Meet Our Research Team

The Applied Spatial Intelligence Lab (ASIL) advances geospatial AI, LiDAR and remote sensing analytics, digital twins, and climate-resilient decision support. Led by Dr. Shabnam Jabari, our team develops practical, data-driven methods for 3D mapping, environmental monitoring, and hazard intelligence in close collaboration with academic, government, and industry partners.

We are proud of our Alumni who have contributed to our research and continue to make an impact in their fields.

Join Our Team

We are always looking for motivated individuals who share our passion for research. If you’re interested in joining our lab, please check our open positions or contact us directly.

All Team Members

Abbas Salehi

Abbas Salehi

PhD Candidate

PhD Candidate researching detailed LoD3 city modeling, with focus on facade element reconstruction and occlusion-aware segmentation from multi-view imagery.

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Andrea Reid

Andrea Reid

PhD Student

Investigating accessible geospatial tools and workflows for accurate flood mapping in urban areas.

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Colin Richardson

Colin Richardson

Master's Student

Investigating Digital Twinning for Energy modeling applications.

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Darian Crouse

Darian Crouse

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Undergraduate research assistant analyzing calibration target room networks for geomatics instrument testing and accuracy assessment.

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Derek Lichti

Derek Lichti

Professor, Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary

Professor in the Department of Geomatics Engineering at the University of Calgary and long-standing collaborator with ASIL on terrestrial LiDAR, 3D metrology, and digital twinning research.

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Dr. Shabnam Jabari, Associate Professor, P.Eng

Dr. Shabnam Jabari, Associate Professor, P.Eng

Principal Investigator and Lab Director

Associate Professor at UNB working on geospatial AI, remote sensing, and urban digital twins for climate resilience and disaster management.

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Dweep Ghosh Saha

Dweep Ghosh Saha

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Undergraduate research assistant working on LiDAR-based calibration target geometry, thermal 3D modeling, and administrative contributions to the ASIL website.

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Faezeh Soleimani Vostikolaei

Faezeh Soleimani Vostikolaei

Postdoctoral Fellow • Project Technical Leader

Postdoctoral researcher leading ASIL's LoD2 building modeling pipeline, with focus on bimodal segmentation and graph neural networks for roof component extraction.

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Heather McGrath

Heather McGrath

Research Scientist, Natural Resources Canada

Research Scientist at Natural Resources Canada and long-standing ASIL collaborator on flood detection, disaster management, and urban climate resilience research.

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James Durant

James Durant

Master's Student

Master's student developing methods for automated LoD2 building model generation from aerial and street-level data sources.

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Liam Delong

Liam Delong

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Undergraduate research assistant working on thermal building digital twin development with applications in energy efficiency modeling.

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Samuel McNally

Samuel McNally

Master's Student

A second year MScE student analyzing the spatial accuracy of building Gaussian splatting, and improving it through segmentation and spatial constraints.

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