Our doctors

We are proud of our graduates and grateful for their role in growing and shaping our research group. On this website, we feature PhD graduates who have conducted their doctoral research in our group.

GraduateDefendedThesis
Binyu LeiOct 2025Urban Digital Twins: From Conceptualisation to Adoption Through a Human-Centric Lens
Winston YapNov 2025Urban Graph Analytics: Connecting Cities, Data, and People

Dr Winston Yap (2025)

Candidate: Winston Yap (Master of Urban Planning, National University of Singapore, 2018)

Thesis: Urban Graph Analytics: Connecting Cities, Data, and People

Defence: November 2025

Thesis advisor: Filip Biljecki. Committee members: Ye Zhang, Adrian Chong, Rudi Stouffs


Dr Binyu Lei (2025)

Candidate: Binyu Lei (Master in Urban Planning, University of Melbourne, 2019)

Thesis: Urban Digital Twins: From Conceptualisation to Adoption Through a Human-Centric Lens

Defence: October 2025

Thesis advisor: Filip Biljecki. Committee members: Adrian Chong, Chaewon Ahn, Eddie Lau

Next position: Assistant Professor in Urban Planning and Data Analytics at the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham Dubai.