CV

A detailed version of the CV is available here.

Education

• Ph.D in Geography, The Ohio State University, 2023
  Dissertation: Inclusive Accessibility: Integrating person-based hard and soft constraints into transportation planning.
  Advisor: Harvey J. Miller and Huyen TK Le

• M.S. in Geography, The University of Utah, 2019
  Thesis: Vehicular Route Modelling for safe evacuation during Tropical Storms and Flooding.
  Advisor: Thomas J. Cova

• B.S. in Urban and Regional Planning, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2015
  Thesis: Modelling and Analyzing Land Use Dynamics: A Case Study of Dhaka City Corporation.
  Advisor: Sarwar Jahan

Publications

Using GIS to Understand the Influence of Hurricane Harvey on Spatial Access to Primary Care

Kar, A., Wan, N., Cova, T.J., Wang, H., & Lizotte, S. L. (2021). "Using GIS to Understand the Influence of Hurricane Harvey on Spatial Access to Primary Care." Risk Analysis.

COVID-19 exacerbates unequal food access

Kar, A., Motoyama, Y., Carrel, A. L., Miller, H. J., & Le, H. T. (2021). "COVID-19 exacerbates unequal food access." Applied Geography. 134, p102517.

Lower Volumes, Higher Speeds: Changes to Crash Type, Timing, and Severity on Urban Roads from COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Policies

Stiles, J., Kar, A., Lee, J., Miller, H. J. (2021). "Lower Volumes, Higher Speeds: Changes to Crash Type, Timing, and Severity on Urban Roads from COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Policies." Transportation Research Record.

What is essential travel? Socioeconomic differences in travel demand in Columbus, Ohio, during the COVID-19 lockdown

Kar, A., Le, H. T., & Miller, H. J. (2021). "What is essential travel? Socio-economic differences in travel demand during the COVID-19 lockdown." Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 112(4), 1023-1046.

Public transit cuts during COVID-19 compound social vulnerability in 22 US cities

Kar, A., Carrel, A. L., Miller, H. J., & Le, H. T. (2022). "Public transit cuts during COVID-19 compound social vulnerability in 22 US cities." Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment.

Disparities in public transit accessibility and usage by people with mobility disabilities: An evaluation using high-resolution transit data

Liu, L., Kar, A., Tokey, A.I., Le, H.T.K., & Miller, H.J. (2023). "Disparities in public transit accessibility and usage by people with mobility disabilities: An evaluation using high-resolution transit data." Journal of Transport Geography.

Inclusive Accessibility: Integrating Heterogeneous User Mobility Perceptions into Space-Time Prisms

Kar, A., Le, H. T., & Miller, H. J. (2023). "Inclusive Accessibility: Integrating Heterogeneous User Mobility Perceptions into Space-Time Prisms." Annals of the American Association of Geographers.

Research experience

• Post Doctoral Research Scientist. (August 2023 - ). Center for Injury Research and Policy, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (AWRINCH), OH.
• Graduate Research Assistant. (August 2022 - August 2023). Center for Urban and Regional Analysis, The Ohio State University, OH.
• Graduate Research Assistant. (May 2021 – August 2022). Department of Geography, The Ohio State University, OH.
• GIS Research Assistant. (May 2018 – July 2018). The DIGIT Lab, University of Utah, UT.

Teaching experience

Lecturer

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Grants and Fellowships

• The Rayner Scholarship for Fieldwork, Department of Geography, The Ohio State University. (Spring 2022)
• The E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Scholarship, Department of Geography, The Ohio State University. (Spring 2022)
• Student Grant for partial dissertation fund, Sustainability Institute, The Ohio State University. (Spring 2021)
• One-year Graduate Fellowship, Graduate School, The Ohio State University. (2019 - 2020)

Awards/ Fellowships

• Best student lightning talk at University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) Symposium. (2022)
• Jeanne X. Kasperson Student Paper Award from Hazards, Risks, and Disasters Specialty Group. (2020)
• Prime Minister Gold Medal from the University Grant Commission of Bangladesh. (2015)
• Best Undergrad Thesis Award. (2015)
• Dean’s List Award for securing 1st position in the class from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). (2012 - 2015)