# Project Team ## expand\_more [### Shuming Bao ](/people/shuming-bao) Co-Director, Spatial Data Lab Director, China Data Institute Shuming Bao received his Ph. D. in applied economics from Clemson University. He is currently the director of the China Data Institute and Future Data Lab in the US. He was a faculty member and the director of the China Data Center at the University of... ![Shuming Bao](/sites/g/files/omnuum8906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/chinadatalab/files/lrccs_1.jpg?itok=V7xCxXKK) [### Wendy Guan ](/people/wendy-guan) Spatial Data Lab ![wendyguan](/sites/g/files/omnuum8906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/chinadatalab/files/wendyguan.jpg?itok=fBmBl7HM) [### Ben Lewis ](/people/ben-lewis) Geospatial Technology Manager, Center for Geographic Anlaysis ![Ben](/sites/g/files/omnuum8906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/chinadatalab/files/ben21_2.jpg?itok=FRAfk3yj) [### Lingbo Liu ](/people/lingboliu) Project Lead, Spatial Data Lab Research Associate, Center for Geographic Anlaysis Lingbo Liu is a Research Associate at the CGA. He was a CGA post-doctoral research fellow, and previously a lecturer in the Department of Urban Planning, School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, and a visiting scholar at Harvard CGA. Lingbo leads the... ![Lingbo Liu](/sites/g/files/omnuum8906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/chinadatalab/files/lingbo-cga2024.jpg?itok=ctp8t36j) [### Tian Tian ](/people/tian-tian) Visiting Fellow, Center for Geographic Analysis Tian Tian is a doctoral candidate in Urban and Rural Planning at Wuhan University, specializes in employing data analysis and modeling methodologies within urban studies. Her research is dedicated to unraveling the intricate mechanisms that underlie urban... ![Tian Tian](/sites/g/files/omnuum8906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/chinadatalab/files/tian_tian.jpg?itok=laxz-jux)