Rate My Professor Animesh Kumar Gain

Animesh Kumar Gain is a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Management and Policy in the School of Environmental and Conservation Sciences at Murdoch University. He obtained his PhD in Science and Management of Climate Change from Ca' Foscari University of Venice in 2013, a postgraduate degree in Water Resources Development from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 2008, and a BSc in Environmental Science from Khulna University in 2005. Gain's distinguished career encompasses roles as Marie Curie Global Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Planning since 2019, Postdoctoral Researcher at Kiel University Department of Geography from 2017 to 2019, and Research Associate at GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences Division of Hydrology from 2015 to 2017. He has been honored with the European Geosciences Union Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award in 2016, along with fellowships from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions.

Gain's academic interests center on social-ecological systems, coastal management, water resources management and policy, and climate change adaptation. His work assesses risks from floods and water scarcity by integrating hydrological and socio-economic factors, advancing vulnerability assessments, integrated water resources management, and the water-energy-food nexus. With over 108 publications and more than 5,350 citations, standout contributions include the chapter 'Water' in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report Working Group II (2022), 'Water Security in the Coastal Region of Bangladesh' (2023), 'Tracing water governance across different levels in Iran' (2024), 'Boon and burden: economic performance and future perspectives of the Venice flood protection system' (2024), and 'Future-making beyond (im)mobility through tethered resilience' (2025). Gain serves on the editorial board of the Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, influencing environmental policy and practice through his research on sustainable coastal and delta systems worldwide.