Xinyu (Jason) Cao
Assistant Professor, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
Office: 154 Humphrey Center
Phone: 612-625-5671
E-mail: cao@umn.edu
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Xinyu (Jason) Cao’s research interests include analyzing the travel behavior and residential choices of individuals in urban and rural areas, the relationship between the built environment and public health, and responses to pollution and congestion.
Cao received undergraduate and M.E. degrees from Tsinghua University in Beijing, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California at Davis, where he was honored with an Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Friends of ITS at Davis and the Wootan Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation in Policy and Planning from the Council of University Transportation Centers. Prior to joining the University of Minnesota faculty in 2007, Cao served as an associate research fellow at the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University.