Said A. Mejia-Manrique Publishes Research on Dynamic Landslide Mapping

Said A. Mejia-Manrique, CREST & R-SIRUS Post-Doctoral Fellow, published a research paper in Natural Hazards titled Dynamic landslide susceptibility for extreme rainfall events using an optimized convolutional neural network approach on June 7, 2025. 

The project was a collaborative effort that brought together leading experts across institutions including Dr. Reza M. Khanbilvardi (Department of Civil Engineering, CUNY-CREST Institute, UNU Hub at CCNY-R-SIRUS), Dr. Carlos E. Ramos-Scharrón (Department of Geography & the Environment and Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin ), Dr. K. Stephen Hughes (Department of Geology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico), and Dr. Jorge E. Gonzalez-Cruz (Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany). The impact of this work extends beyond academic innovation. 

CUNY-CREST played a pivotal role in the research. Said Mejia-Manrique said, “The institute provided intellectual leadership, a supportive research environment, and the cross-disciplinary collaboration needed to integrate hydrology, remote sensing, AI, weather modeling, soils, and geospatial analytics.”

Read the paper here.