Mohsin is a Fulbright award holder born and raised in Pakistan. He came to US in 2022 to pursue his PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from UB’s School of Architecture and Planning. Having a Master’s degree in Remote Sensing and GIS, he is passionate about spatial analysis and use of modern tools and technologies like GIS and Remote Sensing in issues related to poor planning and interventions. His research interests include climate change and mitigation, more specifically, urban heating and disparities in its impact distribution among different social groups.

At the food lab, Mohsin is involved in various projects, including building project dashboards and analyzing the food retail environment, as well as disparities associated with food retail distribution in Erie County. He is also part of the Data Equity for Food Equity (DEFE) project. Before joining UB, he worked as a GIS professional at the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Pakistan, while also teaching GIS-related courses to undergraduate and graduate classes as a visiting faculty member at a public sector university in Pakistan. In his leisure time, he enjoys playing squash, badminton, and chess. He also likes hiking, kayaking, cycling, and reading.