Editorial Board Members

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2026):
April-June
Vol. 16 No. 4 (2025):
October-December
Prof. Dr. Viqar Husain
Prof. Dr. Viqar Husain

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

Dr. Mitsuo Yoshida
Dr. Mitsuo Yoshida

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

Dr. M A Mohammad
Prof. Dr. Mohammad Abubakar Mohammad

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

Dr. Shehla Bano
Dr. Shehla Bano

Managing Editor

Department of Geology, University of Karachi, Pakistan

Expertise: Groundwater modeling, Seawater intrusion and Isotopic study of groundwater

Email: managingeditor.ijeeg@uok.edu.pk

Editors

Prof. Dr. Cem Sensogut
Prof. Dr. Cem Sensogut

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

Prof. Dr. Bheemalingeswara Konka
Prof. Dr. Bheemalingeswara Konka (Ph.D)

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.

Email: bheemalingeswarak@biust.ac.bw, kbheema2006@gmail.com

Dr. Arjuman Z. Zaidi
Dr. Arjuman Z. Zaidi

US-Pakistan Center for Advance Studies on Water, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan

Expertise: Water Resources, Remote Sensing, GIS, Disaster Management

Email: arjumand.uspcasw@faculty.muet.edu.pk

Advisory Editors

Dr. Kashif Hayat
Dr. Kashif Hayat

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

Dr. Sari Bahagiarti Kusumayudha
Dr. Sari Bahagiarti Kusumayudha

Universitas Pembangunan, National (UPN), Indonesia

Expertise: Hydrogeology, Karst Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology, Geological Disaster

Email: saribk@gmail.com

Dr. Sajid Rashid
Dr. Sajid Rashid

Dean Faculty Earth and Environmental Science, University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

Expertise: Environmental geology, Groundwater pollution, GIS, Soil pollution

Email: sajidpu@yahoo.com

Dr. Amir Mahmud
Dr. Amir Mahmud

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

Dr. İbrahim ÇINAR
Dr. İbrahim ÇINAR

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

Dr. Huda Jamal Jumaah
Dr. Huda Jamal Jumaah

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

Dr. Bazlar Rashid
Dr. Bazlar Rashid

Geological Survey of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Expertise: Sedimentology, Geomorphology, River morphology, Geochemistry, Hydrogeology, Radioactivity, Elemental analysis.

Email: bazlarrashid@yahoo.com

Dr. Md. Nehal Uddin
Dr. Md. Nehal Uddin

Geological Survey of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Expertise: Mining geology, Sedimentation, Aquifer formation, Water and energy.

Email: nehal.gsb@gmail.com

Prof. Dr. Azizan Marzuki
Prof. Dr. Azizan Marzuki

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.

 
Prof. Dr. Abbas J. Al-Taie

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

Dr. Sardar Sarfaraz
Dr. Sardar Sarfaraz

Ex-Chief Meteorologist, Pakistan Meteorological Department, Karachi, Pakistan.

Expertise: Climate change, Weather forecasting, early warning and Disaster risk reduction.

Email: sarfarazmet@hotmail.com

Dr. Ghulam Murtaza Arain
Dr. Ghulam Murtaza Arain

Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources, Karachi, Pakistan

Expertise: Water chemistry, Water quality, Groundwater pollution and modelling

Email: pcrwr.karachi@gmail.com

Dr. Adnan Khan
Dr. Adnan Khan

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

Dr. Sadaf Naseem
Dr. Sadaf Naseem

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

 
Dr. Yawar Hussain

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

Dr. Amjad Hussain
Dr. Amjad Hussain

School of Earth Resources, University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China.

Expertise: Ore deposits, Mineralogy, Petrology, Geochemistry and Tectonics.

Email: amjad.khoshhall@gmail.com

Prof. Dr. Md. Badiuzzaman Khan
Prof. Dr. Md. Badiuzzaman Khan

Department of Environmental Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

Expertise: Atmospheric pollution, Waste management, Heavy metal pollution, GHGs measurement.

Email: mbkhan@bau.edu.bd

Prof. Dr. Erum Bashir
Prof. Dr. Erum Bashir

Department of Geology, University of Karachi, Pakistan.

Expertise: Industrial minerals, Hydro-geochemistry, Environmental geochemistry, Groundwater quality.

Email: ebahmed@yahoo.com

Prof. Dr. Abdullah Harun Chpuwdhury
Prof. Dr. Abdullah Harun Chpuwdhury

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

Dr. Syed Anas Ali
Dr. Syed Anas Ali

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

 
Dr. Adeel Nazeer

Pakistan Petroleum Limited, Pakistan

Expertise: Petroleum Geology

Email: a_nazeer@ppl.com.pk

Prof. Dr. Kafait Ullah
Prof. Dr. Kafait Ullah

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.

