Ted Wong is a Data Scientist on the Urban Analytics team at WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities. He develops data products, analytical tools, and training resources to support governments and communities in equitable, data-driven planning processes for sustainability, resilience, and livability. His projects include indicator design and development for the CityMetrics data platform, geospatial data analysis supporting community planning for nature-based solutions, data analysis and modeling of urban mobility and exposure to extreme heat, probabilistic modeling of future climate hazards, trainings on data strategy for clean energy planning, and an online course on data strategy for urban biodiversity planning.

Ted has a PhD in Biological Sciences from Stanford University, and a Master of Forest Science degree from the Yale School of the Environment. He teaches occasional courses in data analytics at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he lives.