Curriculum Vitae.

1. 12 Chaudhuri, A., Ahasan, R., Güneralp, B. (2026). Urban Expansion and Its Impact on Species Habitats and Key Biodiversity Areas in Indonesia. Biological Conservation.
2. 11 Güneralp, B., Ahasan, R. (2025). Urban land-change futures: current understanding, challenges, and implications. npj Urban Sustainability.
3. 10 Ahasan, R., Hoda, M. N., Alam, M. S., Nirzhar, Y. R., Kabir, A. (2023). Changing institutional landscape and transportation development in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Heliyon, 9(7).
4. 9 Chakraborty, T., Alam, M., Bashit, M., Hosen, K., Ahasan, R. (2023). Spatio-temporal Investigation of the Urban Thermal Comfort in Khulna City and Surrounding Areas. Remote Sensing in Earth Systems Sciences.
5. 8 Ahasan, R., Güneralp, B. (2022). Transportation in urban land change models: A systematic review and future directions. Journal of Land Use Science, 17(1).
6. 7 Ahasan, R., Alam, M. S., Chakraborty, T., Ali, S. M. A., Alam, T. B., Islam, T., Hossain, M. M. (2022). Applications of geospatial analyses in health research among homeless people: A systematic scoping review. Health Policy and Technology, 11(3).
7. 6 Islam, M. D., Li, B., Islam, K. S., Ahasan, R., Mia, M. R., Haque, M. E. (2022). Airbnb rental price modeling based on Latent Dirichlet Allocation and MESF-XGBoost composite model. Machine Learning with Applications, 7, 100208.
8. 5 Ahasan, R., Alam, S., Chakraborty, T., Hossain, M. M. (2022). Applications of GIS and geospatial analyses in COVID-19 research: A systematic review. F1000 Research, 9(1379).
9. 4 Islam, M. D., Islam, K. S., Ahasan, R., Mia, M. R., Haque, M. E. (2021). A data-driven machine learning-based approach for urban land cover change modeling: A case of Khulna City Corporation area. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 24, 100634.
10. 3 Ahasan, R., Hossain, M. M. (2021). Leveraging GIS and spatial analysis for informed decision-making in COVID-19 pandemic. Health Policy and Technology, 10(1).
11. 2 Ahasan, R., Kabir, A. (2021). Performance evaluation of public transport system: The case of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Planning Forum, 18(1).

1. 6 Ahasan, R., Güneralp, B., Abeer, N. A spatially explicit model for forecasting hierarchical road network growth. Nature Communications In Revision
2. 5 Ahasan, R., Güneralp, I., Güneralp, B., Bigusson, B. Transportation infrastructure exposure to floods in Texas through 2100. Earth's Future In Revision
3. 4 Ahasan, R., Güneralp, B., Fitzgerald, L. Combined impacts of road development and urban expansion on biodiversity and habitats: insights from Brazil, Indonesia, and Nigeria. In Prep
4. 3 Ahasan, R., Güneralp, B., Lin, W. Global ensemble forecasts reveal accelerating urban land-cover conversion and high uncertainty. In Prep
5. 2 Ahasan, R., Güneralp, B. Accelerating urbanization drives the physical isolation of global protected areas between 1990 and 2015. In Prep
6. 1 Ahasan, R., Güneralp, B. The scaling of extinction: how urban hierarchies drive specialist habitat loss in Bangladesh. In Prep

