Assistant Professor
Hoehn
(205) 934-8460
Education:
- Ph.D., Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida
- M. Tech., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
- B. Tech, Uttar Pradesh Technical University
Dr. Moiz Usmani joined the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering in Fall 2024, specializing in environmental health, epidemiology, and the impacts of climate change on public health. His research focuses on the intersections of environmental science and public health, particularly in understanding how environmental factors influence the spread of infectious diseases. Dr. Usmani has published several peer-reviewed articles and contributed to interdisciplinary projects aimed at improving predictive models for public health risks. He holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering Science and is actively engaged in collaborative research efforts to address global health challenges.
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Research Interests
- Water resources, hydro-climatology and predictive assessment of human health functions
- Large data assimilation, remote sensing-based knowledge
- Next generation of mathematical algorithms for understanding scale issues at the interface of human well-being, hydro-climatology, and environmental ecology
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Teaching Interests
- Water Resources, Hydrology, Environmental Engineering, Hydraulics
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Professional Service
- Co-Chair of AGU GeoHealth Meeting Committee
- Member of AGU GeoHealth Early Career Committee Guest
- Guest Editor, GeoHealth Journal, AGU
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Professional Affiliations
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- American Meteorological Society (AMS)
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- European Geosciences Union (EGU)
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Select Publications
- #Gangwar, M., Jamal, Y., *Usmani, M., Wu, C., and Jutla, A.: Carbon dioxide as an indicator of bioaerosol activity and human health in K-12 school systems: A scoping review of current knowledge. Environmental Research-Health DOI: 10.1088/2752-5309/ad1c41.
- Usmani, M., Brumfield, K., Magers, B., Zhou, A., Oh, C., Mao, Y., Bill, B., Schmidt, A., Wu, C.Y., Shisler, J., Nguyen, T.H., Colwell, R., and Jutla, A.: Building environmental and sociological predictive intelligence to understand the seasonal threat of SARS-CoV-2 in human populations. AJTMH DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0077
- Mao, Y., Zeineldin, M., Usmani, M., Jutla, A., Shisler, J., Whitaker, R., and Nguyen, H.: Local and environmental reservoirs of Salmonella enterica after Hurricane Florence Flooding. GeoHealth DOI: 10.1029/2023GH000877
- Jutla, J., Usmani, M., Brumfield, K., Singh, K., McBean, F., Potter, A., Gutierrez, A., Gama, S., Huq, A., and Colwell, R. Anticipatory Decision Making for Cholera in Malawi: mBio DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00529-23
- #Magers, B., *Usmani, M., and Jutla, A.: Geographical quantification of transmission seasonality of COVID-19 in human population as a function of variability of temperatures. Environmental Research: Health DOI: 10.1088/2752-5309/ad0320
- Brumfield, K., Usmani, M., Santiago, S., Singh, K., Gangwar, M., Hasan, N., Netherland, M., Deliz, D., Angelini, C., Beatty, N., Huq, A., Jutla, A., and Colwell, R.: Genomic Diversity of Vibrio spp. and Metagenomic Analysis of Pathogens in Florida Gulf Coastal Waters Following Hurricane Ian. mBio DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01476-23
- Usmani, M., Uprety, S., Bonham, N., Jamal, Y., Yuqing, M., Sano, D., Shisler, J., Unnikrishnan, A., Nguyen, H., and Jutla, A. (2023): Assessment of pathogens in flood waters in coastal rural regions: Case study after Hurricane Michael and Florence. PLOS ONE. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273757
- Brumfield, K., Chen, A., Gangwar, M., Usmani, M., Hasan, N., Jutla, A., Huq, A., Colwell, R. (2023): Environmental Factors Influencing Occurrence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. DOI: 10.1128/aem.00307-23
- Usmani, M., Brumfield, K., Magers, B., Chaves-Gonzalez, J., Ticehurst. H., Sumner, T., Barciela, R., McBean, F., Colwell, R., and Jutla, A. (2023): Combating cholera by building predictive capabilities for pathogenic Vibrio cholerae in Yemen. Scientific Reports. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-22946-y
- Usmani, M., Magers, B., Brumfield, K., Nguyen, T., Huq, A., Barciela, R., Colwell, R., and Jutla, A. (2022): Predictive Intelligence for Cholera in Ukraine? AGU: GeoHealth. DOI: 10.1029/2022GH000681
- Brumfield, K., Leddy, M., Usmani, M., et al (2022): Microbiome Analysis for Wastewater Surveillance during COVID-19. mBio. DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00591-22
- Jamal, Y., Gangwar, M., Usmani, M., Adams, A., W.U., C.Y., Nguyen, T., Colwell, R., and Jutla, A. (2022): Identification of thresholds on population density for understanding transmission of COVID‐19. AGU: GeoHealth. DOI: 10.1029/2021GH000449
- Usmani, M., Jamal, Y., Gangwar, M., Magers, B., Chaves-Gonzalez, J., W.U., C. Y., Colwell, R., and Jutla, A. (2022): Asymmetric relationship between ambient air temperature and incidence of COVID-19 in the human population. AJTMH. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0328
- Usmani, M., Brumfield, K., Jamal, Y., Huq, A., Colwell, R., and Jutla, A. (2021): R review of the Environmental Trigger and Transmission Components for prediction of cholera. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 6(3). DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed6030147
- Brumfield, K., Usmani, M., Chen, K., Gangwar, M., Jutla, A., Colwell, R., and Huq, A. (2021): Environmental parameters associated with incidence and transmission of pathogenic Vibrio spp. Environmental Microbiology. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15716.
- Mao, Y., Zeineldin, M., Usmani, M., et al. (2021): Distribution and antibiotic resistance profiles of Salmonella enterica in a rural area in North Carolina after Hurricane Florence in 2018. AGU: GeoHealth. DOI: 10.1029/2020GH000294.
- Usmani M., Kondal, A., Wang, J. and Jutla A (2020): Environmental association of burning agricultural biomass in the Indus River basin. AGU: GeoHealth. DOI: 10.1029/2020GH000281.
- John A. Lednicky, (...) Usmani M., et al. (2020): Viable SARS-CoV-2 in the air of a hospital room with two COVID-19 patients. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.025.
- Khan R., Usmani M., Akanda A., Palash W., Huq A., Colwell R., Jutla A (2019): Long range river discharge forecasting using the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE); ASCE: Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. 145 (7), 06019005. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0001072.