Rui Li
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Geogrpahy
The Pennsylvania State University
Contact Information
302 Walker Building,
Dept of Geography,
Penn State University
University Park, PA, 16802
Email:rui.li@psu.edu
Welcome to Rui Li's homepage
I am a Ph.D. Candidate majoring in geography at The Pennsylvania
State University working within The Human Factors In GIScience Lab
of GeoVISTA Center with my advisor Dr. Alexander Klippel.
GIScience has become my interest of study since my college year.
Along with the increase of my interests in human cognitive behaviors, my studies mainly
focus on one of human cognitive aspects of GIScience and behavioral geography--wayfinding
behaviors--in my graduate education including both Master and Doctoral studies.
Currently, I am interested in the understanding of human wayfinding behaviors in
complex buildings such as public libraries, shopping malls, as well as museums and
corresponding wayfinding aids design in these complex environments. On one hand,
a specific type of map--schematic map--is being assessed by using space syntax measure
which formally described the spatial layout of environments. On the other hand,
behavioral experiments are also carried out to understand the difficulties of wayfinding
as well as efficiency of designed wayfinding aids. More information can be found on my
Research page.
