Editorial Board Members

Editor-in-Chief
Department of Geology, University of Karachi, Pakistan
Expertise: Industrial mineralogy, Environmental geology, Groundwater pollution
Email: chiefeditor.ijeeg@gmail.com
About the Journal
International Journal of Economic and Environmental Geology (IJEEG) is an Open access, multidisciplinary and peer-reviewed journal, published by Society of Economic Geologists and Mineral Technologists (SEGMITE). The journal follows the COPE and publishes original Research articles, review papers, and short communications related to the fields of: Economic Geology, Mineral deposits research, Mineral exploration and processing, mining geology, coal and petroleum Geology, Gemstone deposits, Marble and granites, Mineral economics, Mining engineering, Engineering geology, Mineral based industries and Fuel industry etc. The journal also covers topics of Environmental Geology/Sciences: Medical geology, Hydrogeology and water resources management, Surface/groundwater pollution, Soil sciences, Soil and groundwater salinity, Seawater intrusion, Disaster management, Climate change, Environmental impacts, Land use management, Solid waste Management, Wastewater treatment, Rainwater harvesting, Renewable energy, GIS and Remote Sensing etc.
Editorial Office
Department of Geology, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan
Emails: chiefeditor.ijeeg@gmail.com, managingeditor.ijeeg@uok.edu.pk
Email: ijeeg@segmiteinternational.com

Co-Editor-in-Chief
Global Environmental Department, JICA and Environmental Research Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan
Expertise: Environmental management, Environmental geology, International development cooperation
Email: mitsuoyoshida@inehc.com

Co-Editor-in-Chief
Department Geology, Center of Artificial Intelligence, Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria
Expertise: Environmental geology, Medical geology, Climate change, Forensic geology
Email: mmbaama@gmail.com

Managing Editor
Department of Geology, University of Karachi, Pakistan
Expertise: Groundwater modeling, Seawater intrusion and Isotopic study of groundwater
Editors

Dumlupinar University, Mining Engineering Department, 43100 Kütahya, Turkey
Expertise: Mining engineering, Occupational health and safety, Mineral economics, Engineering economics, underground mining methods, ventilation
Email: sensogut@dpu.edu.tr

Department of Mining and Geological Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Palapye, Botswana
Expertise: Mineral exploration, Ore geology, Mining geology, Hydro geochemistry, Exploration and Environmental geochemistry.

US-Pakistan Center for Advance Studies on Water, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan
Expertise: Water Resources, Remote Sensing, GIS, Disaster Management
Advisory Editors

Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Expertise: Phytoremediation of metal contaminated soils and metal distribution in plants, fates and environmental behavior of emerging pollutants, plant-stress physiology, plant-microbe interactions, and soil salinity and plant-salt stress interactions.
Email: khayat97@zjsru.edu.cn
Associate Editors

Universitas Pembangunan, National (UPN), Indonesia
Expertise: Hydrogeology, Karst Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology, Geological Disaster
Email: saribk@gmail.com

Dean Faculty Earth and Environmental Science, University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Expertise: Environmental geology, Groundwater pollution, GIS, Soil pollution
Email: sajidpu@yahoo.com

Energy and Resource Sector, Perth, Australia
Expertise: Energy systems, Decarburization, Energy transition, Full cycle energy business valuation and M&A, Renewables and clean technologies, Emissions, Climate change impacts, risks, policy and compliance.
Email: amirmahmud@gmail.com

Department of Mining Engineering, Konya Technical University, Konya, Turkey.
Expertise: Mine ventilation, Noise, Dust, Spontaneous combustion in coal, Mine climate, Occupational health and safety.
Email: icinar@ktun.edu.tr

Department of Environment and Pollution Engineering, Northern Technical University, Iraq.
Expertise: Remote sensing, GIS, AI GIS, Sensors, Environmental applications, Statistical analysis, Modelling, surveying, Air quality, and Water quality.
Email: Huda80@ntu.edu.iq

Geological Survey of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Expertise: Sedimentology, Geomorphology, River morphology, Geochemistry, Hydrogeology, Radioactivity, Elemental analysis.
Email: bazlarrashid@yahoo.com

