Mohammad Bagherbandi

Mohammad Bagherbandi is a docent in geodesy and holds a PhD from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, in 2011. His academic background is in land surveying engineering and geodesy. Prior to his current role, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at KTH for two years and continues to serve as a senior researcher there. He also works part-time as a professor of Geomatics and Applied Geodesy in the Department of Computer and Geospatial Sciences at the University of Gävle, where he has been employed since 2012.

His research expertise includes precise positioning, Earth observation, infrastructure and health monitoring, Earth's gravity and gravity field changes as well as environmental monitoring using geodetic, non-geodetic (wireless sensors), and remote sensing techniques. He is also currently engaged in multidisciplinary research that integrates fields such as geodesy, geophysics and land surveying (applied geodesy). Recently, his main research interests have focused on the development and interconnection of geodesy and geophysics in environmental monitoring, vertical land motions, ice melting studies (using satellite data) and their effects on sea level changes, as well as precise positioning, deformation monitoring, and climate change-related research.

Research Projects

1. Determination of precise geoid for Iran based on the Stokes-Helmert scheme and its accuracy, Report 2003, National Cartographic Centre of Iran (NCC), TOTAK project, 2003, Iran.

2. Studying Moho Topography and Its Density Contrast by GOCE, (2011-2012), a research project supported by Swedish National Space Board (Rymdstyrelsen), Project no. 76/10:1.

3. Modeling the Earth’s crust by combining GOCE, terrestrial gravity and seismic data (2013-2014), a research project supported by Swedish National Space Board (Rymdstyrelsen).

4. Deformation network design of man-made constructions, (2013-2014), a research project supported by Formas.

5. Climate change detection by taking advantage of a future satellite mission: GRACE Follow-On supported by KTH space center (2017).

6. Spatial Data Innovation a research project supported by  The Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth (Tillväxtverket) (2018-2021).

7. Improvement in 3D mapping and accuracy assessment using aerial photogrammetry data supported by Lars E. Lunbderg’s foundation (2018-2020).

8. Cost-effective data capturing using satellite images for subsidence monitoring in urban regions supported by SWECO and J. Gust. Richert foundation(2019-2020).

9. “Stomnät i luften (Project Adapted Network-RTK for road construction projects)” supported by Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) (2019-2022).

Research Interests

• Applied surveying,
• Gravimetric Geoid determination,
• Deformation analysis by geodetic approaches,
• Global Positioning System (GPS)
• Satellite Gravimetry,
• Satellite Altimetry,
• Airborne Gravimetry,
• Engineering geodesy (3D modelling and precise positioning)