Principal Investigator

Auroop R. Ganguly, PhD

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering.
email: a.ganguly@northeastern.edu

Management & Co-ordination

Robyn Anderson

Technical Program Development and Operations Manager
email: ro.anderson@northeastern.edu

  • Research Program Manager,Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security (KRI).

Santiago Arrieta

Executive Assistant, started from Fall 2023.
email: s.arrieta@northeastern.edu

  • MBA, Northeastern University.

Postdoctoral Associates

Felipe Ivan

Postdoc, started from Spring 2024.
email: i.benavides@northeastern.edu

  • PhD in Ecology, Austral University.
  • Profesor and Researcher, National University of Colombia.
  • BSc in Biology, University of Narino.

Dongqin Zhou

Postdoc, starting from Fall 2024.
email: d.zhou@northeastern.edu

  • Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University.
  • B.Eng. in Traffic Engineering from Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.

Arnob Roy

Postdoc, started from April 18, 2023.
email: ar.ray@northeastern.edu

  • PhD in Applied Mathematics, Indian Statistical Institute, and University of Calcutta, India.
  • B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Mathematics, West Bengal State University, India

Rachindra Mawalagedara

Postdoc, started from April 2023.
email: s.mawalagedara@northeastern.edu

  • Ph.D. in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
  • B.Sc. (Hons) in Physics, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Doctoral Students

Puja Das

PhD Candidate (Interdisciplinary Engineering), started Fall 2020.
email: das.puj@northeastern.edu

  • BSc. in Water Resources Engineering from BUET.
  • MSc. in Civil and Environmental Engineering(Data and Systems) from Northeastern University.

Jack Watson

Interdisciplinary PhD Student, started Fall 2020.
email: watson.jac@northeastern.edu

Aayushi Mishra

PhD Student, started Fall 2023.
email: mishra.aay@northeastern.edu

  • BA in Biology and Environmental Studies from Mount Holyoke College
  • MPA in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University

Archita Ghosh

PhD student, starting Fall 2023
email: ghosh.arc@northeastern.edu

  • Btech in Electrical Engineering from Future Institute of Engg. and Management.
  • MS by Research from School of Medical Science and Technology, IIT Kharagpur.

Dian Indrawati

Interdisciplinary PhD Student, started Fall 2021.
email: indrawati.d@northeastern.edu

  • BA in Civil Engineering from Bandung Institute of Technology.

Danish Mansoor

Ph.D. student starting Fall 2023.
email: mansoor.d@northeastern.edu

  • B.Tech. in Civil Engineering from IIT, Gandhinagar.
  • M.Tech. in Civil Engineering from IIT, Gandhinagar.

Shuochen Wang

PhD Student, started Fall 2023.
email: wang.shuoc@northeastern.edu

  • BS in Atmospheric Sciences from Lanzhou University
  • MS in Environmental Management and Science from Carnegie Mellon University

Postgrad Data Scientist

August Posch

email: au.posch@northeastern.edu
Current Position: Data Scientist.

  • MS, Data Science, Northeastern University.
  • BS, Mathematics, Bowdoin College.

Kartik Aggarwal

email: k.aggarwal@northeastern.edu
Current Position: Geospatial-Temporal Data Scientist, Roux Institute.

  • MS, Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration, Northeastern University.
  • Bachelor in Technology, Maharaja Surajmal Institute Of Technology, India.

Soumyo Dey

email: s.dey@northeastern.edu
Current Position: Geospatial-Temporal Data Scientist, Roux Institute.

  • Masters in Data Science, Northeastern University.
  • Bachelor in Technology, Maharaja Surajmal Institute Of Technology, India.

Undergraduate Students

Alan Zhang


Current : Computer Science.

Diane Grant


Current : Computer Science and Political Science.

Deepchand Maddipati


Current : Energy systems.

