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Jason Yoo is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Geography at ºìÐÓÊÓƵ. His research focuses on geospatial artificial intelligence (GeoAI) for advancing water governance and watershed management. His work examines human–environment interactions, particularly how land use, policy interventions, and management practices influence watershed health and water quality. More broadly, his research seeks to improve understanding of social–ecological systems and support more adaptive, collaborative, and equitable approaches to water governance.

Jason has extensive experience applying geospatial methods to real-world environmental and transportation challenges through collaborations with government agencies and research partners. He has worked with the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) to model pedestrian and bicyclist crash exposure using location-based service data, applying GIScience and spatial analysis to better understand transportation safety and exposure patterns. He has also conducted research on COVID-19 visualization through the COVIZ project, examining how cartographic design, animation, and epidemiological information can be integrated to improve the communication and interpretation of public health data. His work bridges geospatial research and practical applications in environmental, transportation, and public health decision-making.

Publications

Peer-reviewed

Burns, Diane M., David Viertel, and Kwang il Yoo. 2024. "Fluvial Channel Path Evolution—Documenting Decades of Change along the Little Wabash River, East Central Illinois, USA." The Compass: Earth Science Journal of Sigma Gamma Epsilon.

Kronenfeld, Barry J., and Kwang il Yoo. 2023. "Effectiveness of Animated Choropleth and Proportional Symbol Maps and Cartograms for Epidemiological Dashboards." Cartography and Geographic Information Science.

Yoo, Kwang il, and Barry J. Kronenfeld. 2022. "Cartographic Aspects of Animated Epidemiological Dashboards: A Human Subjects Experiment." Proceedings of AutoCarto 2022: The 24th International Research Symposium on Cartography and GIScience, Redlands, CA, November 2–4, 2022.

Yoo, Kwang il, and Barry J. Kronenfeld. 2020. "An Evaluation of COVID-19 Dashboards from Cartographic and Epidemiological Perspectives." Proceedings of AutoCarto 2020: The 23rd International Research Symposium on Cartography and GIScience, 8 pp.

Government Report

Nam, Yunwoo, Jason Hawkins, Don Butler, Mohammad Elayan, Nicholas Aldridge, and Kwang il Yoo. 2024. "Modeling Pedestrian and Bicyclist Crash Exposure with Location-Based Service Data." NDOT Research Report SPR-FY23(025).