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Ankit Deshmukh, Ph.D.

💼︎  Computational Hydrology • Geospatial Intelligence • Drought Analytics
♫︎  Earth Observation • Cartography • WoodWorking


"I am a researcher working at the intersection of machine learning, computational hydrology, geospatial analysis, and environmental sustainability. My research develops data-driven methods for drought monitoring, hydrological modeling, and climate-risk assessment using Earth observation and AI. I also explore how community perspectives can inform more resilient responses to flood and drought hazards."

🔬︎ Research Focus

Computational Hydrology

Exploring how data, models, and computation can improve our understanding of streamflow, groundwater contributions, watershed processes, and hydrological responses under changing climates.

Drought Analytics

Advancing drought monitoring and forecasting through the integration of climate data, remote sensing observations, drought indices, and machine learning techniques.

Geospatial Intelligence

Combining remote sensing, GIS, machine learning, and spatial statistics to transform Earth observation data into actionable insights for water resources and environmental systems.

Drone Data Collection & Analysis

Collecting and processing high-resolution UAV imagery using photogrammetry, 3D reconstruction, and spatial analysis to support environmental monitoring and field-scale investigations.

📑︎ Selected Publications

A Whittaker biome‐based framework to account for the impact of climate change on catchment behavior
Deshmukh, et al. 2019 • Water Resources Research
Novel control strategies for electric vehicle charging stations using stochastic modeling and queueing analysis
Varshney et al., 2025 • Scientific Reports
Physio-climatic controls on vulnerability of watersheds to climate and land use change across the US
Deshmukh et al., 2016 • Water Resources Research
The impact of climate change on meteorological drought across the indian sub-continent
Deshmukh and Kumari, 2021 • AOGS 2021

💻︎ Projects

Funded Project on 'Building Resilient Communities Through Integrated Early Warning Systems for Urban Floods and Agricultural Droughts in India'

A five-year longitudinal ICSSR study on community-driven early warning systems, flood and drought risk mapping, risk perception, and disaster preparedness using GIS, remote sensing, sensors, surveys, and machine learning.

📄 Project Details →

Development of an R Package for Comprehensive Hydrological Analysis and Water Resources Assessment

An open-source R package integrating hydrological data processing, quality control, hydrograph analysis, drought indices, baseflow separation, trend detection, hydrological signatures, model evaluation, and geospatial workflows for reproducible water resources research and operational hydrology.

Details coming soon

GeoHydroLab: Geospatial Intelligence for Hydrology, Drought Monitoring, and Climate Resilience

An applied geospatial research initiative integrating satellite observations, GIS, hydroclimatic datasets, spatial modeling, and machine learning to support drought assessment, water availability mapping, watershed management, and climate adaptation planning.

Details coming soon