Autumn Rayne Skillin


Current : Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Ruth Linnaea Cahill


Current : Civil and Environmental Engineering (Starting graduate studies from Fall 2021 at TU Delft, Netherlands).

Sophia Bailey


Current : Chemical Engineering.

Tejas Satyamurthi


Current : Computer Science.

Violet Lingenfelter


Current : Environmental Science (Starting graduate studies from Fall 2021 at UC Berkeley, California).

Jessica Carr


Current : Environmental Science.

Alumni (Northeastern)

Ashis Kumar Pal

PhD Student (2020 - 2024).
Current : Data Science || Asset Management Consultant at Arcadis. (Linkedin)

Rishi Dipak Sahastrabuddhe

Postdoc (2022 - 2024).
Current : Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Exeter. (Linkedin)

Nishant Yadav

PhD Student (2019-2023).
Current : Applied Scientist II - Microsoft. (Linkedin)

Kate Duffy

PhD Student (2017-2021).
Current : Co-Founder, Zeus AI. (Linkedin)

Bharat Sharma

PhD Student (2016-2022).
Current : Postdoc, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Linkedin)

Udit Bhatia

PhD Student (2014-2018).
Current : Assistant Professor at IIT Gandhinagar, India. (Linkedin)

Kevin L. Clark

PhD Student (2010-2018).
Current : Chief (Aviation Facilities) at Volpe. (Linkedin)

Debashish Das

Research Associate (2012-2014).
Current : Staff Scientist at Intuit. (Linkedin)

Babak J Fard

PhD Student (2014-2018).
Current : Postdoc at University of Nebraska Medical Center. (Linkedin)

Poulomi Ganguli

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2013-2015).
Current : Assistant Professor at IIT Kharagpur, India. (Linkedin)

Evan Kodra

PhD Student (2011-2014).
Current : CEO, risQ. (Linkedin)

Venkata Shashank Konduri

PhD Student (2015-2021).
Current : Postdoc at NASA Goddard. (Linkedin)

Devashish Kumar

PhD Student (2012-2015).
Current : Catastrophe Risk Analyst at Tokio Marine Technologies. (Linkedin)

Daiwei Wang

Postdoc (2013-2015).
Current : Senior Scientist at AIR Worldwide. (Linkedin)

Thomas Vandal

PhD Student (2015-2018).
Current : Scientist at NASA Ames. (Linkedin)

Hanieh Hassanzadeh

Associate Research Scientist (2016-2017).
Current : AI Product Manager/Senior Data Eng at Fidelity Investments. (Website)

Vimal Mishra

Visiting Professor.
Current : Associate Professor at IIT Gandhinagar . (Website)

Alumni (Postgraduate Students)

Alumni (Undergraduate Students)

Alumni (ORNL and other: prior to Northeastern)

Shiraj Khan


Lab Role : PhD Student.
Current : VP (Research and Analytics) at PIMCO. (Linkedin)

Karsten Steinhaeuser


Lab Role : PhD Student.
Current : Program Manager at AeroVironment. (Linkedin)

Shih-Chieh Kao


Lab Role : Postdoctoral Research Associate.
Current : Group Leader at ORNL. (Website)

Gabriel Kuhn


Lab Role : Postdoctoral Research Associate.
Current : TU Munich

Esther Parish


Lab Role : Postgraduate Research Associate.
Current : Environmental Scientist at ORNL. (Linkedin)

Olufemi Omitaomu


Lab Role : Postdoctoral Research Associate.
Current : Senior R & D Staff at ORNL. (Linkedin)

Yi Fang


Lab Role : Postgraduate Research Associate.
Current : Associate Professor (Dept. of Computer Science) at Santa Clara University. (Linkedin)

Subimal Ghosh


Lab Role : Visiting Professor.
Current : Professor (CEE and Head, Climate IDP) at IIT Bombay. (Website)

Pierre Ngnepieba


Lab Role : Visiting Professor.
Current : Professor & Associate Dean at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. (Website)