Nazla Bushra
Position: Assistant Professor - Research, Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, Louisiana Office of State Climatology
Phone: 225-578-6870
Email: nbushr2@lsu.edu
Bachelor's Degree: Geography & Environment, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2008
Master's Degrees: Geography & Environment, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2009
Geography & Anthropology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A.,
2016
Doctorate Degree: Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, Minors- Applied Statistics and Geography, Louisiana State University, 2021
Research Interests
Climate science, natural hazards, extreme hazard risk analysis, environmental sustainability, geo-spatial analysis, big data, Geographic Information Systems, remote sensing, statistical modeling, machine learning and AI
Awards & Honors
2022 Distinguished Dissertation Award (Runner-Up)
2021 Knauss Fellow, Finalist
2021 LSU College of Coast & Environment Outstanding Dissertation Award
2014 Fulbright Foreign Student Exchange Award
2011 SERVIR Himalaya Youth Forum Ambassador, Royal Government of Bhutan
2010 South Asian Water Fellow (SAWA) Award
2011 Dean’s Award, University of Dhaka
2009 International Climate Champion, British Council
Recent Publications
Rahim, M.A., R.V. Rohli, R.B. Mostafiz, N. Bushra, and C.J. Friedland, 2024: Historical global and regional spatiotemporal patterns in daily temperature, Frontiers in Environmental Science, doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2023.1294456
Rahim, M.A., R.B. Mostafiz, C.J. Friedland, R.V. Rohli, and N. Bushra, 2023: Analytical advances in homeowner flood risk quantification considering insurance, building replacement value, and freeboard, Frontiers in Environmental Science, doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2023.1180942
Mostafiz, R.B., C.J. Friedland, M.A. Rahim, N. Bushra, R.V. Rohli, and F. Orooji, 2023: A data-driven, probabilistic, multiple return period-based method of flood depth estimation. Frontiers in Big Data, 5, doi: 10.3389/fdata.2022.1022900
Bushra, N., R.V. Rohli, C. Li, P. Miller, and R.B. Mostafiz, (2022). Changing Features of the Northern Hemisphere 500-hPa Circumpolar Vortex. Frontiers in Big Data. doi: 10.3389/fdata.2022.1009158
Mostafiz, R.B., R.V. Rohli, C.J. Friedland, M. Gall, and N. Bushra, (2022). Future crop risk estimation due to drought, extreme temperature, hail, lightning, and tornado at the census tract level in Louisiana. Frontiers in Environmental Science. Art. No. 919782. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.919782
Mostafiz, R.B., C.J. Friedland, R.V. Rohli, and N. Bushra, (2022). Future property risk estimation for wildfire in Louisiana, USA. Climate, 10(4), Art. No. 49. doi: 10.3390/cli10040049
Bushra, N. and R.V. Rohli, 2021: Relationship between atmospheric teleconnections and the Northern Hemisphere’s circumpolar vortex. Earth and Space Science, 8(9), Art. No. e2021EA001802, doi: 10.1029/2021EA001802 [Editor’s highlight (https://eos.org/editor-highlights/polar-vortex-linked-to-atmospheric-circulation-at-daily-scale)]
Bushra, N. and R.V. Rohli, 2021: Annotated Atlas of Coastal and Marine Winds, Elsevier Limited, ISBN: 978─0128200612
Bushra, N. and R.V. Rohli, 2021: Spatiotemporal trends and variability in the centroid of the Northern Hemisphere’s circumpolar vortex. Earth and Space Science, 8(8), Art. No. e2020EA001594, doi: 10.1029/2020EA001594
Mostafiz, R.B., N. Bushra, C.J. Friedland, and R.V. Rohli, 2021: Present vs. future losses from a 100-year flood: A case study of Grand Isle, Louisiana. Frontiers in Water, 3, Art. No. 763358, doi: 10.3389/frwa.2021.763358
Mostafiz, R.B., C.J. Friedland, M.A. Rahman, R.V. Rohli, E. Tate, N. Bushra, and A. Taghinezhad, 2021: Comparison of neighborhood-scale, residential property flood-loss assessment methodologies. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9, Art. No. 734294, doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2021.734294
Mostafiz, R.B., C.J. Friedland, R.V. Rohli, and N. Bushra, 2021: Property risk to the sinkhole hazard in Louisiana, U.S.A. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9, Art. No. 780870, doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2021.780870
Mostafiz, R.B., C.J. Friedland, R.V. Rohli, N. Bushra, and C.L. Held, 2021: Property risk assessment for expansive soils in Louisiana. Frontiers in Built Environment, 7, Art. No. 754761, doi: 10.3389/fbuil.2021.754761
Bushra, N., R.B. Mostafiz, R.V. Rohli, C.J. Friedland, and M.A. Rahim, 2021: Technical and social approaches to study shoreline change of Kuakata, Bangladesh. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, Art. No. 730984, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.730984
Mostafiz, R.B., C.J. Friedland, R.V. Rohli, M. Gall, N. Bushra, and J.M. Gilliland, 2020: Census-block-level property risk estimation due to extreme cold temperature, hail, lightning, and tornadoes in Louisiana, U.S.A. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, Art. No. 601624, doi: 10.3389/feart.2020.601624
Orooji, F., C.J. Friedland, R.D. Savio, A. Taghinezhad, C. Massarra, N. Bushra, and R.V. Rohli, 2021: Generalized cost-effectiveness of residential wind mitigation strategies for wood-frame, single family house in the USA. Frontiers in Built Environment. doi: 10.3389/fbuil.2021.745914
Cao, W., R.V. Rohli, F. Han, A.J. Vega, and N. Bushra, 2021: Atmospheric circulation regimes for prescribed burns along the U.S. Gulf of Mexico coast. Applied Geography, 136, Art. No. 102587, doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2021.102587
Bushra, N. and R.V. Rohli, 2019: An objective procedure for delineating the circumpolar vortex. Earth and Space Science, 6(5), doi: 1029/2019EA000590
Bushra, N., J.C. Trepanier, and R.V. Rohli, 2019: Joint probability risk modelling of storm surge and cyclone wind along the coast of Bay of Bengal using a statistical copula. International Journal of Climatology, 39(11), doi: 10.1002/joc.6068
Bushra, N., R.V. Rohli, N.S. Lam, L. Zou, R.B. Mostafiz, and V. Mihunov, 2019: The relationship between the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index and drought indices in the south-central United States. Natural Hazards, 96(2), doi: 10.1007/s11069-019-03569-5
Mihunov, V.V., N.S. Lam, L. Zou, R.V. Rohli, N. Bushra, M.A. Reams, and J.E. Argote, 2018: Community resilience to drought hazard in the south-central United States. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 108(3), doi: 10.1080/24694452.2017. 1372177
Rohli, R.V., N. Bushra, N.S. Lam, L. Zou, V. Mihunov, M.A. Reams, and J.E. Argote, 2016: Drought indices as drought predictors in the south-central USA. Natural Hazards, 83(3), doi: 10.1007/s11069‒016‒2376‒z