Core Research Faculty

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Ian Caine, Architect

Director

ian.caine@utsa.edu

DB 2.306E

Associate Professor, Architecture
Director, Center for Urban and Regional Planning Research, Distinguished Teaching Professor

 

Lab

Urban Platform

 

Wei Zhai, PhD

Wei Zhai, PhD

Associate Director

wei.zhai@utsa.edu

DB 2.306A

Assistant Professor, Urban and Regional Planning
Associate Director, Center for Urban and Regional Planning

 

Lab

Urban AI + Resilience 

Farzad Hashemi

Farzad Hashemi, PhD

Assistant Professor

farzad.hashemi@utsa.edu

DB 4.362E

Assistant Professor, Architecture

Lab

Farzad Hashemi

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Ryun Jung Lee, PhD, AICP

Assistant Professor

ryunjung.lee@utsa.edu

DB 2.306B

Assistant Professor, Urban and Regional Planning

Lab

GeoDesign Lab

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Esteban López Ochoa, PhD

Assistant Professor

esteban.lopezochoa@utsa.edu

DB 2.306C

Assistant Professor, Urban and Regional Planning

Lab

Housed Lab

Research Collaborators

Bill Barker, FAICP, Adjunct Associate Professor, Urban and Regional Planning 

Gabriel Díaz Montemayor, MLA, Founding Partner, LABor Studio

William Dupont, FAIA, San Antonio Conservation Society Endowed Professor, Architecture

Roger Enriquez, JD, Associate Professor, Criminology & Criminal Justice

Kristin Flores, City of San Antonio, Neighborhood & Housing Services Department 

Marcio Giacomoni, PhD, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering

Albert Han, PhD, Assistant Professor, Urban and Regional Planning

Matthew Jackson, Director, Small Business Development Center National Information Clearinghouse

Megan McDonald, MHP, Post Oak Preservation Solutions

Laura McKieran, PhD, Associate Professor, Management, Policy, and Community Health, University of Texas Health School of Public Health

Ellis Mumford-Russell, MS Historic Preservation, Post Oak Preservation Solutions

Rhia Pape, City of San Antonio R&D League

Chris Reddick, PhD, Professor, Public Administration

Mark Robinson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Practice in Computer Science

Corey Sparks, PhD, Associate Professor, Demography

Trent Tunks, Architect

Thomas Tunstall, PhD, MBA, Director, Research, Institute of Economic Development

Rebecca Walter, PhD, Robert F. Philip Endowed Professor, Real Estate, University of Washington

Research Assistants

2023-24 

Meesha Afkami, MArch

Jacqueline Garcia, MArch

Renee Irwine, MArch

Salomon Mendoza, MSURP

Rashida Noor, MArch

Yaire Padilla, MArch

Allison Pineda, MSURP

Haoming Qin, PhD, Civil Engineering

Sam Rueda, MSURP

2022-23

Luis Escalante, MSURP

Renee Irwine, MArch

Anamika Kumar, MSURP

Het Virparia, MArch

2021-22

John Franklin, MArch

Francisco Gonzalez, MArch

Austin Valadez, MArch 

Tiffany Vargas, MArch

2020-21

Austin Champagne, BA, Trinity University McNair Scholars Program

Mauricio Garza, MArch

2019-20

Matthew Gloria, MArch

Diego Sanchez, MArch

Austin Valadez, MArch 

2018-2019

Elizabeth Streidel, MArch 

Tiffany Vargas, MArch

Ivan Ventura, BSArch