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Binbin PENG

Research Fellow

Contact information

E-mail:bpeng@nju.edu.cn

Department of Emergency Management

Areas of expertise

Extreme Weather Disaster Management, Urban Heat Island, Heat-related Health Risk, Public Safety

Education

Ph.D. Philosophy                                                                                      2016-2021

School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

M.A. Engineering                                                                                      2013-2015

College of Design, Construction and Planning, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

B.A. Engineering                                                                                       2009-2013

School of Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China


Research/work Experiences

Research Assistant                                             2022-present

Department of Emergency Management, Nanjing University, Jiangsu, China

Teaching Faculty                                               2020-2021

Program in Urban Strategy, Drexel University, Pennsylvania, USA

Research Assistant                                             2020-2021

Stormwater Infrastructure Resilience and Justice Lab, Maryland, USA

Graduate Assistant                                            2017-2021

National Center for Smart Growth, Maryland, USA

Graduate Research Fellow                               2018-2020

Graduate Pursuit Program, SESYNC, Maryland, USA


Selected Publications

Liu, J., Xu, Y., Peng, Binbin*, Zheng, Z. (2025). A Comparative Analysis of Undergraduate Emergency Management Programs in China and the United States. Disasters. forthcoming. 

Gu, Z., Peng, Binbin*, Xin, Y. (2025). Higher Traffic Crash Risk in Extreme Hot Days? A Spatiotemporal Examination of Risk Factors and Influencing Features. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 116, 105045. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.105045.

Peng, Binbin*, Hendricks, M. D., Hancock, G. R. (2024). Re-exploring the Conception of Heat-Health Risks: From the Perspectives of Dimensionality and Spatiality. Risk Analysis, 1-20.  https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.17645

Fang, X., Cao, L., Zhang, L., Peng, Binbin*., (2023). Risk perception and resistance behavior intention of residents living near chemical industry parks: an empirical analysis in China. Natural Hazards. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-022-05611-5

Peng, Binbin,Erdogan, S*., Nasri A., Zou, F., (2021). Towards A Health-Conscious Transportation Planning: A Framework for Estimating Health Impacts of Active Transportation at Local Level. Journal of Transport and Health, 22, 101231.

Gu, Z., & Peng, Binbin*. (2021). Investigation into the built environment impacts on pedestrian crash frequencies during morning, noon/afternoon, night, and during peak hours: a case study in Miami County, Florida. Journal of Transportation Safety & Security, 13(9), 915-935.

Peng, Binbin, & Song, J*. (2018). A Case Study of Preliminary Cost-Benefit Analysis of Building Levees to Mitigate the Joint Effects of Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge. Water, 10 (2), 169.

Song, J., & Peng, Binbin*. (2017). Should We Leave? Attitudes towards Relocation in Response to Sea Level Rise. Water, 9 (12), 941.

Sanyal, Bishwapriya, Lawrence J. Vale, and Christina D. Rosan. Planning ideas that matter: livability, territoriality, governance, and reflective practice. (2012). Translated by Mingjian Zhu, Binbin Peng. MIT Press, 2012.



Selected Awards

2025: National First Prize, 19th "Challenge Cup" National Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition (Second Supervisor)

2024: "Young Talent Program for Science and Technology Think Tanks" of China Association for Science and Technology (CAST)

2024: Excellent Paper Award, 9th Multidisciplinary Forum on Risk, Disaster and Crisis

2023: "Double Innovation Doctoral Talent" Talent Program of Jiangsu Province

2023: Third Prize (Undergraduate Group, English Track), Tsinghua SDG International Case Analysis Competition (First Supervisor)

2023: Excellent Paper Award, Young Scholars Forum of Public Administration Review

2019: Champion, Maryland Sustainable Development Challenge (USA) (First Participant)

2016-2021: Dean's Fellowship, University of Maryland (USA) (Continuous Funding)