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Zafar Iqbal

Assistant Professor
Summary

Engr. Dr Zafar Iqbal is currently serving as Assistant Professor in Water Resources Engineering & Management Department at National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST), Islamabad. Dr Zafar Completed his Masters as well as PhD from University Technology Malaysia with distinction. Dr Zafar received his BSc (Civil Engineering) from NUST Islamabad. He has 1.5-year experience of working as Junior Engineer in a consultancy firm. Dr Zafar was the recipient of Best Postgraduate Student Award in 2019 and 2022 for his research contribution at University Technology Malaysia. He also worked as Research Assistant for multiple projects. He has good publication record in highly reputed journals. His research area is Climate Change, Hydrology and Water resource management.

Academic Background
PhD (Hydrology and Water Resources) Univeristi Tecknologi Malaysia August 27, 2019 - November 22, 2022
Honours and Awards
Best Postgraduate Student Award Best Postgraduate Student Award 2019 (MPhil)
Best Postgraduate Student Award Best Postgraduate Student Award 2022 (PhD)
HEC-HRDI Scholarship HEC-HRDI Scholarship for MS-PhD.
Publications
Optimized identification of glacial lake outburst flood hazard using multi-criteria decision analysis March 04, 2026 Hydrological Sciences Journal - Volume: 71, Issue:6, Pages:1169-1189
Assessing the temporal reliability of CMIP6 GCMs in projecting future rainfall for the Majalaya Basin, West Java October 01, 2025 Natural Hazards - Volume 121, Pages 19681-19722
Mapping water dynamics in Borneo’s biodiversity hotspot: a satellite-based analysis July 08, 2025 Theoretical and Applied Climatology - Volume:156, Issue:7, Article Number 413
Hydro-Climatic variability in the Potohar Plateau of Indus River Basin under CMIP6 climate projections December 14, 2024 Theoretical and Applied Climatology - Volume 156, Article Number 20
Characterization of the future northeast monsoon rainfall based on the clustered climate zone under CMIP6 in Peninsular Malaysia July 01, 2024 Atmospheric Research - Volume:304, Article Number:107407
Monitoring spatiotemporal changes in urban flood vulnerability of Peninsular Malaysia from satellite nighttime light data July 01, 2024 Journal of Hydro-environment Research - Volume 55, Pages 20-29
Application of relative importance metrics for CMIP6 models selection in projecting basin-scale rainfall over Johor River basin, Malaysia February 20, 2024 Science of The Total Environment - Volume 912, Article Number 169187
Effect of Stress Ratio K due to Varying Overburden Topography on Crack Intensity of Tunnel Liner August 01, 2023 Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities - Volume 37, Issue 04, Article Number 4281
Diminishing evapotranspiration paradox and its cause in the Middle East and North Africa July 01, 2023 Atmospheric Research - Volume 289, Article Number 106760
Long-term trend analysis of extreme climate in Sarawak tropical peatland under the influence of climate change June 01, 2023 Weather and Climate Extremes - Volume 40, Article Number 100554
Spatiotemporal changes in Hourly Wet Bulb Globe temperature in Peninsular Malaysia June 01, 2023 Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment - Volume 37, Issue 6, Pages 2327-2347
Performance evaluation of CMIP6 GCMs for the projections of precipitation extremes in Pakistan May 20, 2023 Climate Dynamics - Pages 1-16
Distributed Hydrological Model Based on Machine Learning Algorithm: Assessment of Climate Change Impact on Floods May 28, 2022 Sustainability - Volume 14, Issue 11, Article Number 6620
Bias correction method of high‑resolution satellite‑based precipitation product for Peninsular Malaysia May 01, 2022 Theoretical and Applied Climatology - Volume 148, Pages 1429-1446
Historical trends in crop water demand over semiarid region of Syria October 01, 2021 Theoretical and Applied Climatology - Volume 146, Issue 1-2, Pages 555-566
Evaluation of CMIP6 GCM rainfall in mainland Southeast Asia June 01, 2021 Atmospheric Research - Volume 254, Article Number 105525
A non-local model output statistics approach for the downscaling of cmip5 gcms for the projection of rainfall in peninsular malaysia December 01, 2020 Journal of Water and Climate Change - Volume 11, Issue 4, Pages 944-955
Quantitative assessment of precipitation changes under CMIP5 RCP scenarios over the northern sub-Himalayan region of Pakistan December 01, 2020 Environment, Development and Sustainability - Volume 22, Issue 8, Pages 7831-7845
Evaluation of global climate models for precipitation projection in sub-Himalaya region of Pakistan November 15, 2020 Atmospheric Research - Volume 245, Article Number 105061
Multi-model ensemble predictions of precipitation and temperature using machine learning algorithms May 15, 2020 Atmospheric Research - Volume 236, Article Number 104806
Spatial distribution of the trends in precipitation and precipitation extremes in the sub-Himalayan region of Pakistan August 01, 2019 Theoretical and Applied Climatology - Volume 137, Issue 3-4, Pages 2755-2769
An Outlook of Ozone Air Pollution Through Comparative Analysis of Artificial Neural Network, Regression, and Sensitivity Models October 01, 2018 Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research - Volume 8, No. 5, Pages 3387-3391
Conferences
Graduate Research Assistant University Technology Malaysia September 01, 2019 - May 21, 2022