Sagar Wankhede

Environmental geospatial scientist specializing in Earth Observation-driven analysis of land systems and environmental change. My work integrates remote sensing, machine learning, and spatial modelling to understand spatiotemporal dynamics across cryosphere, agricultural, and urban landscapes.

Particularly interested in: Land-use and land-cover change under climate variability; Spatial modelling of human–environment systems; Integration of high-resolution satellite data into sustainability science; Bridging Earth Observation with decision-making and policy-relevant insights.

Assistant Professor in Geoinformatics (CB) at Government of Goa's ACMSR (2025-06 – Present)

• Teaching postgraduate courses in GIS, remote sensing, and spatial analysis
• Supervising MSc dissertations in environmental and applied geospatial domains
• Leading research on climate–land interactions and spatial modelling

Principal Investigator at SIOS-Planet collaboration (Present)

Comprehensive Inventory of Glacier Facies in Svalbard using Planet Satellite Constellations (COPIOUS)

• Funded by SIOS–Planet (SIOS-Planet collaboration)
• Coordinated international collaboration across Europe and India
• Developing spatiotemporal products of glacier surface facies using ML and EO data

Doctoral Research at Manipal Institute of Technology, MAHE (2019 – 2020)

• Developed frameworks for mapping glacier surface facies using high-resolution satellite imagery
• Investigated variability in classification across spatial and temporal scales
• Applied machine learning techniques for feature extraction and spatial analysis

Science Communicator at Cactus Communications (2024 – Present)

• Translated complex research into policy-relevant summaries and Press Releases
• Translated complex research into Visual scientific content

PhD – Manipal Institute of Technology, MAHE (2026)

M.Sc. in Geoinformatics – Mangalore University (2017)

B.Sc. in Geography – Goa University (2015)