Tao Cheng#
| Membership Number: | 7365 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HUMAN MOBILITY, ENVIRONMENT, SPACE AND SUSTAINABILITY |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/10774-tao-cheng |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-5503-9813 |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/tao-cheng-27554615/ |
| Publication Link: | https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/10774-tao-cheng/publications |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2025 - present Vice-Dean (International), Faculty of Engineering Sciences, UCL
- 2023 - 2025 Group Lead for Mobility, The Alan Turing Institute
- 2022 - 2025 Theme Lead, Humanitarian Aid & Disaster Relief, Turing Security & Defence Programme
- 2012 - present Professor of GeoInformatics; Founding Director, SpaceTimeLab, UCL
- 2023 - present Member, College of Experts, UK Department for Transport (non-academic public appointment)
- 2008 - 2012 Senior Lecturer in GeoInformatics, UCL
- 2006 - 2008 Lecturer in GeoInformatics, UCL
- 2005 - 2006 Visiting Professor in Geography, Université Louis Pasteur – Strasbourg I, France
- 2004 - 2006 Professor of Geography, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Fields of Scholarship
- Urban analytics and digital urbanism
- Transport network science
- Predictive policing and public safety
- Digital twins and infrastructure resilience
- GeoAI and spatiotemporal analytics
- Human mobility and spatial behaviour
- Environmental risk and urban governance
Honours and Awards
- 2025 Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS), UK
- 2025 Council Member, International Society of Digital Earth
- 2025 ABSW Media Fellowship (competitively awarded), Association of British Science Writers
- 2025 Stanford University “Top 2% Scientists” list (also 2020 - 2024)
- 2025 Associate Fellow, Royal Institute of Navigation (AFRIN)
- 2024 UK ONS Research Excellence People’s Choice Award (Virus Watch team)
- 2024 Highly Commended, Chinese Woman in Public Sector (UK Chinese Women Connect)
- 2021 Fellow & Chartered Engineer, Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE, CEng)
- 2021 Turing Fellow, The Alan Turing Institute
- 2012 Fellow, Royal Geographical Society (FRGS)
- 2012 U.V. Helava Award, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
