Academic Career

• Commonwealth Post-Doc Fellowship (2001-2002)
• Fulbright Post-Doc Fellowship (1999-2000)
• Ph.D., University of South Carolina Columbia, U.S.A (1991)
• M.Phil., University of Peshawar, Pakistan (1986)
• M.Sc., University of Peshawar, Pakistan (1981)

Research Interests

1. Economic Geology
2. Exploration Geochemistry
3. Applied Geology
4. Igneous petrology
5. Gemology
6. Environmental Geosciences

 Awards

1. Civil Award (Tamgha-e-Imtiaz) was awarded by the President of Pakistan in the field of Science on the Eve of August 14, 2014 and the medal was decorated on me by the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mr. Sardar Mehtab Amed Khan Abbasi, on March 23, 2015 in a ceremony in the the Governor house.
2. Received Presidential award (Izaz-I-Fazeelat) on academic distinction in 2001.
3. Received the PAS Gold Medal 2005 from the Pakistan Academy of Sciences, Government of Pakistan in recognition of the outstanding research in the field of Earth Sciences on December 24, 2005.
4. Received Earth Scientist of the year 1994-995 award from National Book Foundation, Ministry of Education, Government of Pakistan.
5. Got top position consecutively in 2011, 2012 and 2013 in the field of Earth Sciences among the Productive Scientists of Pakistan published by the Pakistan Council of Science & Technology, Islamabad.
6. Received the Star Laureate award and Dr. Zafar H. Zaidi Gold Medal for the year 2006 from the South Asia Publications (SAP) in recognition of my credentials par excellence in the field of education and my name has been included in the SAP’s prestigious profile book titled “WHO’s WHO in Pakistan”.
7. Received the IUCN-Environmental Award in academia for the year 2000-2001 from the Sarhad Provincial Conservation strategy (SPCS).
8. Received Honorary Citizenship of the city of Memphis, Tennessee (USA) and key to the city (1988)

Key Past Research Projects

1. Collaborative Project: “Integration of Geological, Geochemical and Remote Sensing Data for finding Source Rocks for Gold in the Northern Areas of Pakistan under Pak-US Joint Academic & Research  Program”. (funding by HEC& US-state Department).
2. Collaborative Research: “Towards a better understanding of the collisional history of the Pakistani Himalayas:inference from remote sensing, geochronology and isotopic data from Kohistan terrane” (funding by NSF, USA)
3. Mineralogy, geochemistry and genesis of the manganese deposits of Waziristan, Pakistan (funded by NCEG).
4. Mineralogical and geochemical studies of ultramafics, mafics, volcanics and metamorphic rocks along the Main Mantle Thrust (MMT), Allai kohistan, northern Pakistan (funded by former UGC).
5. Crustal evaluation of the Kohistan island arc. Study of structure, lithostratigraphy and volcanism in arc- related basing (as co-investigator in PSF funded Project No. F-PU/EARTH 50(funded my PSF).
6. Litho and stream sediments geochemical investigations in regard to base and precious metals in Dir and Swat Kohistan, northern Pakistan (funded by Fulbright Fellowship, USA). 
7. Mineralogy, geochemistry, genesis and economic evaluation of sediment-hosted base metal mineralization in Besham area and the volcanic-hosted hydrothermal copper mineralization in Dir area (funded partly by NSF, USA and partly by USAID).

Key Current Research Projects

1. Regional Geo-chemical Exploration for Precious Metals in Southern Parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. (Funding by Directorate General Mine & Minerals, Mineral Department, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
2. Integration of Geological, Geochemical and Remote Sensing Data for finding Source Rocks for Gold in the Northern Areas of Pakistan under Pak-US Joint Academic & Research  Program.(funding by HEC & US-state Department)
3. Mineralogy, geochemistry, genesis and economic evaluation of the barite deposits of Haripur, Paksitan (funding by NCEG).
4. Mineralogy, geochemistry, genesis and economic evaluation of manganese deposits of Khuzdar, Baluchistan, Pakistan (funding by HEC).
5. Mineralogy, chemistry, genesis and economic evaluation of the Manganese deposits of Prang Ghar area, Mohmand Agency (funding by NCEG).
6. Evaluation of the rocks and concrete aggregates for construction of bridges, buildings and roads.
7. Geochemical investigations of water, soil and plants associated with mafic and ultramafic rocks and mineral deposits: perspective environmen­tal hazards and their remedies (funding by NCEG).

