Somnath is a Research Fellow specializing in spatial statistics who joined us in 2024. His research interests include Bayesian models and spatiotemporal modelling across various domains such as socio-demographics, health, urban, and environmental areas. He earned his Ph.D. in Spatial Statistics from the University of Girona, Spain.

He has a Master’s in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Calcutta, India. His second Masters in Geospatial Technology is under the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship Program jointly from three Universities of Germany, Spain and Portugal funded by the European Commission.

Somnath has several years of experience in academic and research roles at universities in different countries, including India, Bhutan, Maldives, Saudi Arabia, Germany, and Spain.