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Looking for a doctoral home for GeoAI in sustainable, equitable landscapes.

A decade of operational geospatial work has surfaced the questions I want to answer with deeper science. This page outlines my publications, ongoing collaborations, and the directions I'm seeking to take into a PhD.

Peer-reviewed publication

2026

Hydrological dynamics in a tropical peatland mosaic at Pulau Padang, Indonesia: influence of land-cover changes and rainfall variability

Kurnianto, S., Jabbar, A., … Haldar, A. K., … Deshmukh, C. S. · Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 64, 103185.

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2026.103185 ↗

Manuscript — ready for submission (NUS collaboration)

In review

The necessity of in-situ plot data in producing project-scale aboveground tree-biomass estimates: a case study from a tropical peat swamp forest

Collaborative research with researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and APRIL Group.

What I want to study next.

GeoAI for urban environmental quality

Bringing the machine-learning and remote-sensing toolkit from forestry into city air, heat, vegetation and water — at the granularity where policy decisions actually happen.

Accessibility & neighbourhood equity

Combining TOD-era planning experience with high-resolution spatial data to study who can reach what, and what that costs them in time, exposure and opportunity.

Landscape-scale carbon, biodiversity & hydrology

Continuing applied work on tropical peatlands, biomass estimation and water dynamics — bridging operational monitoring and rigorous science.

References

Dr. Chandra Ghimire

Senior Scientist, New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science Ltd (Scion), NZ

Chandra.Ghimire@scionresearch.com

References

Dr. Chandra Shekhar Deshmukh

Coordinator — Peatland Science & Sustainability, APRIL Group, Indonesia

csd.cae@gmail.com

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