I began my academic journey in 2013 at Zhejiang University in China, where I studied urban planning in the College of Civil Engineering and Architecture. After completing my bachelor’s degree in 2018, I continued in the same department for my master’s studies, which I completed in 2021. In October 2021, I entered the doctoral program in Urban Engineering at the University of Tokyo and received my Ph.D. in March 2025. Throughout my undergraduate to doctoral education, I have consistently focused on the spatial restructuring of East Asian cities, developing a multi-scalar and interdisciplinary approach to the relationship between urban form and institutional environment.

My interest in cities began with a fascination for walking through urban spaces—experiencing the textures, rhythms, and subtle differences embedded in the built environment. This led me to explore how urban space is not only shaped by physical structures but also by the ways people are organized and governed within it. My current research focuses on the interaction between urban morphology and institutional logic, especially how spatial configurations encode and reproduce social order and inequality. Drawing on urban morphological theory, space syntax, and urban planning history, I aim to uncover the hidden logic behind the visible form of the city—how spatial configurations structure human interactions, shape everyday practices, and influence the production of urban life.

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