I recently completed my PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA. My dissertation, titled "High-Resolution Soil Moisture Retrieval Algorithm with Uncertainty Estimates for the NASA-ISRO SAR Mission," focused on developing advanced soil moisture retrieval techniques using high-resolution microwave SAR observations.

Currently, I am a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park (https://geog.umd.edu/facultyprofile/lal/preet). I collaborate with the NISAR Ecosystem Team on algorithm development for biomass estimation and contribute to the GEDI mission, focusing on biomass and carbon monitoring. Before pursuing my PhD, I earned an Integrated Master of Technology in Geoinformation from the Department of Geoinformatics, Central University of Jharkhand, India. During my undergraduate and postgraduate studies, I engaged in multiple research projects centered on microwave remote sensing and climate change analysis.

In addition to my research, I serve as an Editor (Advisory Board) for Ecological Indicators (Elsevier).