Dr. Bahram Salehi
Associate Professor of Remote Sensing Engineering and Graduate Students Coordinator at State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
- Group:and UAV) to Address Environmental and Ecosystem Challenges
Dr. Bahram Salehi
Associate Professor of Remote Sensing Engineering and Graduate Students Coordinator at State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Dr. Bahram Salehi is Associate Professor of Remote Sensing Engineering and graduate student’s coordinator at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF). He holds a PhD in Geomatics Engineering – Remote Sensing from the University of New Brunswick, Canada (2012). With over 20 years of academic and industrial experience, Dr. Salehi is a globally recognized expert in remote sensing, specializing in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning for processing multispectral, radar, lidar, and UAV data to monitor environmental changes at regional and national levels. He is internationally recognized for his pioneering work in remote sensing of wetlands, including the development of high-resolution nationwide wetland inventory of Canada (2022). His current research focuses on ecosystem and environmental changes, particularly in forests biomass, urban trees, and water quality, leveraging AI and multisensor remote sensing technologies.
Dr. Salehi has co-authored more than 70 peer-reviewed journal publications, with over 6,400 citations and an h-index of 37 as of March 2025. He has mentored, as the principal advisor, 15 graduate students, including 10 PhD and 4 MS students and a postdoctoral fellow, and has extensive teaching experience in Geomatics Engineering and Remote Sensing across universities in Canada and the U.S.