Rakibul
Ahasan

10+ years developing theories and quantitative methods for how human activity builds and reshapes the built environment — and how that environment, in turn, acts on the land, the species, and the people living with it. The work spans quality assessment of heterogeneous forecast datasets, scenario-based baseline construction, and uncertainty quantification, published across 13+ peer-reviewed articles on land change, biodiversity outcomes, sustainability implications, and climate-driven infrastructure risk.

My doctoral research produced one of the first global-scale road network growth models — work AGU's Eos covered on publication — and the same machinery has since gone after protected-area isolation, species-range loss, and transport exposure to flooding across Brazil, Indonesia, Nigeria, Bangladesh, and Texas. Earlier consulting work delivered environmental and social impact assessments and resettlement planning for multilateral development bank infrastructure projects, and field data collection on climate-driven displacement for an international development agency.

At Esri I develop production geospatial and spatial statistics tools, along with the data pipelines, dashboards, and hub sites that deliver analytical results to non-technical users. I hold a PhD in Geography and the GISP certification, and co-convene the AGU Urban Area and Global Change session in 2026.