Geological Survey of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Expertise: Mining geology, Sedimentation, Aquifer formation, Water and energy.
Email: nehal.gsb@gmail.com

Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Science Malaysia, Malaysia
Expertise: Tourism Planning and Development; Urban and Regional Planning; Research Methodology; Social & Environmental Impact Assessment.
Collage of Engineering, Al-Nahrain University, Al Jadriya Campus, Baghdad, Iraq
Expertise: Ground improvement, Expansive/collapsible soils, Aeolian and gypseous soil treatment, Liquefaction assessments, Waste recycling, Earth retaining systems, Shoring stability, Cantilever/anchored pile walls, Foundation design (Bentonite Bored and Contiguous Flat Auger piles), Soft computing techniques, Statistical modeling, Site characterization

Ex-Chief Meteorologist, Pakistan Meteorological Department, Karachi, Pakistan.
Expertise: Climate change, Weather forecasting, early warning and Disaster risk reduction.
Email: sarfarazmet@hotmail.com

Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources, Karachi, Pakistan
Expertise: Water chemistry, Water quality, Groundwater pollution and modelling
Email: pcrwr.karachi@gmail.com

Department of Geology, University of Karachi, Pakistan.
Expertise: Environmental chemistry, Arsenic and fluoride contamination, Water and soil pollution, Waste management, industrial rocks and minerals.
Email: adkhan@uok.edu.pk

Department of Geology, University of Karachi, Pakistan.
Expertise: Hydro geochemistry, Arsenic and fluoride in groundwater, Aquifer geochemistry, Water quality and health impacts.
Email: snaseem@uok.edu.pk
HydroResearch, Stockholm, Sweden
Expertise: Near-surface geophysics, Geohazards, Hydrogeophysics, Seismic monitoring, Infrastructure hazard assessment, Ground-penetrating radar (GPR), Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT), Seismic refraction, Multichannel analysis of surface waves (MASW) for subsurface characterisation, engineering and environmental investigations, and geohazard detection
Email: yawar.pgn@gmail.com

School of Earth Resources, University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China.
Expertise: Ore deposits, Mineralogy, Petrology, Geochemistry and Tectonics.
Email: amjad.khoshhall@gmail.com

Department of Environmental Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
Expertise: Atmospheric pollution, Waste management, Heavy metal pollution, GHGs measurement.
Email: mbkhan@bau.edu.bd

Department of Geology, University of Karachi, Pakistan.
Expertise: Industrial minerals, Hydro-geochemistry, Environmental geochemistry, Groundwater quality.
Email: ebahmed@yahoo.com

Environmental Science Discipline, Khulna University, Bangladesh
Expertise: Ecology and Environment, Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) & Environmental Management Plan (EMP), Climate Change and Disaster Management, Wetlands and Water Pollution, Environmental Law and Policy
Email: aharunc@es.ku.ac.bd

WSP Global Inc., Ontario, Canada.
Expertise: Hydrogeology, Aqueous geochemistry, Reservoir engineering, Dewatering studies, Reactive transport modeling, Fluid rock interaction, Geophysical logging pumping, Slug testing, Petro-physics and Petrography.
Email: alisyedanas88@gmail.com
Pakistan Petroleum Limited, Pakistan
Expertise: Petroleum Geology
Email: a_nazeer@ppl.com.pk

Economics and Policies of Energy and the Environment, FMAS, University of Sialkot, Pakistan.
Expertise: Energy economics, Policy and Planning, Economics of energy projects, Energy modelling, Economics of institutions, Regulatory economics, Power sector reforms, Public policy analysis.

Department of Environmental Sciences, Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Expertise: Soil remediation, Phytoremediation, Compost technology, Smart biochar technology, Modified biochar preparation and application, Fertilizer technology, Soil fertility management, Reclamation of salt affected soils, Sustainable agriculture, Water contamination, and Waste management
Email: altaf@smiu.edu.pk

