Professional Summary

Mohammed Irfan Ullah has a doctoral degree (PhD) in earth sciences and over 25+ years of experience in applications of GIS and Remote Sensing technologies in the field of ecology, environment, natural resource, water resources, hydrogeology, geology & mining, construction, asset management & facilities management, and GPS & Drone Survey. He has extensively travelled outside India including USA, Denmark, China, Thailand, Lao-PDR and the Middle East (Kuwait) related to his professional commitments. He has engaged with academic, research, business, government, non-profit and multi-lateral funding institutions and has contributed to multidisciplinary projects in India and abroad. His broad areas of expertise are:

• • Application of GIS in Asset Management and Facility Management (AM&FM)

  • Application of GIS & Remote Sensing in:

    • Natural Resources (Groundwater, Forest, etc),

    • Ecological and Environmental Management Planning

    • Biodiversity Conservation Planning

  • Computational Modeling for:

  • Species potential distribution (based on ecological niche modeling)

    • Species potential invasion (based on ecological niche modeling)

    • Emerging infectious diseases

    • Land use / land cover change

    • Spatial decision support systems

  • Geological and Hydrogeological Mapping and Exploration for:

    • Ore reserve estimation

    • Water resource estimation

    • Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management Planning

  • Land Surveys using Drone based LIDAR and DGPS

Education:

• • Ph.D. (Applied Geology), Indian Institute of Technology – Roorkee (erstwhile University of Roorkee, Roorkee), India, 1996.