Education Background：
2021 PhD in Urban Design, Eindhoven University of Technology
2017 MA in Design, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
2013 BA in Design, Wuchang Shouyi College
Working Experience：
2021-Present Assistant Professor of Environmental Design, the Institute of Creativity and Innovation, Xiamen University
2020-Present Peer-Reviewer for international journals (SCI/SSCI), including Landscape and Urban Planning, Transport Policy,
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, Public Health Nutrition and BMJ Open.
2018-Present Member of Netherlands Graduate School of Urban and Regional Research (Nethur), Netherlands.
Research Interests：
Urban Design，Big Data for Urban Analysis，3D Visualization of Urban Environments，Healthy Neighborhoods Environment Design
Academic Publications (selected)：
1. Liao, B. (2021). Walkability, Walking behavior, and Walking experiences: An analysis using virtual reality and revealed preferences approaches. Technische Universiteit Eindhoven.
2. Liao, B.*, van den Berg, P. E. W., van Wesemael, P. J. V. & Arentze, T. A. (2020). Empirical analysis of walkability using data from the Netherlands, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. (SCI，IF：5.495), DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2020.102390.
3. Liao, B.*, van den Berg, P. E. W., van Wesemael, P. J. V. & Arentze, T. A. (2020). How does walkability change behavior?A comparison between different age groups in the Netherlands, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. (SSCI, IF：3.390), DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17020540.
4. Liao, B.*, van den Berg, P. E. W., van Wesemael, P. J. V. & Arentze, T. A. (2020). The use of virtual environments in a choice experiment to measure walkability on street block level, Architeture Media Politics Society 2020, London, UK.
5. Liao, B.*, van den Berg, P. E. W., van Wesemael, P. J. V. & Arentze, T. A. (2019). Construction and validation of an index of walkability: a data-driven approach, WIT Conference Sustainable City 2019, Valencia, Spain.
