• Application of GIS and Remote Sensing  in Environmental monitoring for Land use / Land cover analysis, Wetland assessment, Ground water modeling and  Habitat mapping.
• Remote sensing of Environment  
• Natural Resources Mapping
• Natural Hazards
• Climate Change
• Flood disaster monitoring, assessment and management
• Hydrological modeling and Water resource management

                                 Research Publications

1. Aslam, R.W., Shu, H., Yaseen, A. Sajjad, A.; Zain ul Abidin , S.  "Identification of time-varying wetlands neglected in Pakistan through remote sensing techniques. Environ Sci Pollut Res  2023, 30, 74031–7 4044. (Impact Factor: 5.8)

2. Sajjad, A*.; Lu, J.;  Chen, X.; Chisenga, C.; Mazhar, N. "Rapid assessment of riverine flood inundation in Chenab floodplain using remote sensing techniques. Geoenvironmental Disasters, 2023,10, 9.

3. Sajjad, A.; Lu, J.; Chen, X.; Chisenga, C.; Mazhar, N.; Nadeem, B. “Riverine Flood mapping and impact assessment using remote sensing technique: A case study of Chenab flood-2014 in Multan district, Punjab, Pakistan. Nat Hazards, 2022, 110, 2207–2226. (2022 Impact Factor: 3.158)

4. Mahmood, S*.; Sajjad, A*.; Rahman, A. U. “Cause and damage analysis of 2010 flood disaster in district Muzaffar Garth, Pakistan”. Natural Hazards, 2021, 107, 1681-1692. (2021 Impact Factor: 3.158)

5.  Mazhar, N.; Shirazi, S. A.; Javid, K.; Rahman, M. H-U.; Sajjad, A. “Application of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for precision agriculture, in selected wheat fields of Rajanpur”. Pakistan Geographical Review, 2021, 76, 213-223. (HEC Recognized Journal)

6. Waqas, H.; Lu, L. Tariq, A.; Li, Q.; Xing, J.; Sajjad, A. “Flash Flood Susceptibility Assessment and Zonation Using an Integrating Analytic Hierarchy Process and Frequency Ratio Model for the Chitral District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan”. Water, 2021, 13,1650. (2021 Impact Factor: 3.158)

7.  Sajjad, A.; Lu, J.; Chen, X.; Chisenga, C.; Saleem, N.; Hassan, H. “Operational monitoring and damage assessment of riverine flood-2014 in the lower Chenab plain, Punjab, Pakistan, using remote sensing and GIS techniques”. Remote Sensing, 2020, 12, 714.(2021 Impact Factor: 5.349)

8. Sajjad, A.; Lu, J.; Chen.; Saleem, N. “Rapid riverine flood mapping with different water indexes using flood instances Landsat-8 images”. 5th International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences,2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/ECWS-5-08049

9.    Basit, M.; Sajjad, A.; Mahmood, Z.; Sohail, M.; Khurshid, S. K. “Spatial assessment of transgender population: The deprived community on Pakistan”. Arts and Social Science, 2020, 1, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.34154/2020-ASSJ-0202-01-12/euraass (International Journal)

10. Sajjad, A.; Lu, J.; Chen, X.; Chisenga, C.; Mahmood, S. “The riverine flood catastrophe in August 2010 in South Punjab, Pakistan: potential causes, extent and damage assessment. Appl. Ecol. Environ. Res., 2019, 17, 14121-14142.(2021 Impact Factor: 0.711)

11. Mahmood, S.; Rahman, A. U.; Sajjad, A. Assessment of 2010 flood disaster causes and damages in district Muzaffargarh, Central Indus Basin, Pakistan. Environmental Earth Sciences, 2019. 78, 63.(2021 Impact Factor: 3.119)

12. Saleem, N.; Huq, M.; Twumasi, N. Y. D.; Javed, A.; Sajjad, A. “Parameters derived from and/or used with digital elevation models (DEMs) for landslide susceptibility mapping and landslide risk assessment: a review”. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2019, 8, 545. (2021 Impact Factor: 3.099)

13. Basit, M.; Sajjad, A. “Female Deficit: Trends and Patterns of Sex Ratio in Pakistan, Directing Census- 2017” Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 2019, 7(1). (International Journal)

1. Organized and chaired 2nd International Conference on Climate Change and Environment, from 11-13 January, 2023 in Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad 

2. Published and presented 2 papers in international conference on Geography and Global sustainability (ICGSS) organized by Department of Geography, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka from December 9-10,2021.

2.  Presented paper in 16^th All Pakistan Geographical Conference-APGC 2021, March, Department of Geography, University of the Punjab.

3. Published paper in 5th International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences from Nov 16–30 2020 https://doi.org/10.3390/ECWS-5-08049

4.  Presented paper in second International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analysis AIABDA2018 in Macao from April 23-25, 2018

5.  Published abstract and presented in 2^nd LIESMARS International Graduate Workshop on geo-informatics in Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China from July 8-11, 2018

6.  Published abstract and presented in 3^rd LIESMARS International Graduate Workshop on Geo-informatics in Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China from June 25-28, 2019