I hold the position of Associate Professor in the Department of Risk and Disaster Reduction (RDR) at University College London (UCL). My research experience spans across disaster risk reduction (DRR), conflict and migration, climate change adaptation, genocide diplomacy, community vulnerability assessment, climate mobility, and disaster displacement. I specialise in the intersection of conflict and disaster, with a vision to improve the quality of life of displaced persons and stateless populations. I am driven by a passion for collaborating with frontline communities, aiming to understand their challenges comprehensively and develop actionable policy recommendations to meet their specific needs.
In my role at UCL, I am responsible for teaching a variety of subjects that include geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing, machine learning and artificial intelligence, research methodologies encompassing both quantitative and qualitative approaches, social statistics, and aspects of disasters from both physical and social sciences viewpoints.
My academic journey led me to earn a PhD in Disaster Risk Reduction from UCL, a joint Master of Science degree in Geospatial Technologies from universities in Spain, Germany, and Portugal, and a Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning degree from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET).
Recent Grant: Principal Investigator of the “Politics of Denial and Non-Recognition of Genocide” project; £300,000 funded by the British Academy; April 2024 – April 2026.
Currently, I am leading three research groups focusing on Landslides in Bangladesh, Climate Mobility, and Hydrocide.
- In 2024, I was ranked in the global top 0.37% of highly-cited scientists in ‘Geological and Geomatics Engineering’ (259th out of 69,076), and in the top 1.25% for career-long citation impact from 2012 to 2023 (865th out of 69,076).
- In 2023, I was ranked in the global top 0.47% of highly-cited scientists in the field of ‘Geological and Geomatics Engineering’ (ranked 297 out of 63,191 scientists), and top 1.61% (ranked 1,081 out of 63,191 scientists) considering career-long citation (2012–2022) impact.
- In 2022, I was ranked in the global top 0.56% of highly-cited scientists in the field of ‘Geological and Geomatics Engineering’ (ranked 323 out of 58,101 scientists).
- In 2021, I was ranked in the global top 0.72% of highly-cited scientists in the field of ‘Geological and Geomatics Engineering’ (ranked 379 out of 52,403 scientists).
- In 2020, I was ranked in the global top 1.20% of highly-cited scientists in the field of ‘Geological and Geomatics Engineering’ (ranked 526 out of 44,176 scientists).
Hobby: Travelling, Stamp and Coin Collection, Reading Books, and Writing Blogs.
Editor: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) and Journal of Mountain Science (JMS)
Lifetime Member: The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS).
Recent Award: Google’s Geo for Good (G4G) Impact Award 2023.
Gender: Male [Pronouns: He/Him/His].
