Dr.-Ing. Sujit Kumar Sikder

Exploring actionable insights to advance pathways toward a net-zero future through an integrated perspective on land use, energy, and mobility systems. #Urban Science, #Spatial transformation #Spatial Analysis, #Hybrid modelling, #Geocomputation #Open Data #Data management

Since 08/2017

Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Dresden, Germany
Senior Scientist, Research Area - Spatial Information and Modeling (FBM) and Research Data Centre (IOER-RDC)
Research Associate, SoRa (DFG-funded) and OpenGeoEdu (BMVI funded) project, Research Area - Monitoring of Settlement and Open Space Development (FBM)

04/2012-07/2017

University of Bonn, Germany
Research Associate and PhD Fellow, Department of Urban Planning and Land Management, Institute of Geodesy and Geoformation (IGG)

01/2012-03/2012

United Nations University, Bonn, Germany
Research Intern and Data Analyst for Agent based Modeling, at the Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)

03/2006-07/2009

Urban Planner and Technical Consultant (Geoinformation) in Bangladesh

 

2012-2017

PhD in Engineering, University of Bonn, Germany
Thesis: "Exploring Urban Structure to Approach Energy Optimization", supervised by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Theo Kötter, Department of Urban Planning and Land Management, Institute of Geodesy and Geoformation (IGG).

2009-2011

Master of Science, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany
International Master on Land Management and Land Tenure (since 2019 Master of Science in Land Management and Geospatial Science, Major in Geodetic Engineering, Geo-information, Environmental Risk management, Faculty of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering.

2001-2005

Bachelor of Urban and Rural Planning (BURP), Khulna University, Bangladesh
School of Science, Engineering and Technology (SET)

 

• Area Co-Editor, Journal of Data & Policy - Area 1: Data-driven Transformations in Policy and Governance
• Associate Editor (Guest), Frontiers in Sustainable cities, section: Smart Technologies and Cities, Special Topic - Data driven approaches in enabling urban transformation
• Reviewer for International Journals:  Nature, PLOS – ONE, Frontiers Sustainable cities, Journal of Urban Planning and Development, Sustainable cities and Society, Urban management,  Habitat International,  Environmental management, GIS Science & Remote sensing, Tropical conservation science, Transactions in GIS, ISPRS Journal of Geo-Information, Urban Science
• Reviewer for Research grant proposal, Economic and Social Research Council, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
• Member, German Association for Geodesy, Geoinformation and Land Management (DVW), Germany  
• Member, German Research Data Alliance (RDA), Germany
• Life-member, Bangladesh Association of planners (BIP), Bangladesh  

• Doctoral Fellowship for 36 months - Catholic Academic Exchange Services (KAAD), Bonn, Germany
• Post-graduate Fellowship for 20 months - German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD), Bonn, Germany
• Jury Award for Innovative Idea on “Retrofit privately owned buildings in Frankfurt am Main”, Climate KIC-Hessen, Germany
• International Conference Travel Grant, BMBF, BIGS-IPID4all–through University of Bonn, Germany

List of publications before IOER