About

Welcome! I am a researcher and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and Transportation Studies, College of Science, Engineering, and Technology, at Texas Southern University. See my CV for full details, or my Research and Teaching pages for more.

Academic Appointments

• 2025–Present. Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering and Transportation Studies, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX
• 2023–2025. Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Washington Tacoma, Tacoma, WA
• 2021–2023. Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
• 2016–2017. Faculty Assistant, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, DRCongo

Research Interests

My research is multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary, addressing a broad range of transportation challenges through advanced statistical modeling, machine learning and deep learning, and GIS/GeoAI applications. It centers on traffic safety and transportation planning, with a methodological emphasis on:

• Data science
• Advanced quantitative modeling
• Qualitative systems modeling
• Geospatial analytics and GeoAI
• Emerging computational methods

The goal throughout is to better understand transportation systems and human behavior, improve safety, and support data-driven, effective transportation planning and decision-making. You can see more on my Research page.

Education

• Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Transportation Engineering Focus). University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2023)
• M.E., Civil Engineering (Transportation Engineering Focus). The University of Osaka (2019)
• B.S., Civil Engineering (Structural and Pavement Engineering). University of Kinshasa (2015)

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