Maoran Sun is an urban researcher and data scientist, currently pursuing his PhD at the University of Cambridge. His research examines how the built environment and social inequalities shape people’s thermal comfort, access to environmental equity, and resilience to climate change.
                  
                    Specializing in building energy, environmental justice, and urban studies, Maoran integrates geospatial data science with deep learning to uncover patterns and inform sustainable urban design.
                  
                    Before joining Cambridge, he was a research fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He holds a Master’s in Design Studies and Urban Design from Harvard University and a Bachelor’s in Urban Planning from Southeast University.  
                
                
                    s.maoran[at]outlook.com
                    
                    ms2895[at]cam.ac.uk
                
             
         
        
            
            
            
              University of Cambridge | PhD in Urban AI
              2022-2025
             
          
            
            
              Harvard Graduate School of Design | Master of Design Studies
              2017-2020
             
            
            
                Harvard Graduate School of Design | Master of Architecture in Urban Design
                2017-2020
             
            
            
                Southeast University | Bachelor of Engineer, Urban Planning
                2012-2017
             
         
        
            
            
              MIT Senseable City Lab | Research Fellow, Research Affiliate
              2020-present
             
            
            
                HKS Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation | Research Assistant
                2019-2020
             
            
            
                Harvard GSD City Form Lab | Research Assistant
                2019
             
            
            
                Harvard FAS Chinese Art and Media Lab | Research Assistant
                2018-2019
             
            
            
            
                OMA | Student Researcher
                2018
             
            
            
            
         
        
            
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                Information Fusion | Journal of Transport Geography | Environmental Science & Technology | IET Intelligent Transport System | 
                Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems | Transactions in Urban Data, Science, and Technology | IEEE Access | 
                GIScience & Remote Sensing | Springer Geography and Sustainability Research Book Series | Transportation Research Record | 
                Signal, Image and Video Processing | Geo-spatial Information Science | Journal of Computational Design and Engineering