About me

Welcome! I am a GIScientist and transportation geographer researching the complex interactions between human mobility, environment, safety, and health. Currently, I serve as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science at George Mason University. I completed my Ph.D. in Geography at The Ohio State University in 2023, my Master's in Geography and GIS at the University of Utah in 2019, and Bachelor's in Urban and Regional Planning from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2015.

My research lies at the intersection of GIScience, transportation geography, cognitive and behavioral geography, and health and safety. I am specifically interested in modelling and understanding how urban environments and the human experiences around them shape urban mobility, as well as their safety and health outcomes across diverse population groups. My work integrates geospatial artificial intelligence (GeoAI), spatiotemporal modeling, network analytics, and citizen science to advance data-driven, human-centered solutions for safer, healthier, and more inclusive transportation environments.

My current research answers three main questions
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1. How can we combine multi-sensory data, large language models, and agentic AI to better characterize multimodal transportation environments and human experiences?
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2. How can we leverage spatio-temporal AI models to detect and predict actual and perceived road risks, and support safe infrastructure design, planning, and decision-making?
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3. How can we integrate space-time accessibility measures, spatial interaction models, and geostatistics to reveal spatio-social barriers of healthcare access and travel?

Recent updates

February 19-22, 2026

Anastasia Soukhov presenting our work on "Exploring Determinants of Prenatal Care Travel", a transport-focused analysis of non-explicit transportation data: medical electronic records covering every birth (and associated prenatal care) in the state of Florida, at the Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference (SKI) 2026.

January 11-15, 2026

Attending the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2026. Please join us in our lecture session on โ€œH๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ: ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—นโ€“๐—จ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€, led by undergraduate and high school students Sarah Zak and Stepan Mkrtchian, and a poster session on โ€œ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ, ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€: ๐—”๐—ป ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด (๐—ฆ๐—˜๐— ) ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—œโ€ led by PhD student, Yifei Wang.

October 20, 2025

Presenting on 'Exploring Human Mobility Experiences: Role of Artificial Intelligence and Multisensory Data in Human-Centered Transportation Planning' at GMU Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering. Thanks to GMU CEIE faculty and students for the invite. I truly enjoyed sharing my work and engaging in such thoughtful discussions.

August 07, 2025

This summer, I had the opportunity to mentor 5 high-school and one undergraduate student through the GMU Aspiring Scientists Summer Internship Program (ASSIP). Just within six weeks, these students successfully completed the following projects, including data collection, processing, modeling, and preparing the final presentation for each:

  • Healthcare Deserts in Virginia: Rural-Urban and Socioeconomic Disparities in Access to Care (Sarah Zak and Stepan Mkrtchian)
  • How Do Women Access Maternal Care? Spatial and Social Dimensions of Maternal Healthcare Visits in Florida (Ava Hudson and Justin Yu)
  • Developing a Fairfax Topographic Accessibility Map (Kevin Hasani)
  • Crime Around Public Transit: Analyzing Spatio-Temporal Variations in Crime Rates Near D.C. Bus Stops (Monisha Preetham)

June 25, 2025

On behalf of GISphere, hosting a workshop on From Student to GIS Pro: GIS Career Readiness workshop at UCGIS symposium 2025. Join us to discuss strategies for building your professional network, investing in your professional development, and navigating the exciting world of GIS careers.

April 18, 2025

Gave a talk on "Exploring Human Perceptions for Safe, Sustainable, and Healthy Transportation Planning" at Virginia Tech, Department of Geography

Mar 24, 2025

Co-Organizing a session with Drs. Luyu Liu, Jinhyung Lee, and Huyen Le on "Transportation and Environmental Exposure" at the American Association of Geographers 2025.

Jan 05, 2025

Attending the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting 2025! Join me for my poster session on January 6 at 10:15 AM in CC Hall A. I will be presenting on Spatial Heterogeneities in Healthcare Visits and their Socio-economic Determinants: A Comprehensive Analysis Using Traffic Flow Data.

Here's a quick peek at my poster. Looking forward to insightful discussions!