1. 22Ahasan, R., Lin, W., Güneralp, B. Global ensemble forecasts reveal accelerating urban land-cover conversion and high uncertainty. AGU Fall Meeting 2025 · New Orleans, LA
2. 21Ahasan, R., Güneralp, B. Combined impacts of road development and urban expansion on biodiversity and habitats. AAG Annual Meeting 2025 · Detroit, MI
3. 20Ahasan, R., Güneralp, B. Combined impacts of road development and urban expansion on biodiversity and habitats: insights from Brazil, Indonesia, and Nigeria. AGU Fall Meeting 2024 · Washington, DC
4. 19Ahasan, R., Güneralp, B. An integrated model to forecast road network development and implications for sustainability. 5th Open Science Meeting · Global Land Programme · Oaxaca, Mexico, 2024
5. 18Ahasan, R., Güneralp, B. An integrated, scale-invariant model to forecast global urban growth and transportation network development. EGU General Assembly 2024 · Vienna, Austria
6. 17Ahasan, R., Güneralp, B. An integrated-interactive model to forecast urban growth-transportation development and implications for sustainability. AAG Annual Meeting 2024 · Honolulu, HI
7. 16Chaudhuri, A., Ahasan, R., Güneralp, B. Impacts of urban growth on Key Biodiversity Areas and species habitats in Indonesia. AAG Annual Meeting 2024 · Honolulu, HI
8. 15Scardino, A., Güneralp, I., Ahasan, R., Güneralp, B. Assessing socioeconomic exposure to flood hazards in Nigeria: a geospatial analysis integrating global flood models and socioeconomic data. AAG Annual Meeting 2024 · Honolulu, HI
9. 14Hasan, M., Güneralp, I., Ahasan, R., Filippi, A. Geomorphological heterogeneity and connectivity and flood resilience in lowland riverscapes. AAG Annual Meeting 2024 · Honolulu, HI
10. 13Ahasan, R., Güneralp, B. An integrated model to forecast urban growth-transportation development and implications for sustainability. AGU Fall Meeting 2023 · San Francisco, CA
11. 12Güneralp, I., Ahasan, R., Birgusson, B. Transportation infrastructure exposure to floods in Texas through 2100. AGU Fall Meeting 2023 · San Francisco, CA
12. 11Ahasan, R., Güneralp, B. Development of an urban land change model with transportation development. Student Research Week 2023 · Texas A&M University
13. 10Ahasan, R., Güneralp, B. Development of an urban land change model with transportation development. AAG Annual Meeting 2023 · Denver, CO
14. 9Güneralp, B., Ahasan, R. Urban land change modeling: progress and future directions. AAG Annual Meeting 2023 · Denver, CO
15. 8Chaudhuri, A., Ahasan, R., Güneralp, B. Urbanization at the cost of biodiversity? Examining implications of urban growth on habitats and Key Biodiversity Areas in Indonesia. AAG Annual Meeting 2023 · Denver, CO
16. 7Ahasan, R., Güneralp, B. Integrating transportation–land-use interaction in large-scale urban growth modeling: a conceptual framework. Student Research Week 2022 · Texas A&M University
17. 6Ahasan, R., Güneralp, B. Integrating transportation–land-use interaction in large-scale urban growth modeling: a conceptual framework. AAG Annual Meeting 2022 · New York, NY
18. 5Ahasan, R. Assessing the accessibility to the proposed metro rail: the case of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Texas GIS Day 2021 · College Station, TX
19. 4Ahasan, R., Kabir, A., Nirzhar, Y. R. Forecasting the impact of metro rail implementation on mobility and accessibility: case of Dhaka, Bangladesh. 60th Annual ACSP Conference 2020 · Toronto, Canada
20. 3Ahasan, R. Transportation accessibility, housing investment, and housing prices: an application of hedonic price model in Des Moines, Iowa. 59th Annual ACSP Conference 2019 · Clemson, SC
21. 2Ahasan, R., Mudasser, M. Influence of land use on mode choice of the citizens of Khulna City. ICACE 2018 · CUET, Chittagong, Bangladesh
22. 1Ahasan, R. Pedestrian insecurities: proposals to improve the situation in Dhaka City. ICRICE 2018 · Chittagong, Bangladesh

1. 5Map county-level property damage from severe storm events. Esri, 2026.
2. 4Density to Decisions with the new Percentile Contours tools in ArcGIS Pro. Esri, 2025.
3. 3Multidimensional analysis and visualization with the Space Time Kernel Density tool. Esri, 2025.
4. 2Doing more with Density tools: understanding spatial patterns of data in ArcGIS Pro. Esri, 2024.
5. 1Development of a New Tool for Evaluating Infrastructure and Planning Impacts Related to Changes in Truck Traffic and Truck Technologies. Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), 2024.

1. 4Road Development May Put Habitats at Risk. Eos, American Geophysical Union, 2025.
2. 3Student Spotlight: Rakibul Ahasan. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), 2020.
3. 2Iowa Planner Spotlight: Rakibul Ahasan. American Planning Association, Iowa Chapter (APA Iowa), 2020.
4. 1Student News and Updates, Fall 2019. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), 2019.

