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Taufique Mahmood

  • Associate Professor, Geology & Geological Eng

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  • Email: taufique.mahmood@UND.edu
  • Office: 701.777.6959
  • Dept: 701.777.2248

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Leonard Hall Room 324
81 Cornell St Stop 8358
Grand Forks ND 58202-8358

Curriculum Vitae

  • Curriculum Vitae

Biography

Taufique Mahmood, Ph.D. Harold Hamm School of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota. taufique.mahmood@engr.und.edu 701-777-6959

Dr. Mahmood is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in Climate Change and Hydrological Science and Dean’s Outstanding Faculty Award (2022).

a. Professional Preparation
University of Dhaka (Bangladesh) Geology B.Sc., 2001
University of Dhaka (Bangladesh) Geology M.Sc., 2003
University of Mississippi Engineering Science M.S., 2006
Arizona State University Geological Sciences Ph.D., 2012
University of Saskatchewan (Canada) Snow Hydrology Postdoctoral, 2012-2015

b. Grants

NSF CAREER award in Hydrologic Science (PI, $442,000): EAR-Climate: Impacts of Recent Wetting on Cold Region Hydrologic Change in the Northern Great Plains (2022-2027).

North Dakota Department of Water Resources award (PI, $165,000): Science-based Groundwater Appropriation Approach for Oakes Aquifer: Insights from the Cold Region Hydrologic Model (2022-2024).

USGS – NC CASC award (Co-PI, $360,000): Impact of climate-driven water-level fluctuations on recreational fisheries in the Northern Glaciated Plains! (2022-2025).

ND EPSCoR GSRA award(PI, $90,000): Wetland Dynamics in a Terminal Lake Basin Using Remotely Sensed Imagery: Implications to Recent Hydroclimatic Evolution (2017-2019).

ND EPSCoR (PI, $28,000): Traditional Ecologic Theory to decipher past Hydrologic Change. (2019-2020).

NSF MRI award (Co-PI, $106,000): Acquisition of an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) System for Profiling Open Channels (2018-2021).

NDWRRI (PI, $1800): Impacts of Recent Climatic Wetting on Distributed Snow and Streamflow Responses in a Terminal Lake Basin (2017).

NDWRRI (PI, $1000): Hydrological Changes Due to Recent Wetting in a Cold Region Riverine Headwaters Environment. (2020).

UND CEM (Facilitator, $90,000): Acquisition of an ICP-OES for the Environmental and Analytical Laboratory, University of North Dakota. 

UND CEM (PI, $90,000): Online course development of Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation (GEOE 419) ($3000).

ND EPSCoR (PI, $84,000):Impacts of climate change on cold region  hydrologic responses and nutrient export. Award amount: $83,700. ND EPSCoR start-up award (2015-2018).

c. Publications

Putkonen, J. and Mahmood, T.H., 2022. Twenty-Four Buried Ice Masses Remotely Mapped in Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. Geocarto International, 38 (1), pp.1-16.

Atashi, V., Rosati, M., Lim, Y.H. and Mahmood, T.H., Characteristics of Seasonality on 3D Velocity and Bathymetry Profiles in Red River of the North. In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2022 (pp. 252-263).

Shoaib, S.A., Mahmood, T.H. and Sultana, N., 2022. The spectrum of uncertainty in flood damage assessment. Journal of Water and Climate Change, 13(6), pp.2337-2352.

Mahmood, T.H.; Putkonen, J.; Sobbe, A. Spatially Variable Precipitation and its Influence on Water Balance in a Headwater Alpine Basin, Nepal. Water 2021, 13, 254. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13030254

Shoaib, S.A., Khan, M.Z.K., Sultana, N. and Mahmood, T.H., 2021. Quantifying Uncertainty in Food Security Modeling. Agriculture, 11(1), p.33. https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/11/1/33

Rasouli, K., Scharold, K., Mahmood, T.H., Glenn, N.F. and Marks, D., 2020. Linking hydrological variations at local scales to regional climate teleconnection patterns. Hydrological Processes. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13982

Todhunter, P., Jackson, C., Mahmood, T.H., 2020. Streamflow Partitioning using the Budyko Hypothesis in a Northern Glaciated Watershed under Drought to Deluge Conditions. Journal of Hydrology. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125569 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022169420310295

Jeannotte, T.L., Mahmood, T.H., Vandeberg, G.S., Matheney, R.K., Hou, X. and Van Hoy, D.F., 2020. Impacts of Cold Region Hydroclimatic Variability on Phosphorus Exports: Insights from Concentration-Discharge Relationship. Journal of Hydrology, p.125312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125312

Van Hoy, D.F., Mahmood, T.H., Todhunter, P.E. and  Jeannotte, T.  2020.  Mechanisms of Cold Region Hydrologic Change to Recent Wetting in a Northern Glaciated Landscape. Water Resources Research,  DOI: 10.1029/2019WR026932. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2019WR026932