Institute of Geology, University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan.
Expertise: Petrology (Igneous & Sedimentary), Geochemistry & Geochronology, Structural geology & Tectonics, Stratigraphy and Mineral exploration.
Email: saleem.mughal@ajku.edu.pk
Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
Expertise: Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Algorithm, Programming, Project Management, Academician, Mobile Applications, Data Sciences, Big Data Analytics, Smart City
Email: mkshaikh@gmail.com
Civil Engineering Department, Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan
Expertise: Geotechnical & Highway Engineering, Traffic & Transportation Engineering, Traffic Accidents & Road Safety Engineering, Construction Management, Highway Materials, Pavement Distresses, Mathematical Modeling
Email: ksheeraz@ssuet.edu.pk
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Expertise: Abiotic Stress in Plants, Environmental Ecosystems
Email: zasahito@zju.edu.cn

Department of Environmental Engineering, NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi.
Expertise: Biofuels production, Renewable energy, Sustainable energy management and conservation.
Email: mehmood@neduet.edu.pk

Department of Environmental Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.
Expertise: Ecotoxicology, Soil & water biology, Plant, soil and environmental interaction, Soil pollution and Bioremediation/Phytoremediation.
Email: mnawaz@bzu.edu.pk
Editorial Review Board
Centre For Pure & Applied Geology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro
Expertise: Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Petrology, Sedimentology and Tectonics, Economic Geology
University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir
Expertise: Earthquake Triggered Landslides, Landslide Hazards Management and Risk Assessment, Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing, Natural Hazard Assessment and Monitoring
Email: basharatgeo@uajk.edu.pk

University of Management Technology, Lahore, Pakistan.
Expertise: Climate change, Disaster management, Sustainable development.
Email: ahmad.gul@umt.edu.pk

Pakistan Meteorological Department, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Expertise: Climate change, Drought monitoring and early warning, Weather impacts on agriculture.
Environmental Research Center, Bahria University, Karachi, Pakistan
Expertise: Environment, Geochemistry
Geological Survey of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Expertise: Engineering Geology, Coal Geology
Email: ReshadEkram@gmail.com
Department of Geology, University of Karachi, Pakistan
Expertise: Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Field Geology
Department of Geography, University of Karachi, Pakistan
Karakoram International University
Expertise: Glaciology, Hydrology, Climate change, Cryosphere, Disasters and natural resource management
Pak-Austria Fachhochschule: Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, Haripur, KpK, Pakistan
Expertise: Process Engineering, Advance materials
Pak-Austria Fachhochschule: Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, Haripur, KpK, Pakistan
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Sargodha, Pakistan
Expertise: Field Geology, Petroleum Geosciences, Sedimentology, Structural Geology
Email: haroon.ali@uos.edu.pk
Department of Geology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
Expertise: Economic Geology, Petrology, Engineering Geology, Geochemistry, Geoheritage
Email: naveed_geo@uop.edu.pk
Environmental Research Center, Bahria University, Karachi, Pakistan
Expertise: Geophysical & Groundwater Exploration, Mining Exploration, Geospatial & Satellite Remote Sensing
Department of Earth Sciences, Abbottabad University of Science and Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan
Expertise: Structural geology, Tectonics, Seismic tomography
Email: zahid@aust.edu.pk
Abdus Salam School of Sciences, Nusrat Jahan College Rabwah, Pakistan
Expertise: Environmental geology, Resource management, and Water contamination
Email: nmirza@njc.edu.pk
Oil & Gas Development Corporation Limited, Pakistan
Expertise: Sequence Stratigraphy, Petroleum Geology
Email: tariq.mahmood@ogdcl.com
Director, Center for Integrated Mountain Research, University of the Punjab, Pakistan
Expertise: Physical Geography, Geomorphology, Remote Sensing, and Earth System Sciences, Environmental management, Water resource conservation
Email: saimagct@gmail.com
NCE in Geology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
Expertise: Industrial mineralogy
Email: rubinabilqees@gmail.com

Department of Geography, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Expertise: Geography, Urban environment, Climate change, GIS and Remote Sensing.
Email: nasarbhalli@gmail.com

Department of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Pakistan
Expertise: Environmental chemistry, Inorganic pollutants monitoring in air and water.
Email: nida.ali@uok.edu.pk

NIMA, Bahria University, Karachi, Pakistan
Expertise: Environmental impact assessment, Environmental management, Spatial analysis, Hyper spectral remote sensing, Waste utilization, Geographic information system
Email: ambreen.afzal@yahoo.com