Contributed as graduate researcher on the following funded proposals.

• ·Graduate Student Excellence in Research Award, Texas A&M University. 2023
• ·AAG Urban Geography Specialty Group Student Access Award. 2023
• ·Texas A&M Data Science Institute Travel Grant. 2023
• ·Research & Presentation (RAP) Award, Texas A&M University. 2023
• ·Graduate and Professional Student Government Travel Award, Texas A&M. 2023
• ·Doris & Joe P. Watson '42 Endowed Fellowship, Texas A&M. 2022
• ·Christy Reed '80 Fellowship, Texas A&M. 2022
• ·International Education Fee Scholarship (IEFS), Texas A&M. 2022
• ·AAG Enrichment Fund. 2022
• ·Graduate Presentation Winner (2nd), TxGIS Day, Texas A&M. 2021
• ·Graduate and Professional Student Government Travel Award, Texas A&M. 2021
• ·Summer Research Scholarship, Southwest Division of the AAG. 2021
• ·Department of Geography Travel Awards, Texas A&M. 2020–24
• ·Lechner Graduate Scholarship, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M. 2019–20
• ·Bangladesh-Sweden Trust Fund Travel Fellowship. 2019
• ·Professional Development Grant, Iowa State University. 2019
• ·National Science and Technology (NST) Fellowship, Bangladesh. 2016–17
• ·Dean's Award (undergraduate and graduate), Khulna University. 2016–17
• ·Award for Academic Excellence, Urban and Rural Planning Discipline, Khulna University. 2012–17
• ·University Merit Scholarship, Khulna University. 2011–17

Academy for Future Faculty Fellow, Texas A&M University (CIRTL certification). April 2023.

• ·AJ Scardino, PHD student, Texas A&M University. Spring 2026
• ·Abir Chaudhuri, PhD student, Texas A&M University. Summer 2020 — Fall 2025
• ·Nathan Young, PhD student, Texas A&M University. Spring — Fall 2022
• ·Sharmin Ara, PhD student, Texas A&M University. Fall 2022, Fall 2024, Spring 2026
• ·Lidia Mezei, PhD student, Texas A&M University. Fall 2020 — Spring 2021
• ·Imran Hasan, PhD student, Texas A&M University. Fall 2022
• ·Mahbub Ul Hasan, PhD student, Texas A&M University. Fall 2023 — Spring 2024
• ·AJ Scardino, MS student, Texas A&M University. Fall 2023 — Spring 2024
• ·Samantha Sellers, MS student, Texas A&M University. Summer 2021
• ·Natalia Mesa, undergraduate, Texas A&M University. Fall 2021
• ·Shaharier Alam, PhD student, University of Florida. Fall 2021 — Spring 2022
• ·Torit Chakraborty, PhD student, University of Florida. Fall 2021 — Spring 2022
• ·Tania Islam, PhD student, Florida International University. Fall 2020 — Fall 2021

Peer review

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems · Nature Communications · Nature Sustainability · Earth's Future · PLoS One · Geo-Spatial Information Science · GeoJournal · Transactions in GIS · Sustainable Cities and Society · Social Sciences & Humanities · Journal of Housing and the Built Environment · International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology.

Leadership

• ·Graduate Student Member, Department of Geography Physical Geography Faculty Search Committee, Texas A&M University. 2021–22
• ·Senator, Graduate and Professional Student Government, Texas A&M University. 2020–21
• ·Member, Scholarship and Fellowship Committee, GPSG, Texas A&M University. 2020–21
• ·Graduate and Professional Student Representative, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University. 2020–21
• ·Graduate Student Member, Department of Geography Awards Committee, Texas A&M University. 2019–21

Professional affiliations

American Planning Association (APA) · American Association of Geographers (AAG) · American Geophysical Union (AGU) · European Geosciences Union (EGU) · Global Land Programme (GLP) · The Society for Conservation GIS (SCGIS) · AIMES, Future Earth · URISA · APSG · Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) · Bangladesh Institution of Planners (BIP).

GIS & geospatial

Programming

Statistical & analytical

General