Summary

I currently serve as an Assistant Professor of Geoinformatics Engineering at the Institute of Geographical Information Systems (IGIS), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan. Prior to this appointment, I worked as an Associate Researcher (Postdoc I) from Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 at the Research Applications Laboratory (RAL), NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), USA, where my research focused on fire–hydrology interactions and climate-driven water resources dynamics. I hold a Ph.D. in Biosystems and Water Resources Engineering (2021-2024) from Oklahoma State University, with advanced doctoral training in GIS and Remote Sensing (2018-2020) from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China. My academic background also includes an undergraduate degree (2016) and master’s degree (2018) in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan. My research focuses on using different research tools including remote sensing, hydrology, and artificial intelligence, with a strong emphasis on integrating satellite observations (e.g., GRACE, MODIS, Landsat, Sentinel), land surface and hydrological models, and machine learning techniques to support decision-relevant assessment of water resources management. My work addresses critical challenges related to climate change impacts, droughts and floods, agricultural water use, and transboundary water security, particularly in data-scarce regions.

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