Email: Dean.fmas@uskt.edu.pk, Dr.kafaitullah@uskt.edu.pk

Dr. Altaf Hussain Lahori
Dr. Altaf Hussain Lahori

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

Dr. Muhammad Saleem Mughal
Dr. Muhammad Saleem Mughal

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

 
Dr. Muhammad Kashif Shaikh

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

 
Dr. Khawaja Sheeraz

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

 
Zulfiqar Ali Sahito

Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Expertise: Abiotic Stress in Plants, Environmental Ecosystems

Email: zasahito@zju.edu.cn

Dr. Mehmood Ali
Dr. Mehmood Ali

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

Dr. M. Nawaz
Dr. M. Nawaz

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

 
Prof. Agheem Dr. Muhammad Hassan

Centre For Pure & Applied Geology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro

Expertise: Mineralogy and Geochemistry, Petrology, Sedimentology and Tectonics, Economic Geology

 
Dr. Muhammad Basharat

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

Dr. Ahmad Ali Gul
Dr. Ahmad Ali Gul

University of Management Technology, Lahore, Pakistan.

Expertise: Climate change, Disaster management, Sustainable development.

Email: ahmad.gul@umt.edu.pk

Dr. Shahzada Adnan
Dr. Shahzada Adnan

Pakistan Meteorological Department, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Expertise: Climate change, Drought monitoring and early warning, Weather impacts on agriculture.

Email: shaz.adnan@gmail.com, shaz_adnan@pmd.gov.pk

 
Prof. Dr. Yasmin Nergis

Environmental Research Center, Bahria University, Karachi, Pakistan

Expertise: Environment, Geochemistry

Email: nergisyasmin.bukc@bahria.edu.pk

 
Dr. Reshad Ekram

Geological Survey of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Expertise: Engineering Geology, Coal Geology

Email: ReshadEkram@gmail.com

 
Dr. Muhammad Bilal Satki

Department of Geology, University of Karachi, Pakistan

Expertise: Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Field Geology

 
Dr. Lubna Ghazal

Department of Geography, University of Karachi, Pakistan

 
Dr. Anila Kausar

Department of Geography, University of Karachi, Pakistan

Email: anilak@uok.edu.pk

 
Dr. Garee Khan

Karakoram International University

Expertise: Glaciology, Hydrology, Climate change, Cryosphere, Disasters and natural resource management

 
Dr. Ghufran Rehman

Pak-Austria Fachhochschule: Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, Haripur, KpK, Pakistan

Expertise: Process Engineering, Advance materials

 
Dr. Asif Khan

Pak-Austria Fachhochschule: Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, Haripur, KpK, Pakistan

 
Dr. Md. Sohel Rana

Geological Survey of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Email: sohelgsb@gmail.com

 
Dr. Syed Haroon Ali

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Sargodha, Pakistan

Expertise: Field Geology, Petroleum Geosciences, Sedimentology, Structural Geology

Email: haroon.ali@uos.edu.pk

 
Dr. Muhammad Naveed Anjum

Department of Geology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan

Expertise: Economic Geology, Petrology, Engineering Geology, Geochemistry, Geoheritage

Email: naveed_geo@uop.edu.pk

 
Dr. Shaista Mahmood

Environmental Research Center, Bahria University, Karachi, Pakistan

Expertise: Geophysical & Groundwater Exploration, Mining Exploration, Geospatial & Satellite Remote Sensing

 
Dr. Zahid Imran Bhatti

Department of Earth Sciences, Abbottabad University of Science and Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan

Expertise: Structural geology, Tectonics, Seismic tomography

Email: zahid@aust.edu.pk

 
Dr. Mirza Naseer Ahmad

Abdus Salam School of Sciences, Nusrat Jahan College Rabwah, Pakistan

Expertise: Environmental geology, Resource management, and Water contamination

Email: nmirza@njc.edu.pk

 
Dr. Tariq Mahmood

Oil & Gas Development Corporation Limited, Pakistan

Expertise: Sequence Stratigraphy, Petroleum Geology

Email: tariq.mahmood@ogdcl.com

 
Prof. Dr. Saima Siddiqui

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

 
Prof. Dr. Rubiba Bilqees

NCE in Geology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan

Expertise: Industrial mineralogy

Email: rubinabilqees@gmail.com

Dr. M. Nasar-U-Minallah
Dr. M. Nasar-U-Minallah

Department of Geography, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

Expertise: Geography, Urban environment, Climate change, GIS and Remote Sensing.

Email: nasarbhalli@gmail.com

Dr. Nida Ali
Dr. Nida Ali

Department of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Pakistan

Expertise: Environmental chemistry, Inorganic pollutants monitoring in air and water.

Email: nida.ali@uok.edu.pk

Dr. Ambreen Afzal
Dr. Ambreen Afzal

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