Urban Climate · Environmental Modeling
Urban Environmental Modeling and Microclimate
Investigating urban heat island (UHI) dynamics, surface warming trajectories, tree canopy distributions, and air quality interactions across urbanizing regions.
Kazi J. Rashid
Ph.D. Student (Geography), Florida State University | Advisor: Dr. Christopher K. Uejio.
I study environmental change through satellite data and spatial intelligence. My research examines urban climate, land-cover change, and environmental processes. I combine Earth observation, goespatial analysis, and explainable machine learning to understand how cities and landscapes change.
News
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10/2026
Poster accepted for presentation at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting 2026 on urban NO₂ and associated variables.
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06/2026
Appointed Graduate Teaching Assistant (Instructor) in the Department of Geography at Florida State University.
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05/2026
Elected Secretary of the Graduate Researchers of Geography (GRG), Florida State University.
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02/2026
Received the Bangladesh Sweden Trust Fund Travel Grant from the Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh.
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02/2026
Presented "Land-Cover Trajectories and Long-Term Surface Warming Patterns in Florida" at the Florida Society of Geographers 62nd Annual Meeting.
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01/2026
Awarded the Geographical Society Travel Award at Florida State University.
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06/2025
Awarded the Geography Department First-Author Publication Award at Florida State University.
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06/2025
Paper published in Remote Sensing: "Quantifying the Drivers of the Spatial Distribution of Urban Surfaces in Bangladesh: A Multi-Method Geospatial Analysis."
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04/2025
Co-authored paper published in Theoretical and Applied Climatology on wavelet and satellite-based UHI analysis in Dhaka.
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01/2025
Paper published in Urban Climate on climatic parameters and spatiotemporal variations of air pollutants in Bangladesh.
Research
My work links geospatial methods with questions about environmental change.
GeoAI · Explainable AI
GeoAI and Spatial Explainability
Using explainable AI and spatial statistics to study complex environmental relationships.
Earth Observation · Land Change
Earth Observation and Land Surface Change
Mapping land-cover patterns and environmental change with satellite imagery.
Selected Publications
Published work and manuscripts. Publication status appears in each entry.
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Awards & Funding
- 2025–26Geography Department First-Author Publication AwardFlorida State University
- 2026Geographical Society Travel AwardFlorida State University
- 2025Bangladesh Sweden Trust Fund Travel GrantMinistry of Finance, Bangladesh
Teaching & Service
Teaching
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Instructor), FSU
Biogeography — Fall 2026 (Current)
Introductory Cartography — Summer 2026
Introduction to GIS — Summer 2025
Graduate Assistant in Teaching, FSU
Human Geography — Spring 2026
Map Analysis — Fall 2025
Sports Geography — Fall 2025
World Geography — Spring 2025
Mentorship
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) Mentor
FSU· 2026–2027
Service & Memberships
Secretary
Graduate Researchers of Geography, Florida State University
May 2026 to Present
Member
American Geophysical Union
American Association of Geographers
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Florida Society of Geographers