MSc researcher at KFUPM (GPA 4.0/4.0) applying GIS, satellite remote sensing, and real-time data pipelines to urban heat and climate resilience across Saudi Arabian cities.
Background in architecture (licensed, Council of Architecture India). Now building at the intersection of spatial data science and urban climate.
M.Sc. Thesis — Smart Digital Twin for UHI Monitoring & Mitigation Real-time satellite pipeline (GEE → Kafka → PySpark → PostGIS) covering 5 Saudi cities. 48-hour LST forecasting with Facebook Prophet (<1.5°C RMSE target). Heat Vulnerability Index mapping 100,000+ at-risk residents.
GIS & Remote Sensing UHI Assessment — Dammam Metropolitan Area 12,954 grid cells across 3,238 km². NDBI confirmed as dominant LST driver (R²=0.511, 35× stronger than NDVI). 57.3 km² urgent intervention zone identified. Paper under departmental review → target: Urban Climate.
| Project | Stack | Demo |
|---|---|---|
| Real-Time IoT Smart City Pipeline | Kafka · PySpark · PostgreSQL · Streamlit | Live dashboard |
| Multi-City Surface Temperature Analysis | GEE · MODIS · Python · Streamlit | Live dashboard |
ArcGIS Pro Google Earth Engine Apache Kafka PySpark PostgreSQL/PostGIS Facebook Prophet Streamlit Kepler.gl Docker Python Landsat 8/9 Sentinel-2 MODIS
- A Systematic Review of Soundscape and Thermal Comfort in Hot-Arid Environments — Under review, Discovering Cities (Springer Nature)
- GIS and Remote Sensing-Based Assessment of UHI in the Dammam Metropolitan Area — Manuscript in preparation, target: Urban Climate
- ITS-Based Congestion Management for Event Corridors in Arid Cities — Manuscript in preparation
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Open to fully funded PhD positions in urban climate informatics, digital twins, and spatial data science. UK · EU · Australia · Canada · GCC.