Mehdi Hajilou

Faculty Affiliate

Email mhajilou@memphis.edu
Office 5100 Poplar Ave Ste 2820, Memphis, TN 38137

Mehdi Hajilou is a Research Scientist with Delta Health Alliance and a Faculty Affiliate at the Center for Community Research and Evaluation. Dr. Hajilou has a broad interest in using geographic information science for community development, urban-rural studies, sustainability, resilience, tourism, and the improvement of public health systems. He possesses expertise in quantitative methodologies, with a particular focus on statistical modeling as well as geospatial mapping and analytics. Mehdi has previously served as Postdoctoral Fellow at CCRE. He also accumulated significant experience as a research scholar and research associate at the University of Florida, the University of South Carolina, Temple University, and the University of Science and Culture in Tehran. Additionally, Mehdi serves as a reviewer for nine peer-reviewed academic journals in the fields of geography, tourism, and interdisciplinary urban-rural studies, and he has published over 25 scholarly articles.

Education

Ph.D., 2018, Human Geography, University of Tehran
M.S., 2014, Human Geography, University of Tehran
B.S., 2012, Human Geography, University of Tehran