Dr Vivek Agarwal

Assistant Professor

School: Engineering, Physics and Mathematics

Dr. Vivek Agarwal is a Civil Engineer, with a specialisation in Geospatial Environmental Engineering. He is a result-oriented academic, with a proven ability to conduct research in Environment Engineering, Earth Sciences, InSAR, GIS, Groundwater, and Land subsidence. His expertise is in conducting and designing experiments, analysing and interpreting data, optimising experiments and developing industry application-specified products. He gained expertise in Civil Engineering through research, teaching and learning activities. He has the ability to deliver high-quality research-led teaching in Civil Engineering and has a strong publication profile, and can supervise individuals to plan, execute and deliver project goals.

He has coherent experience working with complex data, and he can handle large datasets, to deliver multiple objectives within the set deadline. So far, he has presented his work at various international conferences based on his broad range of technical and software skills in civil engineering, remote sensing, earth observation, data analysis, data visualisation, programming, and research. He has several funding, scholarships and awards under his name, such as Harris Spotlight 2022, Young Researcher Award 2022, Best PhD 2022 - UoN, Engineering Excellence Award, DAAD-IIT Sandwich Award, ESA-Eohops project, Graduate school research prize, and others.

Campus Address

507
Wynne Jones Building, Northumbria University
New Castle
NE1 8ST

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Key Publications

Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
Decoding PFAS-pesticide co-occurrences: Spatial hotspots, mixture patterns and multivariate drivers in Yorkshire Waters, United Kingdom, Kumar, M., Dogra, K., Agarwal, V., Furumai, H., Nishikawa, K., Mora, A., Ruhl, A. 1 Aug 2026, In: Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances
Entropy and seasonal isotopic duality reveal the sustainability paradox of the upper Ganga River, Kumar, M., Tripathi, S., Singh, R., Rai, S., Das, N., Agarwal, V., Jha, P., Torres-Martinez, J. 19 Mar 2026, In: Scientific Reports
From Regional Disputes to Global Solutions: A Fairness-Based Game-Theoretic Model for Sustainable River Water Allocation, Panday, D., Agarwal, V., Silori, R. 1 Jan 2026, In: Water Resources Management
Localized or diffusive: insights into the source and geochemical dynamics of dissolved mercury contamination in groundwater of the mid-Gangetic Plains, Kumar, M., Saxena, A., Tripathi, S., Panday, D., Das, N., Singh, R., Agarwal, V., Dueñas-Moreno, J., Mora, A., Mahlknecht, J. 20 May 2026, In: npj Clean Water
Micro-Pore Structure and Fractal Heterogeneity of Deep Coal Seam, Zhang, Z., Wei, Z., Yin, T., Song, J., Zhang, P., Agarwal, V. 23 Feb 2026, In: Processes
Peatland Recovery in the UK: A Systems-based Management Framework for Integrating Carbon Balance, Hydrological Function, and Landscape Stability, Agarwal, V., Lim, M. 1 Aug 2026, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health
Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Fluoride and Nitrate Contamination Driven by Groundwater Depletion and Climatic Stress: A Decadal Analysis Using GRACE and Machine Learning, Panday, D., Kumar, M., Agarwal, V., Torres-Martínez, J. 23 Jul 2026, In: ACS Sustainable Resource Management
Synergistic interplays of emerging contaminants: Rethinking water security, risk, and resilience in a changing world, Kumar, M., Dubey, K., Kuroda, K., Mohapatra, S., Agarwal, V., Kumar, R. 1 Jun 2026, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health
Development of in-situ permeability testing system for low-permeability sandstone-type uranium deposits, Wang, W., Yang, K., Niu, Q., Han, Z., Zhang, J., Agarwal, V. 1 Oct 2025, In: Advances in Geo-Energy Research
Forest Fragmentation and Human-Wildlife Conflict: Assessing the Impact of Land Use Land Cover Change in Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, India, Singh, B., Batar, A., Agarwal, V., Sen, A., Kulhari, K. Jun 2025, In: Environmental Research Communications

PGR Supervision

Phillip Catton Yeung Towards Sustainable Peatland Management in the UK: An Integrated Study on Carbon Balance and Ecosystem Services Start Date: 01/10/2025 End Date: 17/10/2025
Catherine Sillem Towards Sustainable Peatland Management in the UK: An Integrated Study on Carbon Balance and Ecosystem Services Start Date: 01/10/2025 End Date: 01/10/2025
Phillip Catton Yeung Novel approaches for estimating peatland carbon dioxide and methane flux using low-cost sensors Start Date: 01/10/2025

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