Summary
Pinki Mondal is an environmental geographer and Associate Professor at the University of Delaware with nine years of professional experience focused on spatial and temporal environmental change and its implications for landscape-scale management. She combines expertise in remote sensing and GIS with applied research on agricultural sensitivity to climate variability, leading the EASEL lab to translate Earth observation into actionable insights for sustainable ecosystems and livelihoods. Her work bridges academia and practice—she has held research roles at Columbia and postdoctoral positions studying forest and coastal vulnerability, and serves on editorial boards for Environmental Research: Food Systems and Earth Interactions. An educator of both undergraduate and graduate GIS and remote sensing courses, she also contributes to data science training as Associate Director of the MS in Data Science, reflecting a rare blend of disciplinary depth and data-driven pedagogy.
9 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Applied Geology, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Applied Geology at Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Geology/Earth Science (Honors), Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Geology/Earth Science (Honors) at University of Calcutta
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Environmental Geography, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Environmental Geography at University of Florida
English, Hindi, Bengali