Remote sensing and GIS (applications in land dynamics, glacio-hydrology and cryosphere, coastal processes, fluvial processes, vegetation mapping, urban studies, and health geographics)
Landforms and surface processes on Mars
Glacial and periglacial geomorphology
Glacial hazards
Glacier-climate interactions
Mars analogue research
High-resolution terrain modelling and interpretation
Drones for environmental remote sensing
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Geography and Environment, Geology and Geophysics.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Understanding the point mass balance and surface ice velocity for the debris-covered glacier, Panchi II, western Himalaya (India)
Vatsal, S., Azam, M. F., Bhardwaj, A., Mandal, A., Ramsankaran, R., Soheb, M., Kutty, S. G., Singh, C., Mishra, S., Ramanathan, A., Bahuguna, I., Joshi, P., Raju, N. J.
From roofs to renewables: Deep learning and geographic information systems insights into a comprehensive urban solar photovoltaic assessment for Stonehaven
Glacier area change (1993–2019) and its relationship to debris cover, proglacial lakes, and morphological parameters in the Chandra-Bhaga Basin, Western Himalaya, India
Vatsal, S., Azam, M. F., Bhardwaj, A., Mandal, A., Bahuguna, I., Ramanathan, A., Raju, N. J., Tomar, S. S.
Journal of Mountain Science, vol. 21, pp. 1287-1306
Evaluating the Efficacy of Segment Anything Model for Delineating Agriculture and Urban Green Spaces in Multiresolution Aerial and Spaceborne Remote Sensing Images
The high-resolution map of Oxia Planum, Mars; the landing site of the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission
Fawdon, P., Orgel, C., Adeli, S., Balme, M., Calef, F. J., Davis, J. M., Frigeri, A., Grindrod, P., Hauber, E., Le Deit, L., Loizeau, D., Nass, A., Quantin-Nataf, C., Sefton-Nash, E., Thomas, N., Torres, I., Vago, J. L., Volat, M., De Witte, S., Altieri, F., Apuzzo, A., Aramendia, J., Arana, G., Bahia, R. S., Banham, S. G., Barnes, R., Barrett, A. M., Benedix, W., Bhardwaj, A., Boazman, S. J., Bontognali, T. R. R., Bridges, J., Bultel, B., Ciarletti, V., De Sanctis, M. C., Dickeson, Z., Favaro, E. A., Ferrari, M., Foucher, F., Goetz, W., Haldemann, A. F. C., Harrington, E., Kapatza, A., Koschny, D., Krzesinska, A. M., Le Gall, A., Lewis, S. R., Lim, T., Madariaga, J. M., Man, B. J., Mandon, L., Mangold, N., Martin-Torres, J., McNeil, J. D., Molina, A., Moral, A. G., Motaghian, S., Nikiforov, S., Oudart, N., Pacifici, A., Parkes Bowen, A., Plettemeier, D., Poulakis, P., Putri, A. R. D., Ruesch, O., Sam, L., Schröder, C., Statz, C., Thomas, R., Tirsch, D., Toth, Z., Turner, S., Voelker, M., Werner, S. C., Westall, F., Whiteside, B. J., Williams, A., Williams, R. M. E., Wright, J., Zorzano, M.