NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (June 2015 - Present) - Researcher, Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division

World Wildlife Fund (October 2014 - June 2015) - Research and GIS analyst, Sustainability R&D Team, Private Sector Engagement Department

Franklin & Marshall College (September 2008 - June 2012) - Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant, Earth and Environmental Sciences Department

Boston College (2012 - 2014) - M.Sc. Earth and Environmental Sciences (full scholarship)

Franklin & Marshall College (2008 - 2012) - B.S. Earth Science (with honors), B.A. Political Science

Software Development: Python, Linux, UNIX, Bash, Google SDK, Git, Cloud
Data Analysis and Statistics: R, Matlab, NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Scikit Learn/Image, GDAL, ArcGIS, QGIS, Google Earth Engine
Web: Javascript, JQuery, Flask, Bootstrap, Google SDK, Google Maps Javascript API, Google App Engine, Geoserver, HTML, CSS
Databases: MySQL, Postgis, Drupal
Graphics and Audio: Adobe Suite, Ableton, Audacity

Publications

1. Ahamed, A., Roberts-Pierel, J.D., Fayne, J., Rumsey, A.R., (In Preparation). Automated Landslide Detection and Precipitation Monitoring Systems for Nepal using Open Source Landsat 8 Optical Imagery.
2. Ahamed, A., Bolten, J.D., Doyle, C.S., (In Review). Near Real-Time Flood Impact Assessment Systems for Southeast Asia. Submitted to International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation.
3. Ahamed, A., Bolten, J.D., Doyle, C.S., Fayne, J.V., (2017). Near Real Time Flood Monitoring and Impact Assessment Systems. In Remote Sensing of Hydrological Extremes.
4. Fayne, J. V., Bolten, J.D., Lakshmi, V., Ahamed, A., (2017). Optical and Physical methods for Mapping Flooding with Satellite imagery. In Remote Sensing of Hydrological Extremes.
5. Merritts, D., Walter, R., et al., (2011). Anthropocene streams and base-level controls from historic dams in the unglaciated mid-Atlantic region, USA . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, v. 369, no. 1938, p. 976-1009.

Conference Presentations

1. Ahamed, A., Bolten, J.D., Doyle, C.S., 2016, Assessment of Monsoon Flood Disaster Impacts in Southeast Asia: Implications for Rapid Disaster Response. EGU General Assembly, 2016, Vienna, Austria, April 17-22, 2016, abstract #EGU2016-ASC-2016-17958.
2. Roberts-Pierel, J., Ahamed, A., Fayne, J., and Rumsey, A., 2015, New Products for Near Real-Time Enhanced Landslide Identification and Precipitation Monitoring, Eos, Transactions, AGU, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 14-18, 2015, abstract #NH44B-03.
3. Ahamed, A., Snyder, N.P., and David, G.L.C., 2014, Factors influencing watershed average erosion rates calculated from reservoir sedimentation in eastern USA, Eos, Transactions, AGU, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 15-19, 2014, abstract #EP33A-3611.
4. Ahamed, A., Snyder., N.P., and David., G., 2014, Geomorphic and land use controls on erosion rates in eastern USA. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Lancaster, PA, March 23-25, 2014, v. 46, no. 2, p. 1.
5. Ahamed, A., Napoli, V., Cox, T., Hilfiker, S., Blohm, F. A., Ebel, J.E.E., 2014. Hydrocarbon recovery potential of Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. Annual Imperial Barrel Award Competition, American Association of Petroleum Geophysicists, Pittsburgh, PA, March 21-22, 2014, Fourth Place.
6. Ahamed, A., Merritts, D.J., and Grand Pre, C.A., 2011, Bedload entrainment in a long-term floodplain wetland restoration experiment, Big Spring Run, PA. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual National Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 11-14, 2011, v. 43, no. 5, p. 472.
7. Ahamed, A., Merritts, D.J., and Grand Pre, C.A., 2011, Bedload entrainment in a long-term floodplain wetland restoration experiment, Big Spring Run, PA. Susquehannah Watershed Symposium, Bucknell University.

Field Research Expeditions

1. NASA Snow Expedition (SnowEx) 2016. NASA / US Forest Service. Grand Mesa, Colorado. September 26 - October 1, 2016.
2. SMAP Satellite Validation Experiment (SmapVex). NASA / University of Manitoba. Winnipeg, Manitoba. July 9 - 18, 2016.
3. Connecticut River and Cape Code Estuarine Dynamics. Woods Hold Oceanographic Institute / Boston College. Connecticut River / Cape Cod. May, 2014.
4. Dam sedimentation and River Morphology. Boston College / University of Maine. Penobscot River, Maine. August, 2013.
5. Wetland Restoration Experiment and Legacy Sediment Removal. Franklin & Marshall College / Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Big Spring Run, Pennyslvania. 2010 - 2012.
6. North Anatolian Fault Mapping and Analysis. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Taskesti, Turkey. July - August, 2011.

James P. Skehan Research Fellow (2014)
1st place, Boston College GIS Contest (2014)
Head Teaching Assistant, Boston College Earth and Environmental Sciences Dept (2013)
Research Fellow, Boston College Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (2013)
Department Honors, Franklin & Marshall College (2012)
Geomorphology Award, Franklin & Marshall top geomorphology student (2012)
John Marshall Pre-Law Honor Society (2011 - 2012)
Hackman Scholar (2010 - 2011)
Satell Scholar (2010 - 2012)
Richard M. Foose Memorial Fellowship (2011)
Honor's List (3.7+ GPA): Spring 2011, Fall 2011
Dean's List (3.3+ GPA): Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Spring 2012

1. Using NASA Data to Automatically Detect Potential Landslides in Nepal
2. NASA Earth Observatory
3. Detecting Landslides in Nepal with Landsat
4. Fast Company: Citizen Air Quality Sensors Cover The Places Governments Can't Reach
5. Science World Report: Research Aims to Utilize Technology and Citizen Science to Record and Broadcast Environment Data
6. Boston College GIS Contest

Terrestrial LIDAR
Weather Station Instrumentation Configuration
Ground Penetrating Radar
X-Ray Fluorescence
Loss on Ignitionn Minearal Analysis
Laser Diffraction
Elemental Combustion
Inductively Coupled Plasma
Leaf Area Index
Magnetic Susceptibility
Oxidation Reduction Potential
Sediment Cores and Grain Size Analysis