msboori - Education & Professional Experience

Education & Professional Experience

PROFILE

Corresponding language: English ........ Other well-known languages: Portuguese, Hindi & Rajasthani

Research Specialization Keywords: Remote Sensing, GIS, GPS, DIP, Geo-informatics, Artificial Intelligence

Research Disciplines: Earth and Space / Environmental Science

Area of Research: Ecology, Ecosystem, Environment, Climate Change, GPP, NPP, NEP, EFC, Bio-geo-physical & Bio-geo-chemical properties

Field of Application: Ecological Index, Ecosystem Health, Environmental Vulnerability, Predictions

EDUCATION

2014 - 2014 Honorary

Honorary Fellow/Title, Department of Geography, University of Leicester, England - UK.

Dissertation Title: “Satellite Generated Brightness Temperature for Land Use and Land Cover”, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Heiko Balzter

2011 - 2012 Postdoc.

Satellite Climate Studies Branch/ STAR/ NESDIS/ NOAA/ NASA & Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC/NASA), University of Maryland, College Park – MD, USA.

Dissertation Title: “Thermal & Microwave Remote Sensing Approach for Hydro-geophysical Parameters”, Advisor: Ralph R. Ferraro

2008 - 2011 Ph.D., A+

Dept. of Geology (Geodynamic & Geophysics division), Center of Exact Sciences and Earth, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal – RN, Brazil.

Thesis Title: “Environmental Impact Assessment and Management of Natural Resources” Advisor: Prof. Dr. Venerando Eustáquio Amaro

2007 - 2008 Predoc., A+

Predoctoral Programme in “Earth & Environmental Science”, Katholieke University Leuven (KUL), Belgium.

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Anton Van Rompaey

2002 - 2004 M.Sc., First Class

Master of Science Degree in “Remote Sensing & GIS”, School of Space Sciences, Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University (M.D.S.) Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. Advisor: Prof. Dr. Sarvesh Palria

1999 – 2002 B.Sc., First Class

Bachelor of Science Degree in “Biology (Zoology, Botany, Chemistry)” University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

Advisor: Dr. Anjana Tandon

1998 Schooling, First Class

Physics, Chemistry, Biology (Zoology & Botany), Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & POSITIONS

12/2022 – Present

Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Central Asia, (Tajikistan ! Kyrgyzstan ! Kazakhstan) Khorog, GBOA, Republic of Tajikistan. HoD: Prof. Dr. Mohssen Moazzen

03/2015 – 12/2022

Senior Scientist, Scientific Research Laboratory of Geo-informatics and Information Security (SRL-55), Samara State Aerospace University renamed as Samara National Research University, Samara, Russia. HoD: Prof. Dr. Alexzander Kupriyanov

07/2015 – 08/2020

Adjunct Professor, Department of Informatics and Technology, American Sentinel University, Aurora, Colorado, USA. Dean: Prof. Dr. Shelley Howell

04/2013 – 06/2015

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geo-informatics, Section of Earth Science, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.

Vice Rector: Prof. Dr. Vit Vozenilek

01/2013 – 04/2013

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Environmental Science & Civil Engineering, School of Sciences, JECRC University, Jaipur, India. VC: Brig. Prof. Dr. Surjit Singh Pabla

10/2011 - 12/2012

Scientist, Satellite Climate Studies Branch/STAR/NESDIS/NOAA/NASA, and ESSIC/NASA & UMD, College Park - MD, USA.

Chief: Ralph R. Ferraro

12/2006 - 11/2007

Scientist, Jharkhand Space Application Center (JSAC/ISRO), Dept. of Information Technology, Govt. of Jharkhand, India.

Director: Dr. A. P. Subudhi & Dr. A.T. Jeyaseelan

07/2005 - 12/2006

Lecturer (PG), Dept. of Remote Sensing and Geo-informatics, School of Space Sciences, M.D.S. University Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. HoD: Prof. Dr. Sarvesh Palria

07/2005 - 06/2006

Researcher (JRF), M.D.S. University Ajmer –Rajasthan & Indian Space Research Organization (SAC/ISRO/DOS), India.

