I am an Associate Professor in the University of Southern California’s Department of Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis, the Director of USC’s Urban Data Lab, and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.

My research explores the spatial outcomes of urban planning through network analysis, geospatial data science, and machine learning. It has won several awards, including the Nobel Sustainability Award, the Stough-Johansson Springer Award, and the Zephyr Foundation’s Technical Achievement Award. My research is regularly featured in the media—including The Economist, The Guardian, The Atlantic, and The Washington Post—and I’ve presented it at the Venice Biennale of Architecture and in several keynote talks.

I have served on the editorial boards of several journals, including Urban Studies, Annals of the AAG, and Cities, and I have published my research in journals across scientific and policy disciplines, including The Lancet Global Health, the Journal of the American Planning Association, Urban Studies, Geographical Analysis, and Applied Network Science. I also developed and maintain the OSMnx street network modeling software—which has become a standard tool in industry and academia—and I’ve consulted for many planning, policymaking, and public health organizations.

Before all that, I grew up in Rancho Cucamonga, California and received my PhD in City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley. I have never played a round of golf or drunk a cup of coffee in my life.

Pronunciation note: “Geoff” is pronounced the same as “Jeff.”