CSDILA researchers are at the forefront of innovation in spatial data science, digital twins, and land information systems—driving impactful research to support smarter, more sustainable cities and informed decision-making.
Prof Saeid Nahavandi
Professor and Collaborator, Inaugural Associate, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research, Chief of Defence Innovation, Swinburn University
A/Prof Milad Haghani
Geospatial Transport Planning Co-lead, Resilience & Mobility Infrastructure Engineering
A/Prof Jagannath Aryal
Remote Sensing and Positioning Co-lead, Electrical, Mechanical and Infrastructure Engineering
Prof Alex Felson
Ecology and Landscapes Lead, Chair, Elisabeth Murdoch Landscape Architecture Architecture, Building and Planning
Yuke Xie
System Developer
Dr Amir Khodabandeh
Remote Sensing and Positioning Co-lead, Senior Lecturer Infrastructure Engineering
Mark Briffa
Surveying Industry Advisor
Brian Marwick
Senior Advisor, Geoscape
A/Prof Behzad Rismanchi
Senior Lecturer, Building Energy Efficiency Lead, Building Energy Electrical, Mechanical and Infrastructure Engineering
Thomas Weichert
Technical & IT Support
Michael (Tong Long) Song
System Developer
Dr Amin Talei
Senior Research Advisor Flood & Environmental Modeling
Dr Maryam Nasim
Research Fellow, Structural Health Monitoring
Kavana Ramachandra
Urban Analytics
Dr Iman Taheri Sarteshnizi
Research Fellow in Transport Planning
Dr Sean (Hossein) Parineh
Research Fellow in Transport Planning
Shadan Boroumand
Research Assistant
Dr Muyiwa Agunbiade
Research Associate, Urban and Land Development
Mazdak Ghasemi Tootkaboni
Data Engineer, Infrastructure Engineering
Dr Ryan Keenan
Honorary Research Associate, Geodesy and Positioning, FIG Commission 5 Chair
Collaborators
Afshin Mesbahmarjani
Honorary Research Associate, Land Administration
Dr Fahimeh Abedi
Honorary Research Fellow, Law and AI in Land Administration
Dr Hamed Olfat
Honorary Research Associate, Land Administration
Dr Erika Parn
Senior Research Associate, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, UK
Dr Daniel Steudler
FIG Vice President, Switzerland
A/Prof Mojgan Jadidi
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, York University, Canada
Prof Joep Crompvoets
Professor Information Management in the Public Sector, KU Leuven, Belgium
Prof Francois Peres
Head of Scientific Department, University of Toulouse, France
A/Prof Carmen Martin
Associate Professor, University of Toulouse, France
A/Prof Kirsikka Riekkinen
Assistant Professor of Real Estate Economics, School of Engineering Aalto University, Finland
Prof Christhina Candido
Director, SHE (Sustainable and Healthy Environments) Lab, The University of Melbourne
A/Prof Zhixuan (Jenny) Yang
Director of CIM Lab, School of Investment and Construction Management Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, China
Dr Ali Aien
Business and Solution Architect Manager, HERE Technologies
Dr Mahsa Salehi
Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director of Engagement in the Department of Data Science and AI at Monash University, Australia
A/Prof Nausheen Mazhar
Chairperson, Associate Professor, Geography Department Head, International Resource Center (IRC) Directorate of faculty Development and Internationalization (DFDI), Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan
A/Prof Maria Rashidi
Team Leader/Infrastructure Engineering and Digital Twins Deputy Director/Urban Transformation Research Centre (UTRC)
Dr Armin Agha Karimi
Lecturer in Surveying and Spatial Sciences at the University of Southern Queensland
Eunwoo Kim
Guest Researcher, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, South Korea