Mentor: Prof. Dr. Sarvesh Palria

08/2004 - 06/2005

Trainee, State Remote Sensing Application Centre (SRSAC/ISRO) Govt. of Rajasthan, Jodhpur, India. Director: Dr. T. S. Sharma

VISITING POSITIONS & RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS

12/2024 – 01/2025

Visiting Scientist, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. Collaborator: Dr. Animesh Gain

05/2024 – 09/2024

Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Agroecology, Center for Landscape Research in Sustainable Agriculture Futures – Land-CRAFT, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. Collaborator: Prof. Dr. Klaus Butterbach-Bahl & Prof. Dr. Jorgen E Olesen

05/2024 – 08/2024

Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Technology and Innovation, SDU Global Sustainable Production, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Odense, Denmark. Collaborator: Prof. Dr. Jan Vang Brambini-Pedersen

08/2023 – 12/2023

Assistant Professor, LNU-MSU College of International Business, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, Liaoning, China. Associate Dean: Michael Coutts

10/2022 – 12/2022

Visiting Scientist, Department of Biology, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), Al Ain, UAE. Collaborator:

Prof. Dr. Youngwook Kim

07/2022 – 09/2022

Visiting Scientist, Institute of Design & Urban Studies (IDU), ITMO University, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Collaborator: Prof. Dr. Mityagin Sergey & Prof. Dr. Shmeleva Irina Aleksandrovna

05/2022 – 07/2022

Visiting Scientist, Department of Applied Ecology, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia. Collaborator:

Prof. Dr. Nadezhda Stepanova

06/2021 – Unable to join due to COVID (21 days hotel quarantine)

Visiting Associate Professor, Division of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Collaborator: Prof. Dr. Jin Wu & Prof. Dr. Richard M K Saunders

07/2019 – Unable to join

Visiting Scientist, Landscape Ecology Group, Centre for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese academy of Sciences, Menglun, Yunnan, China. Collaborator: Prof. Dr. Yang Bai

05/2019 – 07/2019

Scientist, LETG Rennes (Remote Sensing/Environment), UMR CNRS, University of Rennes 2, Rennes, France.

Collaborator: Prof. Dr. Samuel Corgne

10/2016 – 11/2016

Visiting Professor, Institute of Engineering and Technology, JK Lakshmipat University Jaipur, India. Collaborator: Prof. Dr. Anup K. Singh

05/2016 – 07/2016

Visiting Senior Scientist, Department of Geography, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. Collaborator: Prof. Dr. Mariele Evers

12/2015 – 02/2016

Visiting Scientist/Professor, Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.

Collaborator: Prof. Dr. Atsuko Sugimoto

11/2014 – 02/2015

Visiting Assistant Professor, Geographisches Institute, AG Geomatik, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Collaborator: Dr. Maik Netzband

07/2014 – 11/2014

Honorary Visiting Fellow, Department of Geography, University of Leicester, England - UK. Collaborator: Prof. Dr. Heiko Balzter

02/2013 – Not Join due to Czech Republic Opportunity

Postdoc., Department of Civil Engineering, Boise State University Boise, Idaho 837250-1002 USA.

Director: Prof. Dr. V. Sridhar

12/2010 - Not join due to NOAA/NASA & UMD Opportunity

Postdoc., World Forestry Institute (WFI), Portland - OR, USA. Director: Chandalin Bennett

