Brian has cultivated his interest and experience in GIS, environmental planning, urban sustainability, disaster planning, climate change planning, water resources management, and food systems planning both at UBRI and through his prior work experience. As a Research Assistant in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at UB, he conducted research on climate change and developed interactive mapping sites, as well as co-authored articles on multi-modal transportation planning for evacuations published in the Journal of the Transportation Research Board and International Journal of Transportation.