Dr. Shams Azad
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Pronouns: He/Him/His
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Postdoctoral Research Scientist in the Faculty of Climate, Columbia Climate School
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61 Rt 9W
Palisades, NY United States 10964
United States
BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Shams Azad is a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the Columbia Climate School. His research integrates geographic information systems and remote sensing with data science and sensor technologies to develop novel sustainable solutions to enhance the resilience of at-risk populations affected by environmental pollution, extreme weather, natural disasters, and health challenges. His broad goal is to utilize advanced computational methodologies to improve society and the environment. Dr. Azad earned his doctoral degree from New York University and M.S. from Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences.
PUBLICATIONS
S. Azad, P. Sid, M. Ghandehari, (2024). “Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter during Home-to-Work Commute in the New York City Subway System”. PLOS ONE. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307096
S. Azad and M. Ghandehari, (2022), “Emissions of nitrogen dioxide in the northeast U.S. during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown,” Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 312, p. 114902, DOI: 10.1016/J.JENVMAN.2022.114902.
S. Azad, D. Luglio, T. Gordon, G. Thurston, M. Ghandehari, (2023). “Particulate matter concentration and composition in the New York City subway system”. Atmospheric Pollution Research. p. 101767, Apr. 2023, DOI: 10.1016/J.APR.2023.101767
S. Azad and M. Ghandehari, (2021), “Spatio-temporal study of the determinants of residential satisfaction in New York City during COVID-19 using crowdsourced data”, ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., VIII-4/W1-2021, 3–10, DOI: 10.5194/isprs-annals-VIII-4-W1-2021-3-2021
S. Azad and M. Ghandehari, (2021), “A Study on the Association of Socioeconomic and Physical Cofactors Contributing to Power Restoration After Hurricane Maria,” in IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 98654-98664, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3093547
J. Montoya-Rincon, S. Mejia-Manrique, S. Azad, M. Ghandehari, E. Harmsen., R. Khanbilvardi, J. Gonzalez, (2023). “A socio-technical approach for the assessment of critical infrastructure system vulnerability in extreme weather events”. Nature Energy. DOI: 10.1038/s41560-023-01315-7
J. Montoya-Rincon, S. Azad, R. Pokhrel, M. Ghandehari, M. P. Jensen and J. E. Gonzalez, (2022), “On the Use of Satellite Nightlights for Power Outages Prediction,” in IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 16729-16739, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3149485.
T. Carvalhaes, V. Rinaldi, Z. Goh, S. Azad, J. Uribe, A. Chester, M. Ghandehari, (2022), “Integrating Spatial and Ethnographic Methods for Resilience Research: A Thick Mapping Approach for Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico”, in Annals of the American Association of geographers, DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2022.2071200
CONTACT
EXPERTISE
geographic information systems remote sensing data science sensor technologiesFIELDS OF INTEREST
environmental pollution, critical infrastructure resilience, urban informatics, and environmental justice.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. New York University, 2023
M.S. Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences, 2017
B.S. Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2014