Regular biography
Omar Wani is an Assistant Professor in the Civil and Urban Engineering Department at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. His research focuses on hydroclimatic risk and the development of probabilistic models to improve flood and drought preparedness. Wani's work includes studies on subway ridership resilience under extreme weather conditions and the chaotic behavior of meandering rivers. He is also involved in advocating for uncertainty-aware water risk models to enhance community preparedness for hydrological hazards.
Scholar-generated biography
Omar Wani is an Assistant Professor at New York University, specializing in Statistical Hydrosciences, Hydroclimatic Risk, Fluvial Systems, and Urban Water Systems. His research focuses on advancing data-driven methodologies for urban water management, including probabilistic water segmentation, hydrologic modeling with censored data, and uncertainty-aware approaches for hydroclimatic forecasting. He explores the integration of Bayesian frameworks and machine learning techniques to improve rainfall-runoff predictions and assess the performance of stormwater mitigation strategies. His work also addresses the geomorphic risks of river migration and the impact of precipitation data variability on urban hydrology.