2014年毕业于南京农业大学公共管理学院，获得土地资源管理学士学位
2015年毕业于香港中文大学地理与资源管理学系，获得地理信息科学硕士学位
2021年毕业于香港中文大学建筑学院，获得城市规划博士学位
2022年7月至今南开大学经济与社会发展研究院讲师
论文
[1] Wang Ran*, Voogt James, Ren Chao, undefinedamp; Ng Edward. (2022). Spatial-temporal variations of surface urban heat island: An application of local climate zone into large Chinese cities. Building and Environment, 109378.
[2] Chen Guangzhao, Shi Yuan, Wang Ran, Ren Chao*, Ng Edward, Fang Xiaoyi, undefinedamp; Ren Zhihua. (2022). Integrating weather observations and local-climate-zone-based landscape patterns for regional hourly air temperature mapping using machine learning. Science of The Total Environment, 156737.
[3] Wang Ran, Cai Meng*, Ren Chao, Bechtel Benjamin, Xu Yong, Ng Edward. (2019). Detecting multi-temporal land cover change and land surface temperature in Pearl River Delta by adopting local climate zone. Urban Climate, 28, 100455.
[4] Wang Ran*,Ren Chao, Xu Yong, Lau Kevin Ka-Lun, Shi Yuan. (2018). Mapping the local climate zones of urban areas by GIS-based and WUDAPT methods: A case study of Hong Kong. Urban climate, 24, 567-576.
[5] Wang Ran*, Cai Meng, Ren Chao, Xu Yong, Shi Yuan, Lau Kevin Ka-Lun. (2018). Investigating Surface Heat Island in the Pearl River Delta Region and Its Relationship with the Local Land Cover Change from the 1990s to the 2010s. Paper presented at the 10th International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC 10), New York.
[6] Wang Ran*, Ren Chao, Xu Yong, Ng Edward. (2017). Applying WUDAPT Product into the Spatial-Temporal Analysis of Land Use Change in the Pearl River Delta Region from 1988 to 2009. Proceedings of the 33rd PLEAInternational Conference, Edinburgh.
专著
Cai Meng, Wang Ran*, Ren Chao, Ng Edward, Investigating the intra-urban urban heat island effect for two subtropical mega-urban regions in China by adopting local climate zone, in: Ansar Khan, Hashem Akbari, Francesco Fiorito, Sk Mithun, and Dev Niyogi (Eds.), Global Urban Heat Island Mitigation, Elsevier, Chapter 16, 2022.
[1] 2015-2018 World-wide Urban Data Bank on Physical Forms of Cities undefinedamp; Impact Studies of Urban Forms on Human Comfort, Health and Environment Well-being (Vice-Chancellor's One-off Discretionary Fund of The Chinese University of Hong Kong) 参与
[2] 2016-2018 A perspective (1960-2030) of Hong Kong's urban development and urban climate - a historical context for future actions (RGC-GRF 14611015) 参与
[3] 2017-2019 A study of “Local Climate Zone (LCZ)” of sub-tropical China’s Pearl River Delta (PRD) region by using The World Urban Database and Access Portal Tools (WUDAPT) method for better comfortable living and sustainable urban planning (RGC-GRF 14643816) 参与
[1] 2020年第6届香港大学生创新及创业大赛三等奖
[2] 2019年 Global Scholarship for Research Excellence for 2019-20 of The Chinese University of Hong Kong
[3] 2017年World Sustainable Built Environment International Youth Competition—The Best Living Building Award
[4] 2016年香港中文大学博士研究生全额奖学金
[5] 2014年南京农业大学优秀毕业生
Urban Climate, Building and Environment, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Cities等期刊匿名审稿人
地理信息系统理论与应用
课程类型：硕士研究生，专业选修课
内容介绍：地理信息系统（GIS）是地理科学、信息科学、计算机科学与管理科学的交叉学科，研究对象为包含地理信息的空间数据，具有强大的空间分析能力，目前已被广泛应用于资源管理、区域及城市规划、智慧城市等众多领域。人类经济活动具有显著的空间特性，区域/城市经济研究中相当一部分数据与空间有关，因而地理信息系统在经济学领域有着重要应用。 本课程是区域经济学与产业经济学研究生选修课程之一，以理论教学为基础，同时强调实验教学，鼓励学生利用所学的GIS知识和技能，解决实际经济问题。基础理论课程内容包括地理信息系统概述、空间参考系统、地理空间数据的组成与特征、地理空间数据数字化与可视化表达、空间分析、矢量与栅格数据分析。实验教学介绍如何运用获取的地理信息，分析解决社会经济活动中与地理空间相关的问题及对结果的解读。 通过本课程的学习，学生能够系统学习与掌握地理信息系统的概念、组成、功能和数据采集、编辑、处理、空间分析等基本理论知识，同时能够掌握常用GIS软件操作，独立完成区域经济学中与地理空间数据有关的问题分析。
