Recently, Prof. Song Gao received the 2023 Emerging Scholar Award by the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Spatial Analysis and Modeling (SAM) Specialty Group.

The AAG SAM Emerging Scholar Award The emerging scholar award honors early- to mid-career scholars who have made significant contributions to education and research initiatives that are congruent with the mission of AAG-SAM. The candidates must have received their Ph.D. within the last 10 years and must be a member of the AAG-SAM at the time that the person is being nominated.