Rasouli, K., Nasri, B.R., Soleymani, A., Mahmood, T.H., Hori, M. and Haghighi, A.T., 2020. Forecast of streamflows to the Arctic Ocean by a Bayesian neural network model with snowcover and climate inputs. Hydrology Research.  doi.org/10.2166/nh.2020.164. https://iwaponline.com/hr/article/doi/10.2166/nh.2020.164/73322/Forecast-of-streamflows-to-the-Arctic-Ocean-by-a

Mahmood, T.H., Hasan, K. and Akhter, S.H., 2019. Lithologic mapping of a forested montane terrain from Landsat 5 TM image. Geocarto international, 34(7), pp.750-768. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10106049.2018.1434688?casa_token=QaA2oCj3fs4AAAAA%3AaS4B9FfwzNEGtYrrj9x3US06rWIX9W3PKVhA9y8AqV6Lu3y4wOQI_MnuiXlviODpWwqrRbakC8ve

Mahmood, T.H., Pomeroy, J.W., Wheater, H.S., & Baulch, H. (2017). Hydrological responses to dry and wet conditions in an agricultural cold region. Hydrological Processes, 31(4), 854-870. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/hyp.11064?casa_token=pmPGbpEh2CMAAAAA%3AqN2or3Fm0Y53yM2uaE-aVupW1VAX-GXzepyoYShGfZn3OCH4ArlfUpEJ7NNaC201se4B8nDJ6Xhrfw

Mahmood, T.H. & Vivoni, E. R. (2014). Forest ecohydrological response to bimodal precipitation during contrasting winter to summer transitions. Ecohydrology, 7(3),pp. 998-1013.  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/eco.1424

Mahmood, T. H. & Vivoni, E. R. (2011a). A climate-induced threshold in hydrologic response in a semiarid ponderosa pine hillslope. Water Resources Research, 47(9), 1028-1038. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2011WR010384

Mahmood, T.H. & Vivoni, E.R. (2011b). Breakdown of hydrologic patterns upon model coarsening at hillslope scales and implications for experimental design, Journal of Hydrology, 411 (3-4), 309-321, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.011. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169411007220?casa_token=fgd4iGPDzXAAAAAA:NYHfX9sTR8FII6ESsvstsvpzKH7GQGhZFt8anGvQBFkz9IR17ASf4ju1sORz_LBSyD0qqGUf

Mahmood, T.H, & Vivoni, E.R. (2008). Evaluation of distributed soil moisture simulations through field observations during the North American monsoon in Redondo Creek, New Mexico. Ecohydrology. 1(3): 271-287. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/eco.23?casa_token=yJ4xg1rPzFcAAAAA:bv_UU-UpEvhLboQ2uQpUwOr5qvuaG1EaQLqfPSNKKMDRn9aZvO3qN4GKEbSIsAdiO0LvgjAO0eoIuQ

Vivoni, E.R., Rinehart, A.J., Méndez?Barroso, L.A., Aragón, C.A., Bisht, G., Cardenas, M.B., Engle, E., Forman, B.A., Frisbee, M.D., Gutiérrez?Jurado, H.A. Mahmood, T.H., and Hong, S.H., 2008. Vegetation controls on soil moisture distribution in the Valles Caldera, New Mexico, during the North American monsoon. Ecohydrology, 1(3), pp.225-238. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/eco.11?casa_token=aG3TAhNJGJwAAAAA:D9GExTEInuQl-0TBOlb5ybfzqEFX8MHOeB2fljA2F0yB1YJeJ-BZtzUTgPkT1F9NjGLOcmIFrqa3jA

Mahmood, T.H. & Easson, G.L. (2006). Comparing ASTER and Landsat 7 ETM+ at spectral level for change detection studies, ASPRS annual conference 2006, Reno, Nevada. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Taufique_Mahmood/publication/270510050_Comparing_aster_and_Landsat_7_ETM_for_change_detection/links/54ac3e270cf23c69a2b78e60.pdf

Introduction to Geology (GEOL 101)

Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation (GEOE 419)

Hydrogeology (GEOE 417)

Water sampling and analyses (GEOL 540)

Special topic in GE (cold region hydrologic modeling, GEOE 493)

Mahmood, T.H.; Putkonen, J.; Sobbe, A. Spatially Variable Precipitation and its Influence on Water Balance in a Headwater Alpine Basin, Nepal. Water 2021, 13, 254. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13030254

Shoaib, S.A., Khan, M.Z.K., Sultana, N. and Mahmood, T.H., 2021. Quantifying Uncertainty in Food Security Modeling. Agriculture, 11(1), p.33. https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/11/1/33

Rasouli, K., Scharold, K., Mahmood, T.H., Glenn, N.F. and Marks, D., 2020. Linking hydrological variations at local scales to regional climate teleconnection patterns. Hydrological Processes. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13982

Todhunter, P., Jackson, C., Mahmood, T.H., 2020. Streamflow Partitioning using the Budyko Hypothesis in a Northern Glaciated Watershed under Drought to Deluge Conditions. Journal of Hydrology. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125569        https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022169420310295

Jeannotte, T.L., Mahmood, T.H., Vandeberg, G.S., Matheney, R.K., Hou, X. and Van Hoy, D.F., 2020. Impacts of Cold Region Hydroclimatic Variability on Phosphorus Exports: Insights from Concentration-Discharge Relationship. Journal of Hydrology, p.125312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125312