ACHIEVEMENTS/AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS

Keynote Speaker in 3rd International Scientific-Practical Conference, Buston MMIT, Tajikistan, December 9, 2024.
Session Chair in “Image Detection & Intelligent Recognition” Session 1 on day 3, 10.11.2024 Morning oral session in “16th International Conference on Graphics and Image Processing ICGIP 2024, Nanjing, China, November 8 – 10, 2024.
Awarded research grant from Faculty Contestable Research Fund (FCRF) University of Central Asia (UCA), Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 2023-2025.
Awarded research grant from Ministry of Education UAE at Department of Biology, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), Al Ain UAE 2022-2023.
Best paper award at the 2023, 9th International Conference and School for Young Scientists “Information Technologies and Nanotechnologies” (ITNT-2023), April 17 – 21, 2023. Samara, Russia.
Best paper award at the 2022 11th International Conference on Innovation, Knowledge, and Management (ICIKM 2022), June 25-27, 2022, Hong Kong.
Best paper award at the 2022, 8th International Conference and School for Young Scientists “Information Technologies and Nanotechnologies” (ITNT-2022), May 23 – 27, 2022. Samara, Russia.
Member of a high profile meeting including Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation (Tatyana Golikova), Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (Mikhail Kotyukov), Governor of Samara State (Alexander Fetisov), some Nobel Laureates Scientist/Professors and Samara University Rector at Moscow Marriott Hotel Novy Arbat, Moscow – Russia, October 25 – 26, 2019.
Session Chair in WIND Hall, day 3, 04.07.2018 Morning oral session in “18th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geo-Conference SGEM 2018, Albena, Bulgaria, June 30 – July 9, 2018.
Invited Plenary Session Talk on “Space earth observation and its applications” from 9.30 to 10.10 hours on 25 April in 4th ITNT-2018 Conference Samara, Russia, April 24 – 27, 2018.
Session Chair at RITTERSAAL, day 2, 28.11.2017 Morning oral session in “The International Conference SGEM Vienna Green 2017 (SGEM 2017) Vienna, Austria, November 27 – 30, 2017.
Invited Talk on “Future of Aviation” from 16 to 18.15 hours on 19 October in 19th World Festival of Youth and Students (WFYS-2017), Sochi – Russia, 14-22 October 2017.
Reynold Speaker and Organizing Committee Member in 3rd International Conference and Exhibition on Satellite & Space Missions Barcelona, Spain, May 11 – 13, 2017.
Excursion and Invited Talk at Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Hyderabad – India, 16-23 November 2016.
Excursion and Invited Talk at Department of Civil Engineering, Nottingham University (UK), Ningbo – China, 29-30 June 2016.
Awarded Bonn University Research Scholarship from the Department of Geography for short term research work at Bonn, Germany 2016-2016.
Collaborate Samara State Aerospace University, Russia with Hokkaido University, Japan on Arctic Science (Indigirka River, Eastern Siberia) 2015-2016.
Awarded Russian Scientific Foundation (RSF) grant for establishment of a laboratory of Advance Technology for Earth Remote Sensing, Russia 2015-2016.
Awarded Honorary Title from Great Britain (UK), Visit University of Leicester, England - UK as an Honorary Visiting Fellow 2014.
Awarded European Union Social fund through Ministry of Education, Youth & Sports for Education Development in Czech Republic 2013-2015.
Awarded Boise State University fellowship in Civil Engineering Department for short term research work, Boise, Idaho 837250-1002 USA 2013-2014.
Give Conference Opening Ceremony Speech as Reynold Speaker & Session Co-chair in “1st International Conference on Earth Science & Climate Change” at Chicago Northbrook, USA, August 21-22, 2012.
Awarded National Academy of Sciences (NAS) fellowship through National Research Council (NRC), Central Government of USA; Washington DC - USA 2011-2012.
Awarded World Forest Institute International Fellowship, Portland – USA 2010-2011.
Excursion and Invited Talk at Center for International Forest Research (CIFOR), Bogor –Indonesia, February 28 - March 05, 2011.
Awarded CNPq-TWAS Fellowship by the Academy of Science for the Developing world, Italy and Brazilian National Council for Scientific & Technological Development, Brazil 2008–2012.
Awarded Belgian Government Scholarship (Flemish Ministry of Education and Training), Brussels, Belgium. Nominated by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Dept. of Higher Education, Govt. of India, New Delhi 2007–2008.
Awarded Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) by the Indian Space Research Organization, Department of Space, Government of India 2005-2006.

TEACHING

TEACHING: courses taught to graduate and postgraduate students

Main Course(s): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQtE0i52JpghuYK1d7zRWVA?view_as=subscriber

Additional Courses Which I want to Teach

Introduction to Earth and Environmental Sciences
On Thin Ice, Climate Change and the Cryosphere
Meteorology

2025 Onwards: Repeat Earlier Semester Courses ......

Fall 2024

University of Central Asia

EAES2030: Introduction to Atmospheric and Climate Science, 6 Credits, 25 Students, Course Director/Instructor, 26 Lectures, 16 Weeks.
EAES3029: Advance GIS and Remote Sensing, 6 Credits, 20 Students, Course Director/Instructor, 26 Lectures, 16 Weeks.
DMNS2076: Ecology, 6 Credits, 15 Students, Course Director/Instructor, 26 Lectures, 16 Weeks.
EAES3027_KL: Mixed Research Methods, 6 Credits, 25 Students, Course Director/Instructor, 26 Lectures, 16 Weeks.

Spring 2024

University of Central Asia

EAES4753: Environmental Modeling, 3 Credits, 6 Students, Course Director/Instructor, 24 Lectures, 08 Weeks.
EAES2013: Biology, 6 Credits, 25 Students, Course Director/Instructor, 48 Lectures, 16 Weeks.
EAES3266: Hydrology, 6 Credits, 15 Students, Course Director/Instructor, 48 Lectures, 16 Weeks.
EAES1013_LK: Chemistry, 6 Credits, 25 Students, Course Director/Instructor, 26 Lectures, 16 Weeks.
EAES4256E: Global Warming: The Science and Modeling of Climate Change, 6 Credits, 10 Students, Online Coursera, 18 Lectures, 12 Weeks.

