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Dr. Wahid Abbas

Assistant Professor
Area of Interest: Structural Geology Active tectonics Paleoseismology Luminescence dating
Email: wahidabbas@cuiatd.edu.pk
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
 
 
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