Graduate Student Researcher

Cheng-Kai (Kai) Hsu

Graduate Student Researcher

Kai is a PhD candidate in UC Berkeley's Department of City and Regional Planning, whose research interests lie at the intersection of transportation planning, environmental exposure, and health equity. He holds a BS in Urban Planning from National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, and a MSc in Transport from Imperial College London and University College London. His current research projects look at the association between heat exposure and road safety risks, with a particular focus on food-delivery motorcyclists.

Qianhua Luo

Graduate Student Researcher

Qianhua Luo is a graduate student researcher at UC Berkeley SafeTREC and is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Masuma Mollika Miti

Graduate Student Researcher

Masuma Mollika Miti is a PhD student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley, specializing in Transportation Engineering. She is also a Graduate Student Researcher at SafeTREC, where she assists with projects identifying speeding-related crash locations. Masuma completed her MS in Transportation Engineering at UC Berkeley and her BSc. in Civil Engineering from the Islamic University of Technology in Bangladesh. Her research focuses on safety, equity, and sustainability in the transportation sector, with an emphasis on integrating modern technology.

Melody Tsao

Graduate Student Researcher

Melody Tsao is a Graduate Student Research at SafeTREC, assisting with the development of a Safe System approach to establishing speed limits. She is a city planning and transportation engineering graduate student at UC Berkeley and received her B.S. in Civil Engineering from University of Maryland, College Park. Prior to graduate school, she worked as an ITS/Traffic Designer in Pennsylvania.