Students Supervision

1. Supervised 11 Ph.D, 34 M.Phil./ MS scholars while 10 M. Phil./ MS and 3 Ph.D scholars are under supervision.

ORGANIZATION OF CONFERENCES / SYMPOSIA / SEMINARS / SHORT COURSES / WORKSHOPS

1. Convened international Conference on “Earth Sciences Pakistan: New Developments” in the Baragali Summer Campus, University of Peshawar from August 29-31, 2014.
2. Organized a one day workshop on “Towards better understanding of gold mineralization in the northern areas of Pakistan” as a Chief Organizer at the Auditorium of Pakistan Academy of Sciences, Islamabad on December 18, 2013.
3. Organized a one day workshop on “Tectonomagmatic Controls on Porphyry and Epithermal Mineralization” as a Chief Organizer at the National Centre of Excellence in Geology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, on June 26, 2013.
4. Organized one day workshop on “GIS/RS & Geochemical techniques in mineral exploration and placer gold extraction related health hazards in northern areas of Pakistan” as a chief- organizer in the Department of Earth Sciences, Karakorum International University, Gilgit-Baltistan on June 19, 2012.
5. Convened the international conference on “Earth Sciences Pakistan: New Development 2012” held in Baragali Sumer campus of the University of Peshawar from June 23-24, 2012. 
6. Organized a two days workshop on “Geochemical and geo-informatic tools for use in Mineral Exploration and Environmental Degradation” as a chief-organizer in the NCE in Geology, University of Peshawar from June 2-3, 2011.
7. Organized a three days conference on “Earth Sciences Pakistan: New Developments” as a chief organizer in the Baragali Summer Campus, University of Peshawar from September 20-22, 2010.
8. One of the organizers of an international workshop on “Indo-Asia Continental collision” held at Margala Hotel, Islamabad from May 11-12, 2010 under the auspices of National Science Foundation, USA. 
9. One of the organizer of the two-week Regional Workshop on “Recent Development in the Geo-Hazard Disaster Management Focusing on Earthquake Vulnerability Reduction in Mountainous regions” held at Baragali summer Campus on August 11-23, 2008.
10. Organized a one day symposium along with Dr. Syayb in the honor of late Prof. Dr. S. Hamidulah under the title “Kashmir earthquake 2005: Physiographic and social impact” on October 18 2006 under the auspices of NCE in Geology, University of Peshawar.
11. Convened a National Conference on the “Economic and Environmental Sustainability of the Natural Recourses of Pakistan” held at the Baragali Summer Campus, University of Peshawar (July 20-22, 2004). 

Participation In Professional Meetings, Conferences, Seminars & Lectures

1. Delivered lectures in various Universities in USA, UK and in Pakistan. Also delivered talks and chaired technical sessions in many international conferences held at USA, UK, Austria, China, Italy, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. 

PUBLICATIONS

1. Published total of 149 peer reviewed papers including 59 papers in ISI Impact Factor Journals, 54 papers in HEC recognized X, Y and Z category journals and 54 papers in other journals of international repute. Published 73 ABSTRACTS in the proceedings of national and international conferences.   

Editorship of Journals

1. Chief Editor of the Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences (formerly the Geological Bulletin), University of Peshawar from 2014-present.
2. Remained Editor of the Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences (formerly the Geological Bulletin), University of Peshawar from 2005-2013. Remained sub-editor of the Journal of Science & Technology, University of Peshawar from 2002-2009.