Fall 2023

Liaoning Normal University

ENV 105: Environmental Science, 6 Credits, 225 Students, 26 Lectures, 17 Weeks.

University of Central Asia

EAES2030: Introduction to Atmospheric and Climate Science, 6 Credits, 25 Students, Course Director/Instructor, 26 Lectures, 16 Weeks.
EAES4034: Hydrology and Hydrogeology, 4 Credits, 16 Students, Course Director/Instructor, 17 Lectures, 11 Weeks.
EAES4036: Environment and Development in Mountain Regions, 4 Credits, 15 Students, Course Director, 17 Lectures, 12 Weeks.
EAES3027: Organic Chemistry, 6 Credits, 20 Students, Course Director/Instructor, 26 Lectures, 16 Weeks.

Spring 2023

University of Central Asia

EAES2013: Biology, 6 Credits, 25 Students, Course Director/Instructor, 26 Lectures, 16 Weeks.
EAES3029: Advance GIS and Remote Sensing, 6 Credits, 6 Students, Course Director/Instructor, 26 Lectures, 16 Weeks.
EAES4031: Environmental Impact and Risk Assessment, 4 Credits, 3 Students, Course Director/Instructor, 13 Lectures, 10 Weeks.

Fall 2022

University of Central Asia

EAES2030: Introduction to Atmospheric and Climate Science, 6 Credits, 19 Students, Course Director/Instructor, 26 Lectures, 16 Weeks.
EAES4034: Hydrology and Hydrogeology, 4 Credits, 16 Students, Course Director/Instructor, 17 Lectures, 11 Weeks.
EAES4024: Agricultural Ecosystem and Food Security, 4 Credits, 15 Students, Course Director/Instructor, 17 Lectures, 12 Weeks.

Fall 2005 to Spring 2022

At Various Universities in Different Countries from MDS University India to Samara University Russia.

RS 100: Basic of Remote Sensing and GIS
RS 115: Digital Image Processing and Digital Mapping
RS 210: Thermal and Microwave Remote Sensing
RS 212: Photogrammetry and Cartography
RS 217: Applied Statistics and Computing
GIS315: Remote Sensing of the Environmental Modeling
GIS360: GIS and GPS Principles and Practice
GIS515: Geo-informatics and natural resources management
GIS590: Geospatial Analysis in Environment and Natural Resources

Additional Teaching

RS & GIS for Sustainable Development, ITMO University, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1 Lecture, Spring 2022.
GIS for management and sustainable development, UPSI, Malaysia, 1 Lecture, Spring 2022.
Disaster Management and Vulnerability Risk Assessment Using Geo-informatics, NIRDPR, India, 1 Lecture, Spring 2021.
Future of Aviation, WFYS, Russia, 1 Lecture, Fall 2017.
Satellite Remote Sensing & Applications, DRDO, India, 1 Lecture, Fall 2016.
Photogrammetry and Satellite Remote Sensing, Nottingham University (UK), Ningbo – China, 1 Lecture, Spring 2016.
Review of Geo-information Technologies, Samara State Aerospace University, Russia, 1 Lecture, Spring 2015.
Fundamental of Thermal and Microwave Remote sensing. ESSIC/NASA, University of Maryland, USA, 1 Lecture, Fall 2011.
Forest management through remote sensing and GIS technology, CIFOR, Indonesia, 1 Lecture, Spring 2011.

RESEARCH INTEREST

Quantitative estimation and prediction of land surface variables for natural resources management in the context of global change with special attention on ecology/ecosystem/environment from satellite remote sensing and secondary data (Socio-economic, Demographic, Meteorology, Environment, etc.).
Spatiotemporal analysis of remotely sensed and field data with GPS and DIP techniques to bring improved information for natural resource mapping, monitoring, management, and modeling.
Remote sensing, GIS, and Geo-informatics applications in different fields such as land use/cover change, vulnerability, urbanization, climate change, ecology/ecosystem/environmental monitoring, GPP, NPP, NEP assessment, and sustainable development by using different DIP and RS/GIS software’s.
Ecological/ecosystem/environmental index estimation and prediction using different correlation and regression models in artificial intelligence via different programming languages specially Python.

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