and Collective Emotion Interrelated? A 鈥淏roken Emotion鈥� Conjecture from Community Twitter Posts.听Social Science Computer Review, 08944393221113210.
• Liu, L.,听Lan, M.*, Eck, J., Yang, B. & Zhou, H. (2022). Assessing the Intraday Variation of the Spillover Effect of Tweets-derived Ambient Population on Crime.听Social Science Computer Review,听40(2), 512鈥�533.
• Zhang, X., Liu, L.*,听Lan, M., Song, G., Xiao, L., Chen, J. (2022). Interpretable Machine Learning Models for Crime Prediction.听Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 94,
• Liu, L., Zhou, H.*,听Lan, M.听(2022). Agglomerative Effects of Crime Attractors and Generators on Street Robbery? An Assessment by Luojia 1-01 Satellite Nightlight.听Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 112:2,听350-367, DOI:听.
• Lan, M., Liu, L.*, & Eck, J. (2021). A Spatial Analytical Approach to Assess the Impact of a Casino on Crime: An Example of JACK Casino in Downtown Cincinnati.听Cities, 111,
• Zhou, H., Liu, L.*,听Lan, M., Zhu, W., Song, G., Jing, F., Zhong, Y., Su, Z., Gu, X. (2021). Using Google Street View Imagery to Capture Micro Built Environment Characteristics in Drug Places, Compared with Street Robbery.听Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 88,
• Lan, M.* (2021).听Modeling Crime Using Activities and Sentiment Generated from Geotagged Tweets.[Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center.听
• Hernandez, A.,听Lan, M., MacKinnon, N., Branscum, A., & Cuadros, D*. (2021). 鈥淜now your epidemic, know your response鈥�: Epidemiological assessment of the substance use disorder crisis in the United States.听PloS one, 16(5), e0251502.
• Shu, S.*, Liu, H.*, Beck, R.A., Frappart, F., Korhonen, J.,听Lan, M., Xu, M., Yang, B., Huang, Y. (2021). Evaluation of Historic and Operational Satellite Radar Altimetry Missions for Constructing Consistent Long-term Lake Water Level Records.听Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25,听1643鈥�1670.
• Wang, Z., Liu, L.*, Haberman, C.P.,听Lan, M., Yang, B., & Zhou, H. (2021). Burglaries and Entry Controls in Gated Communities.听Urban Studies,
• Xu, C., Chen, X., Liu, L.,听Lan, M., & Chen, D. (2021). Assessing Impacts of New Subway Stations on Urban Thefts in the Surrounding Areas.听ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information,听10(10), 632.
• Liu, L.,听Lan, M.*,听Eck, J., & Kang, E. (2020). Assessing the Effects of Bus Stop Relocation on Street Robbery.听Computers, Environment and Urban Systems,听80,听101455.
• Yang, B., Liu, L.*,听Lan, M., Zhou, H., & Wang, Z. (2020). A spatio-temporal Cokriging method for crime prediction using historical crime data and transitional zones identified from nightlight imagery.听International Journal of Geographical Information Science,听34(9),听1740-1764.
• Liu, L., Zhou, H.*,听Lan, M., & Wang, Z. (2020). Linking Luojia 1-01 Nightlight Imagery to Urban Crime.听Applied Geography,听125,
• Yu, H., Liu, L.*, Yang, Bo., &听Lan, M.听(2020). Crime Prediction with Historical Crime and Movement Data of Potential Offenders Using a Spatio-Temporal Cokriging Method.听ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 9(12), 732.
• Liu, L.*, Li, L., Zhou, H., Jiang, C., &听Lan, M.听(2020). The Effects of Police CCTV Camera on Crime Displacement and Diffusion of Benefits: A Case Study from Gusu District in Suzhou, China.听Scientia Geographica Sinica, 40(10): 1601-1609.
• Lan, M., Liu, L.*, Hernandez, A., Liu, W., Zhou, H., & Wang, Z. (2019). The Spillover Effect of Geotagged Tweets as a Measure of Ambient Population for Theft Crime.听Sustainability,听11(23),
• Zhou, H., Liu, L.*,听Lan, M., Yang, B., & Wang, Z. (2019). Assessing the Impact of Nightlight Gradients on Street Robbery and Burglary in Cincinnati of Ohio State, USA.听Remote Sensing,听11(17), 1958.
• Wang, Z., Liu, L.*, Zhou, H., &听Lan, M.听(2019). How Is the Confidentiality of Crime Locations Affected by Parameters in Kernel Density Estimation?听ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information,听8(12), 544.
• Wang, Z., Liu, L.*, Zhou, H., &听Lan, M.听(2019). Crime Geographical Displacement: Testing Its Potential Contribution to Crime Prediction.听ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information,听8(9), 383.
• Du, F., Liu, L.*, Jiang, C., Long, D., &听Lan, M.听(2019). Discerning the Effects of Rural to Urban Migrants on Burglaries in ZG City with Structural Equation Modeling.听Sustainability,听11(3), 561.
• Lan, M.* (2016).听Examining the Impact of Bus Stop Location Change on Robbery[Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center.听

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