Photo: PhD student Contact info Email: zj25792@uga.edu Office: Room 321B, Geography and Geology Building Phone Number: 7062062212 Research Interests: Spatial Machine Learning, Spatial Econometrics, Spatial Statistics, Regional Science Github Zhenzhi Jiao is a PhD student in the Department of Geography at the University of Georgia. His research centers on spatial machine learning, spatial econometrics, and spatial statistics. He seeks to advance methodological frameworks that integrate spatial machine learning techniques with classical spatial econometrics and spatial statistical theories, with the aim of addressing complex issues in regional science and urban studies. Research Selected Publications: Jiao, Z., Yao, A., Tao, R., & Thill, J. (2026). Geographically Weighted Canonical Correlation Analysis: Local Spatial Associations Between Two Sets of Variables. Annals of the American Association of Geographers (forthcoming). Jiao, Z., & Tao, R. (2025). Geographical Gaussian Process Regression: A Spatial Machine‐Learning Model Based on Spatial Similarity. Geographical Analysis. Jiao, Z., & Tao, R. (2025). Geographical Graph Attention Networks: Spatial Deep Learning Models for Spatial Prediction and Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis. Transactions in GIS, 29(2), e70029. Gao, F., Wang, Z., Liao, S., Chen, W., Li, G., & Jiao, Z*. (2025). Cafe geography tells how locations vary across retail models. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 84, 104174.
