BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Mukesh Singh Boori is an Assistant Professor in Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Central Asia (UCA), School of Arts and Sciences. He has over 20+ years of research and teaching experience. Prior to joining UCA, he worked as a scientist and senior scientist at JSAC/ISRO India, NOAA/NASA USA and Samara University (Aerospace) Russia. He has been associated with several institutions, including Murdoch University Australia, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and Aarhus University Denmark, Liaoning Normal University (LNU-MSU) China, United Arab Emirates University UAE, University of Rennes 2 France, University of Bonn and Ruhr University Bochum Germany, Hokkaido University Japan, Palacky University Czech Republic, Leicester University UK, American Sentinel University USA, ITMO University St. Petersburg and Kazan Federal University Russia, Vrije University Belgium, JECRC University, JKLU University and MDS University India. 

He has a postdoc from University of Maryland USA, a Ph.D. from Federal University-RN (UFRN) Brazil, a predoc from Katholieke University Leuven Belgium, an MSc from MDS University and a BSc from University of Rajasthan India. He received several prestigious awards, including the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) fellowship through the National Research Council (NRC) central government of USA Washington DC, European Union Social Fund, an honorary fellow from the University of Leicester UK, a prestigious Brazil-Italy government fellowship, a Belgian and Indian government space fellowship and three-time Best Paper Award at ITNT Russia and ICIKM Hong Kong. 

He has been PI or Co-I on 36 grants internationally (worth >$5.4M) and he has authorship on 135+ peer-reviewed publications in good journals and conferences with more than 2000 citations (h-index 25 / i10 - 50), including books, as a first author in the earth and space science field. His prime research interest is satellite earth observations through remote sensing and GIS technology, with special attention to ecology, ecosystems and environment via machine learning. He is a member of many scientific societies, journals and committees, has led several projects, organized several conferences, delivered conference opening ceremony speeches, keynote speakers, plenary session talks, invited talks, invited webinar presentations, chaired sessions and visited 30 countries on official trips in five continents except Africa and Antarctica.

Online Links: Web of Science, Scopus, ORCID, Research Gate, Google Scholar, LinkedIn, Facebook, University of Central Asia

Schooling: Physics, Chemistry, Biology (Zoology & Botany)

BSc: Bio-Group (Zoology, Botany, Chemistry)

MSc: Remote Sensing & GIS

Predoc: Earth & Environmental Science

PhD: Earth & Space Science

Postdoc: Thermal & Microwave RS/GIS

Honorary: Satellite Brightness Temperature

Main theme & study area of the research: At the home university and different collaborative universities:

1. India: Biodiversity conservation, Geo-referencing & digitization.

2. Belgium: Land use/cover change change detection.

3. Brazil: Vulnerability and risk assessment in NE Brazil.

4. USA: MPGR and snow variation with season and elevation in NH.

5. Czech Republic: Vulnerability work on Jeseniky Mountain CZ.

6. UK: Satellite brightness temperature at global level.

7. Germany Ruhr: Urbanization in Kuala Lumpur, Malina & Singapore.

8. Russia: Ecology/Ecosystem/Environment, Crop Phenology, Hydrology and ground resources, Hyperspectral RS, Vegetation dynamics, High Resolution landscape analysis of Southeast Asia.

9. Japan: Vulnerability Analysis in Eastern Siberia, Russia.

10. Germany Bonn: Ayeyarwady Basin Myanmar.

11. France: Crop growth phenology from NDVI time series.

12. Hong Kong: Ecology/Ecosystem (*Unable to travel due to 21 days hotel quarantine).

13. Kazan & St. Petersburg: Yield estimation & prediction.

14. UAE: Environmental impact on GPP.

15. Central Asia: Climate & Environmental effect on GPP at Pamir mountains.

16. Denmark: Plant biophysical & biochemical properties with EFC in Sweden.

17. Australia: Ecosystem energy fluxes at SW Australia.

Selected Peer-reviewed Publications

1. Boori M.S., Choudhary K. (2025), Retrieval of climate and environmental relationship with gross primary production (GPP) from satellite observation in GBAO, Central Asia. Journal of Environmental Development, Vol. 54(2025), 101167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101167

Publisher: Elsevier BV, Country: Netherlands, Listing: SCI & SCOPUS, Journal: Q1, IF: 5.0

2. Boori M.S., Choudhary K., Kupriyanov A. (2024), Integrating landscape ecological risk with ecosystem services in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. Journal of Computer Optics, Vol. 48(2), pp. 282-293. https://doi.org/10.18287/2412-6179-CO-1296

Publisher: Institution of Russian Academy of Sciences, Image Processing Systems Institute of RAS, Country: Russian Federation, Listing: SCI & SCOPUS, Journal: Q1, IF: 4.0

3. Choudhary K., Boori M.S., Paringer R., Kupriyanov A. (2023), Agriculture land suitability assessment for sustainable development using remote sensing techniques with analytic hierarchy process. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, Vol. 32(2023), 101051. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2023.101051

Publisher: Elsevier BV, Country: Netherlands, Listing: SCI & SCOPUS, Journal: Q1, IF: 5.0

4. Boori M.S., Choudhary K., Paringer R., Kupriyanov A. (2023), Machine learning for yield predication in Fergana valley, Central Asia. Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences, Vol. 22(2), pp. 107-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssas.2022.07.006

Publisher: King Saud University, Country: Saudi Arabia, Listing: SCI & SCOPUS, Journal: Q1, IF: 7.0

5. Boori M.S., Choudhary K., Paringer R., Kupriyanov A. (2022), Using RS/GIS for spatiotemporal ecological vulnerability analysis based on DPSIR framework in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. Ecological Informatics, Vol. 67 (2022) 101490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2021.101490

