Water Resources Monitoring, Management, and Sustainability: Application of Geostatistics and Geospatial Modeling

Subodh Chandra Pal is an Assistant Professor in Department of Geography at The University of Burdwan, India. He received his Ph.D. in Geography from Visva-Bharati (Central University in India) in 2015. His main fields of expertise are fluvial geomorphology, pedo-geomorphology, land degradation, soil erosion, gully erosion, landslide vulnerability, climate change, water resources monitoring and management and published nearly two hundred international and national research articles in various renowned journals. He has authored a book on Climate Change Impact on Soil Erosion in Sub-tropical Environment: Application of Empirical and Semi-empirical Models. He is the Editor of four running Edited books and is also an Editorial board member of MDPI Water and Frontiers of Earth Science journals. His research work has been funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India. Dr. Pal has served as a reviewer for many International reputed journals. Since 2022, Stanford University has recognized Dr. Pal as one of the world's top 2% scientists

Shouraseni Sen Roy is a Professor in the Department of Geography and Sustainable Development at the University of Miami, USA. Her core area of research over the last two decades has concentrated on expanding our understanding of long-term trends in climatic processes, in view of impending climate change. Her research methodology incorporates extensive spatial analysis using advanced geo-statistical techniques to analyze trends in climatic variables. In addition to researching climate processes over the Indian subcontinent, she has addressed targeted climate-related research questions in other regions of the world, including the United States, Myanmar, Burundi, China, and South Africa. Furthermore, she has recently started working on crime patterns in south Florida.

Asish Saha is a Ph.D. Research Scholar (UGC-SRF) in the Department of Geography, The University of Burdwan, India. He received his Master’s degree in Geography from The University of Burdwan and Post Graduate diploma in Geoinformatics from Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of West Bengal, in collaboration with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, Kolkata. His fields of expertise are Climate Variability, Climate Change, Regional Climate Modeling, Hydro-climatic extremes, Water Resources Management, Water Quality, Hazard and Risk Assessment, Statistical Modeling, and Machine Learning applications. He has published more than ninety international research articles along with five book chapters in various renowned journals. His research work has been funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC), India. Alongside, he has served as a reviewer for many well-regarded international journals.

Mohamed Abioui is an Assistant Professor (Habilitation) of Sedimentology-Stratigraphy and Petroleum Geology in the Department of Earth Sciences at Ibnou Zohr University, Morocco; and a Collaborator Member with MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre - Sedimentary Geology Group, Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Portugal. In 2024, M. Abioui became an Adjunct Professor at Universiapolis—International University of Agadir, Morocco. His research interests are related to the study of Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Petroleum Geology (Geomechanics and Pore Pressure), Geoheritage, Geoeducation, Rock Art, flood forecasting, uncertainty analysis, water resources monitoring, management, and sustainability, and flood risk management. Currently, he collaborates with international leading academics to develop novel approaches for tackling water management challenges that our human society is facing. He has contributed to many research papers published in various reputed national and international journals.