Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Ph.D. in Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station (2021–2024)
  Dissertation: Toward Smart and Resilient Communities: Advancing Multiscale Disaster Resilience in the Age of CyberGIS and Digital Twins.
  Advisor: Dr. Lei Zou
• M.S. in Civil Engineering (Water Resources Engineering), Texas A&M University, College Station (2019–2020)
  Dissertation: Flash Flood Screening Tool.
  Advisor: Dr. Francisco Olivera
• B.Tech. in Civil Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore (2013–2017)
  Dissertation: Quantifying Predictive Uncertainty in Stream Flow Using SWAT.
  Advisor: Dr. Roshan Karan Srivastav

Academic Appointments

• Assistant Teaching Professor, School of Geographical Sciences & Urban Planning, Arizona State University (2025–present)
• Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University (2021–2025)
• Student Technician, Department of Civil Engineering, Texas Engineering Experiment Station (April–September 2019; June–July 2021)
• Undergraduate Researcher, iSMART Research Lab, VIT University (2016–2018)
• Student Intern, Department of Barrage and Canal Design, Central Water Commission, Government of India (June–July 2015)

Research Experience & Projects

I have contributed to multiple projects spanning digital twins, resilience modelling, geospatial analytics and social sensing. Selected projects include:

• Strengthening Resilience in 4D (2024, Texas A&M University): developed a hyperlocal digital twin for urban flood dynamics in Galveston City, Texas, evaluating sponge‑city interventions under varied rainfall scenarios.
• PRIME (2022–2023): built an empirically validated disaster resilience model for identifying causal socioeconomic factors that contribute to community resilience, implemented on a high‑performance CyberGIS platform.
• Wildland–Urban Interface Dynamics (2023, UCAR & Desert Research Institute): created cyberinfrastructure for high‑resolution mapping of the U.S. wildland–urban interface.
• Veterans Legacy GIS (2021, Texas A&M University): developed a VR‑based headstone environment and experience sharing platform for memorializing American veterans.
• Algorithmic Uncertainties in Social Media Geolocation (2021–2022): analysed geolocation methods for social media and quantified uncertainties across these methods.

Awards & Honors

• CaGIS International Travel Grant (2025)
• Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth P. Pipes Endowed Scholarship in Geosciences, Texas A&M University (2024)
• Rising Geospatial Data Scientist Award, I‑GUIDE Virtual Poster Competition (2024)
• Jeanne X. Kasperson Award, AAG Hazards, Risk, and Disasters Specialty Group (2024)
• CHI Educational Grant (2023)
• Selected for I-GUIDE Summer School, Convergence Science in Action (2023)
• Multiple travel grants and fellowships from Texas A&M University (2019–2024)

Service & Leadership

• Director, Academy for Future Faculty, Texas A&M University (2019–2023)
• Water Resource Engineering Representative, Civil & Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Association, Texas A&M University (2019–2020)
• Departmental Senator, Graduate & Professional Student Government (2022–2023)
• Departmental Senator, Association of Geography Graduate Students (2022–2023)

Teaching & Mentoring

At Arizona State University and Texas A&M University, I teach and assist courses in GIScience, programming and data analysis. Recent courses include:

• Advanced Statistics for Geography & Planning (GIS 470)
• Geographic Information Science I & II (GIS 205, GIS 211)
• Programming Principles GIS I (GIS 222)
• Pro‑Seminar (GIS 498)