Publisher: Elsevier, Country: Netherlands, Listing: SCI & SCOPUS, Journal: Q1, IF: 6.0

6. Boori M.S., Choudhary K., Paringer R., Kupriyanov A. (2021), Spatiotemporal ecological vulnerability analysis with statistical correlation based on satellite remote sensing in Samara, Russia. Journal of environmental management, Vol. 285 (2021) 112138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112138

Publisher: Academic Press Inc., Country: United States, Listing: SCI & SCOPUS, Journal: Q1, IF: 9.0

7. Boori M.S., Choudhary K., Paringer R., Kupriyanov A. (2021), Eco-environmental quality assessment based on pressure-state-response framework by remote sensing and GIS. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, Vol. 23 (2021) 100530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2021.100530

Publisher: Elsevier BV, Country: Netherlands, Listing: SCI & SCOPUS, Journal: Q1, IF: 5.0

8. Boori M.S., Choudhary K., Kupriyanov A. (2020), Detecting vegetation drought dynamic in European Russia. Geocarto International, 37:9, 2490-2505, https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2020.1750063

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd., Country: United Kingdom, Listing: SCI & SCOPUS, Journal: Q1, IF: 5.0

9. Boori M.S., Vozenilek V., Choudhary K. (2015), Land use/cover disturbances due to tourism in Jeseniky Mountain, Czech Republic: A remote sensing and GIS based approach. The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, ISSN 1110-9823. Vol. 18(1): 17 – 26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrs.2014.12.002

Publisher: National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, Country: Egypt, Listing: SCI & SCOPUS, Journal: Q1, IF: 7.0

10. Boori M.S., Netzband M., Choudhary K., Vozenilek V. (2015), Monitoring and modeling of urban sprawl through remote sensing and GIS in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Ecological Process, Springer Open, ISSN 2192-1709.  (2015) 4:15, pp. 01 – 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-015-0040-2

Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Country: Switzerland, Listing: SCI & SCOPUS, Journal: Q1, IF: 5.0

11. Boori M.S., Paringer R., Choudhary K., Kupriyanov A. (2018), Comparison of hyperspectral and multi-spectral imagery to build a spectral library and land cover classification performances. Journal of Computer Optics, Vol. 42(6), pp. 1035-1045. https://doi.org/10.18287/2412-6179-2018-42-6-1035-1045

Publisher: Institution of Russian Academy of Sciences, Image Processing Systems Institute of RAS, Country: Russian Federation, Listing: SCI & SCOPUS, Journal: Q1, IF: 4.0

12. Boori M.S., Choudhary K., Kupriyanov A. (2020), Crop growth monitoring through Sentinel and Landsat data based NDVI time-series. Journal of Computer Optics, Vol. 44(3), pp. 409-418. https://doi.org/10.18287/2412-6179-CO-635

Publisher: Institution of Russian Academy of Sciences, Image Processing Systems Institute of RAS, Country: Russian Federation, Listing: SCI & SCOPUS, Journal: Q1, IF: 4.0

13. Choudhary K., Boori M.S., Kupriyanov A. (2017), Spatial modelling for natural and environmental vulnerability trough remote sensing and GIS in Astrakhan, Russia. The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, ISSN 1110-9823. Vol. 21 pp. 139-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrs.2017.05.003 

Publisher: National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, Country: Egypt, Listing: SCI & SCOPUS, Journal: Q1, IF: 7.0

14. Boori M.S., Ferraro R.R., Choudhary K., Kupriyanov A. (2016), Use of AMSR-E microwave satellite data for land surface characteristics and snow cover variation. Data in Brief. ISSN 2352-3409. Vol. 9(2016), pp. 1077-1089. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2016.11.006

Publisher: Elsevier BV, Country: Netherlands, Listing: SCI & SCOPUS, Journal: Q1

15. Boori M.S., Choudhary K., Kupriyanov A. (2017), Vulnerability evaluation from 1995 to 2016 in Central Dry Zone area of Myanmar. International Journal of Engineering Research in Africa. Vol. 32, PP. 139-154. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/JERA.32.139 

Publisher: Trans Tech Publications, Country: Switzerland, Listing: SCI & SCOPUS, Journal: Q1

16. Boori M.S.,  Choudhary K., Kupriyanov A. (2019), Mapping of groundwater potential zone based on remote sensing and GIS techniques: A case study of Kalmykia, Russia. Journal Optical Memory and Neural Networks, Vol. 28(1) pp. 36-49. https://doi.org/10.3103/S1060992X1901003X

Publisher: Pleiades Publishing, Country: United States, Listing: SCOPUS, Journal: Q1

17. Boori M.S., Choudhary K., Evers M., Paringer R. (2017), A review of food security and flood risk dynamics in Central Dry Zone area of Myanmar. Procedia Engineering. Vol. 201, PP. 231-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.09.600

Publisher: Elsevier BV, Country: Netherlands, Listing: SCI & SCOPUS, Journal: Q1

18. Boori M.S., Amaro V.E. (2010), Land use change detection for environmental management: using multi-temporal, satellite data in Apodi Valley of northeastern Brazil. Applied GIS International Journal, ISSN 1832-5505. Vol. 6(2): 1-15. https://doi.org/10.4225/03/57E1E02405A99

Publisher: Monash University ePress, Country: Australia, Listing: SCOPUS, Journal: Q2

19. Boori M.S., Choudhary K., Evers M., Kupriyanov A. (2017), Environmental dynamics for Central Dry Zone area of Myanmar. International Journal of Geoinformatics, ISSN 1686-6576. Vol. 13(3), PP. 01-12. https://journals.sfu.ca/ijg/index.php/journal/article/view/1070

Publisher: Association for Geoinformation Technology, Country: Thailand, Listing: SCOPUS, Journal: Q2