Yan Liu (geographer)

Yan Liu is an Australian geographer known for her use of cellular automata and particle systems to model patterns of urban development.^[1] Her work has also involved using electronic transit pass data to compare the transportation patterns of residents of Australian and Chinese cities.^[2]

Liu has a Ph.D. from the University of Queensland,^[3] and an associate professor of human geography and deputy head of school in the University of Queensland School of Earth and Environmental Sciences.^[4] She is the author of the book Modelling urban development with geographical information systems and cellular automata (CRC Press, 2009).^[1]