Professional Service


International Conference Session Organization

  • Spatial Optimization and Analysis, session co-organizer, 2019 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Washington D.C., USA, April 3-7, 2019.
  • Location and Spatial Modeling, session co-organizer, 65th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, San Antonio, TX, November 7-10, 2018.
  • Optimization and Analysis, session co-organizer, 2018 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New Orleans, LA, USA, April 10-14, 2018.
  • Spatial Optimization and Analysis, session co-organizer, 2017 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA, USA, April 4-9, 2017.
  • Location and Spatial Modeling, session co-organizer, 63nd Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Minneapolis, MN, USA, November 9-12, 2016.
  • Spatial Optimization and Analysis, session co-organizer, 2016 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, CA, USA, March 27- April 2, 2016.
  • Location and Spatial Modeling, session co-organizer, 62nd Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Portland, OR, USA, November 11-14, 2015.
  • Spatial Optimization and Analysis, session co-organizer, 2015 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, IL, USA, April 21-25, 2015.
  • Spatial Optimization and Analysis, session co-organizer, 2014 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Tampa, FL, USA, April 8-12, 2014.
  • Location and Spatial Modeling, session co-organizer, 60th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Atlanta, GA, USA, November 13-16, 2013.

Editorial Board

  • 2019-present Computers, Environment and Urban System

Journal Reviewer

  • Annals of the Association of American Geographers
  • Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy
  • Applied Geography
  • Birth
  • Computers, Environment and Urban Systems
  • Computers and Operation Research
  • Computational Statistics and Data
  • Epilepsia
  • Engineering Optimization
  • Environmental Modelling and Software
  • Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design
  • European Journal of Operational Research
  • Forests
  • Geographical Analysis
  • GeoJournal
  • INFOR
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • International Journal of Geographical Information Science
  • International Regional Science Review
  • ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
  • JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
  • Journal of Advanced Transportation
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Journal of Geographical Systems
  • Journal of Transport Geography
  • Papers in Regional Science
  • Prehospital Emergency Care
  • Maternal and Child Health Journal
  • Networks and Spatial Economics
  • Transactions in GIS
  • Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
  • Transportation Research Part B: Methodological
  • Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technology
  • Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
  • Urban Studies

Grant Review Panel

  • National Science Foundation.

Grant Proposal Assessor

  • Industrial Research Fund of Ghent University

Professional Association Service

  • Academic Director (2018-2020), The Association of American Geographers Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group.
  • Newsletter Editor (2015-present), North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International.

Professional Memberships

  • Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
  • Regional Science Association International
  • The Association of American Geographers

University and Community Service


University of California Riverside

  • School Undergraduate Committee (2018-current)
  • Spatial Analysis Minor Committee Co-chair (2018-current)

University of Utah

  • Department Undergraduate Committee (2014-2016)
  • Department Colloquia Committee (2014-2016)
  • Department Graduate Committee (2014-2015)

Arizona State University

  • Graduate Student Representative for Faculty Search Committee (2011-2012)
  • Grant Reviewer for Graduate and Professional Students Association (2011-2012)

Community Service

  • Science Day for High School Graduates (2015)
  • GIScience Lecture Series for Brophy College Preparatory (2012)