Van Hoy, D.F., Mahmood, T.H., Todhunter, P.E. and  Jeannotte, T.  2020.  Mechanisms of Cold Region Hydrologic Change to Recent Wetting in a Northern Glaciated Landscape. Water Resources Research,  DOI: 10.1029/2019WR026932. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2019WR026932

Rasouli, K., Nasri, B.R., Soleymani, A., Mahmood, T.H., Hori, M. and Haghighi, A.T., 2020. Forecast of streamflows to the Arctic Ocean by a Bayesian neural network model with snowcover and climate inputs. Hydrology Research.  doi.org/10.2166/nh.2020.164. https://iwaponline.com/hr/article/doi/10.2166/nh.2020.164/73322/Forecast-of-streamflows-to-the-Arctic-Ocean-by-a

Mahmood, T.H., Hasan, K. and Akhter, S.H., 2019. Lithologic mapping of a forested montane terrain from Landsat 5 TM image. Geocarto international, 34(7), pp.750-768. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10106049.2018.1434688?casa_token=QaA2oCj3fs4AAAAA%3AaS4B9FfwzNEGtYrrj9x3US06rWIX9W3PKVhA9y8AqV6Lu3y4wOQI_MnuiXlviODpWwqrRbakC8ve

Mahmood, T.H., Pomeroy, J.W., Wheater, H.S., & Baulch, H. (2017). Hydrological responses to dry and wet conditions in an agricultural cold region. Hydrological Processes, 31(4), 854-870. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/hyp.11064?casa_token=pmPGbpEh2CMAAAAA%3AqN2or3Fm0Y53yM2uaE-aVupW1VAX-GXzepyoYShGfZn3OCH4ArlfUpEJ7NNaC201se4B8nDJ6Xhrfw

Mahmood, T.H. & Vivoni, E. R. (2014). Forest ecohydrological response to bimodal precipitation during contrasting winter to summer transitions. Ecohydrology, 7(3),pp. 998-1013.  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/eco.1424

Mahmood, T. H. & Vivoni, E. R. (2011a). A climate-induced threshold in hydrologic response in a semiarid ponderosa pine hillslope. Water Resources Research, 47(9), 1028-1038. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2011WR010384

Mahmood, T.H. & Vivoni, E.R. (2011b). Breakdown of hydrologic patterns upon model coarsening at hillslope scales and implications for experimental design, Journal of Hydrology, 411 (3-4), 309-321, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.011. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169411007220?casa_token=fgd4iGPDzXAAAAAA:NYHfX9sTR8FII6ESsvstsvpzKH7GQGhZFt8anGvQBFkz9IR17ASf4ju1sORz_LBSyD0qqGUf

Mahmood, T.H, & Vivoni, E.R. (2008). Evaluation of distributed soil moisture simulations through field observations during the North American monsoon in Redondo Creek, New Mexico. Ecohydrology. 1(3): 271-287. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/eco.23?casa_token=yJ4xg1rPzFcAAAAA:bv_UU-UpEvhLboQ2uQpUwOr5qvuaG1EaQLqfPSNKKMDRn9aZvO3qN4GKEbSIsAdiO0LvgjAO0eoIuQ

Vivoni, E.R., Rinehart, A.J., Méndez?Barroso, L.A., Aragón, C.A., Bisht, G., Cardenas, M.B., Engle, E., Forman, B.A., Frisbee, M.D., Gutiérrez?Jurado, H.A. Mahmood, T.H., and Hong, S.H., 2008. Vegetation controls on soil moisture distribution in the Valles Caldera, New Mexico, during the North American monsoon. Ecohydrology, 1(3), pp.225-238. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/eco.11?casa_token=aG3TAhNJGJwAAAAA:D9GExTEInuQl-0TBOlb5ybfzqEFX8MHOeB2fljA2F0yB1YJeJ-BZtzUTgPkT1F9NjGLOcmIFrqa3jA

Mahmood, T.H. & Easson, G.L. (2006). Comparing ASTER and Landsat 7 ETM+ at spectral level for change detection studies, ASPRS annual conference 2006, Reno, Nevada. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Taufique_Mahmood/publication/270510050_Comparing_aster_and_Landsat_7_ETM_for_change_detection/links/54ac3e270cf23c69a2b78e60.pdf

National Science Foundation CAREER award in Hydrologic Science (PI, $442,000): EAR-Climate: Impacts of Recent Wetting on Cold Region Hydrologic Change in the Northern Great Plains (2022-2027).

North Dakota Department of Water Resources award (PI, $165,000): Science-based Groundwater Appropriation Approach for Oakes Aquifer: Insights from the Cold Region Hydrologic Model (2022-2024).

USGS – NC CASC award (Co-PI, $165,000): Impact of climate driven water-level fluctuations on recreational fisheries in the Northern Glaciated Plains! (2022-2025)

Ph.D. in Geological Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 2012.

M.S. in Engineering Science, The University of Mississippi, University, MS, 2006

M.Sc. in Geology (Remote Sensing), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2003.

B.Sc.in Geology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2001.

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