Md Mamunur Rashid | Earth | Best Researcher Award

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Dr. Md Mamunur Rashid | Earth| Best Researcher Award

University of Southern Mississippi | United States

Dr. Md Mamunur Rashid is an accomplished researcher and Assistant Professor of Coastal Risk and Engineering at the University of Southern Mississippi, USA. He earned his Ph.D. in Water Engineering (Hydro-climatology) from the University of South Australia. His research contributions span hydro-climatology, compound flooding, climate change impacts, and environmental data analysis. With a strong academic publication record, he has authored 33 peer-reviewed journal articles, 33 conference papers, and one book chapter, demonstrating sustained productivity and international collaboration. According to Google Scholar metrics, Dr. Rashid’s work has accumulated 1,419 citations, reflecting significant scholarly influence, with an h-index of 20 and an i10-index of 30, indicating both productivity and impact across his career. His research outputs appear in high-impact journals such as Nature Communications Earth & Environment, Scientific Reports, and Journal of Hydrology. He has secured multiple research grants from leading organizations including the U.S. EPA, NSF, and NOAA, contributing to coastal flood resilience and hydrologic risk modeling. Dr. Rashid also serves as a co-guest editor for Weather and Climate Extremes (Elsevier) and as a committee member of the ASCE Task Committee on Compound Flooding, underscoring his growing leadership in coastal and climate risk research.

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Featured Publications

  • Rashid, M. M., Moftakhari, H., & Moradkhani, H. (2024). Stochastic simulation of storm surge extremes along the contiguous United States coastlines using the max-stable process. Communications Earth & Environment, 5, Article 39.

  • Camus, P., Haigh, I. D., Quinn, N., Wahl, T., Benson, T., Gouldby, B., Nasr, A. A., Rashid, M. M., Enríquez, A. R., Darby, S. E., & de Almeida, G. A. M. (2024). Tracking the spatial footprints of extreme storm surges around the coastline of the UK and Ireland. Weather and Climate Extremes, Article 100662.

  • Ali, J., Wahl, T., Enríquez, A. R., Rashid, M. M., Morim, J., Gall, M., & Emrich, C. T. (2023). The role of compound climate and weather extreme events in creating socio-economic impacts in South Florida. Weather and Climate Extremes, Article 100625.