Deepak Kumar

I am honored to be recognized among the World’s Top 2% Scientists for 2025, as listed by Stanford University in collaboration with Elsevier. This distinction reflects my contributions to Artificial Intelligence, Image Processing, Geomatics, and Geological and Engineering Sciences.

As a multidisciplinary researcher, my work spans Geospatial Sciences, Computational Modeling, Climate Change, and Sustainability. My core expertise includes Geospatial AI, Remote Sensing, Geomatics, Image Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Sustainability Research, and Climate Science. My work spans across natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, climate research, and sustainability.

I currently serve as a Research Scientist with the Atmospheric Sciences Group at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA. Prior to this role, I worked with the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center at the State University of New York at Albany, where I advanced analytical frameworks in weather and climate science. My research there focused on the Urban–Climate–Energy nexus, integrating insights from the social sciences, humanities, and emerging technologies to support evidence-based climate policy and resilience planning.

Before moving to the United States, I was a full-time Assistant Professor at Amity University, Delhi-NCR, India. Over the course of my academic career, I have developed end-to-end expertise across the research lifecycle—from conceptualization and experimental design to data acquisition, modeling, and geospatial visualization. My work has centered on remote sensing and geoinformatics, energy–environment interactions, urban climate modeling, and climate-change impacts on complex socio-environmental systems.

I have led two government-funded research projects as Principal Investigator, and my intellectual property portfolio includes seven patents and one registered copyright. I have mentored four Ph.D. scholars and 29 postgraduate students, and I am currently co-supervising two additional doctoral researchers in an external advisory role.
My scholarly contributions include more than 75 peer-reviewed publications in Web of Science and Scopus–indexed journals. I have authored or co-edited six academic books with leading international publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, and Wiley. I have presented my work at numerous international, national, and regional conferences and workshops.

As part of my academic service, I have reviewed over 230 manuscripts, research proposals, and grant applications, serving as an invited reviewer, editorial board member, and associate editor for several high-impact journals. My research strongly aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals—particularly SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities), SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), and SDG 13 (Climate Action).

I remain committed to advancing transdisciplinary research and developing innovative, science-based solutions to address pressing global challenges in climate science, urban systems, energy transitions, and sustainable development.