Enrollment direction

• Human Geography 01: Economic Geography and Spatial Planning
• Human Geography 05 Direction (CAS Joint Training)

Education background

• 2013.9-2016.7 PhD, Human Geography, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• 2010.9-2013.7 Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Master of Cartography and Geographic Information System
• 2007.9-2010.7 China Agricultural University, Bachelor, Science Experiment Class

Research experience

 

• 2019.07-present Associate Professor, Department of Human Geography and Urban-Rural Planning, School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing Normal University
• 2018.03-2019.03 University College London, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA), visiting scholar
• 2016.09-2018.09 Nanjing Normal University, School of Geographical Sciences, Department of Human Geography and Urban-Rural Planning, Postdoctoral

Part-time social work

• Young Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Economic Geography
• Member and Deputy Secretary General of the Economic Geography Committee of the Geographical Society of Jiangsu Province

Honors and Awards

• "Young and Middle-aged Leading Talents" of Nanjing Normal University (2020)

Major papers published (*corresponding author)

• [1] Yu Chen*, Cheng Jin, Yuqi Lu. Spatiotemporal differentiation calendar for car and truck flow on expressways: A case study of Jiangsu, China. Journal of Transport Geography, 2024.
• [2] Yu Chen, Yuehong Chen*, Yuqi Lu. Spatiotemporal accessibility of electric vehicle charging services in China from 2017 to 2021. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2023.
• [3] Yu Chen, Jiaoe Wang*, Fengjun Jin. Robustness of China’s air transport network from 1975 to 2017. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 2020.
• [4] Mengqiu Lu, Yu Chen*, Robin Morphet, Yuqi Lu, Enkang Li, The spatial competition between containerised rail and sea transport in Eurasia. Palgrave Communication, 2019.
• [5] Yu Chen, Fengjun Jin*, Yuqi Lu, Zhuo Chen, Yu Yang. Development history and accessibility evolution of land transportation network in Beijing- Tianjin- Hebei region over the past century. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2018.
• [6] Yu Chen, Jun Xu*, Minzheng Xu. Finding community structure in spatially constrained complex networks, International Journal of Geographic Information Science, 2015.
• [7] Yu Chen, Ting Zhu. Design of a Case Library for Ideological and Political Experiments in Transportation Geography Course for a Strong Transportation Nation. Journal of Nanjing Normal University (Engineering Technology Edition), 2024.
• [8] Yu Chen, Feng Wang, Yuqi Lu. Development process and regional connectivity evaluation of the Yangtze River trunk road crossing the river. Geographic Science, 2023.
• [9] Yuanyuan Liu, Yu Chen*, Feng Wang et al. The spatiotemporal changes and influencing factors of the financial status of toll roads in China. Journal of Nanjing Normal University (Natural Science Edition), 2022.
• [10] Jiaoe Wang, Yu Chen, Teqi Dai et al. The Inheritance, Development, and Innovation of Transportation Geography in China. Economic geography, 2021.
• [11] Zhenfang Huang, Yu Chen*, Rui Huang, Yuqi Lu. Passenger flow spatial pattern and network cluster structure of expressways in Jiangsu Province: based on big data analysis of networked toll collection. Geographic Science, 2021.
• [12] Mengqiu Lu, Yu Chen*.Simulation of the spatial pattern of potential railway transport flow of containers between China and Europe under the the Belt and Road Initiative. Geographic Science, 2019.
• [13] Mengqiu Lu, Yu Chen*, Yuqi Lu, Enkang Li. Spatial Equilibrium Analysis of Land and Sea Transport in Eurasia under the the Belt and Road Initiative.the geographical journal, 2018.
• [14] Mengqiu Lu, Yu Chen*, Yuqi Lu. Spatial competition and cooperation pattern of China's land and sea transportation under the "the Belt and Road" initiative. Geographical Research, 2018.
• [15] Yu Chen, Fengjun Jin*, Yuqi Lu, Zhuo Chen, Yu Yang. Development process and accessibility evolution characteristics of land transportation network in Beijing Tianjin Hebei region.the geographical journal, 2017.

Major research projects undertaken (participated in)

• 1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Top-level Project, 42171173, Demand Simulation and Support Capacity Evaluation of Regional Transportation Infrastructure Layout for the “Double Cycle”, 2022.01-2025.12, Chairperson
• 2. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Top-level Project, 42171171, Study on the Evolution of Double Cycle, Dual Core Structure and China's Spatial Development Pattern, 2022.01-2025.12, Participant
• 3. Jiangsu University Natural Science Foundation, 21KJB170012, Research on Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Passenger and Cargo Flows in Jiangsu Province Based on Networked Toll Collection Big Data, 2021.10-2023.09, presided.
• 4. Youth Fund for Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, 20YJC790093, Research on Spatial Response, Spatial Competition and Countermeasures of Major Countries Along the Belt and Road Route, 2020.01-2022.12, Participant
• 5. National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Science Fund Program, 41701122, Research on the Evolution Process and Pattern of High-speed Transportation Network in Yangtze River Delta Region, 2018.01-2020.12, hosted.
• 6. China Postdoctoral Fund Project, 2017M611854, Research on the structural characteristics and evolutionary pattern of high-speed traffic flow network in Yangtze River Delta region, 2017.09-2018.09, chairperson

Contact

• E-mail: yuchen@njnu.edu.cn; chenyu@lreis.ac.cn
• Office Address: Room 617, School of Geographic Sciences, Nanjing Normal University
• Correspondence Address: School of Geographic Sciences, Nanjing Normal University North, No. 1 Wenyuan Road, Qixia District, Nanjing, China