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Dr. Wahid Abbas

Assistant Professor
Area of Interest: Structural Geology Active tectonics Paleoseismology Luminescence dating
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (92)992-383591-5

Academics/ Degrees

PhD, 2022 RWTH Aachen University Germany
M. Phil University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, 2012
BS University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan 2009

Journal Publications

1.	M. Qasim,J.I.Tanoli,L. Ding,Dr. Wahid Abbas,M.Jamil Foreland basin unconformity, Western Himalaya, Pakistan: timing gap, regional correlation and tectonic implications, Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2023
2.	Dr. Wahid Abbas,Sajid Ali Pleistocene-Holocene deformation and seismic history of the Kalabagh Fault in Pakistan using OSL and post-IR IRSL dating, Quaternary International, 2022
3.	Dr. Wahid Abbas,Sajid Ali Seismicity and landform development of the dextral Kalabagh Fault Zone, Pakistan: Implications from morphotectonics and paleoseismology, Tectonophysics, 2022
4.	Sajid Ali,Dr. Wahid Abbas Empirical assessment of rockfall and debris flow risk along the Karakoram Highway, Pakistan, Natural Hazards (2021), 2021

Profile/Bio

March 2014 to July 2014: Lecturer (Visiting), Department of Earth Sciences, CUI, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
August 2014 to July 2017: Lecturer, Department of Earth Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
October 2017 to January 2022: PhD Scholar, Institute for Neotectonics and Natural Hazards, RWTH Aachen University Germany.
July 2020 to December 2020: Visiting scientist as part of PhD project: Leibniz-Institut für Angewandte Geophysik, Hanover, Germany
February 2022 to January 2023: Lecturer, Department of Earth Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
January 2023 till now: Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan

Research Interests

Studying recent and past earthquakes
Earthquake environmental effects
Paleoseismic and active tectonic features, techniques, and methodologies
Natural Hazard assessments
Surface processes related to natural hazards such as floods.

Awards

Merit scholarships during the BS program from University of the Punjab, Lahore
District merit Scholarships from the Gujrat District during BS Applied Geology
Honorariums in appreciation to performance at Department of Earth Sciences , COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan
Four-year HEC Scholarship under the 90% overseas scholarship scheme for PhD from Germany

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