• Application of GIS and Remote Sensing  in Environmental monitoring for Land use 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
• Sustainable urban environment management
• Optical and Radar remote sensing
• Urban flood forecasting and management

                                 Research Publications

1.     Mumtaz, S.; Sajjad, A.; Aslam, R.W.; Sajid, G.H.; Mazhar, N. Monitoring snow cover change in the Yasin River basin using MODIS snow products and Landsat-derived water indices (2003–2023). Environ Monit Assess 2026 198, 154 

2.   Altaf, F.; Muhammad, T.; Nadeem, S.; Sajjad, A.; Iqbal, M. Quantifying key drivers of atmospheric methane across Pakistan using a machine learning approach. Environ Monit Assess 2026, 198, 110.

3.       Mazhar, N.; Ahmad, M.; Tahir, T.; Abbas, S.; Iqbal, M.; Sajjad, A*. Assessing Climate Change-Induced Food Security Risks for Rural Communities in South Punjab, Pakistan. EQ 2025, 36, 1-27.

4.       Zahra, H.; Sajjad, A*.; Sajid, G.H.; Iqbal, M.; Khan, A.H.A. Identification of Groundwater Recharge Potential Zones in Islamabad and Rawalpindi for Sustainable Water Management. Water 2025, 17, 3392.

5.  Tabassum, A.; Sajjad, A*.; Sajid, G.H.; Ahmad, M.; Iqbal, M.; Khan, A.H.A. Assessing Recharge Zones for Groundwater Potential in Dera Ismail Khan (Pakistan): A GIS-Based Analytical Hierarchy Process Approach. Water.2025,17:1586.

6.   Rehman, B.;Khalifa,W.M.A.; Mirza,C.R.; Butt, T.A.; Manan, N.; Sajjad,A.; Toqeer,M.; Siddiqui, G.F.; Yousaf,S.; Iqbal,M. Salt tolerance potential of native plant species and halophilic bacteria from Bahadur Khel and Khewra, Pakistan. Kuwait Journal of Science. 2025, 52(3): 100428.

7.   Sajjad, A*.; Ahmad, M.; Aslam, R.W.; Bibi, M.; Tabassum, A. Remote Sensing-Based Flash Flood Mapping and Damage Assessment in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Environ. Monit. Assess. 2025, 197, 447.

8.   Sajjad, A*.; Ahmad, M.; Tariq, R.; Iqbal, M.; Farooq, R.; Ali, W.; Ali, A. Assessment of Community Perceptions on Drinking Water Quality and Its Implications for Human Health in Islamabad, Pakistan: A Comprehensive Analysis. Desalination Water Treat. 2025, 321, 101055.

9.   Chaoyong, W.; Aslam, R.W.; Quddoos, A.; Naz, I.; Tariq, A.; Ullah, S.; Sajjad, A*.; Soufan, W.; Almutairi, K.F. SAR Image Integration for Multi-Temporal Analysis of Lake Manchar Wetland Dynamics Using Machine Learning. Scientic Reports. 2024, 14, 26669.

10.   Mazhar, N.; Fatima, T.; Nasar-u-Minallah, M.; Sajjad, A*.; Abbas, S. Spatio-Temporal Monitoring and Risk Mapping of Glacial Lake Outburst Flood in Hunza Valley, Pakistan. Proc. Pak. Acad. Sci.: A. Phys. Comput. Sci. 2024, 61(3), 283–291.

11.   Lingye, T.; Saleem, N.; Aslam, RW.; Sajjad, A*.;Naz, I.; Tariq, A.; Alzahrani, H. Assessment of Urban Environmental Quality by Socio-Economic and Environmental Variables Using Open Sources Datasets. Transactions in GIS, 2024, 0:1-19. 

12.   Naz, I.; Fan, H.; Aslam, RW.; Tariq, A.; Quddoos, A.; Sajjad, A*.; Soufan, W.; Almutairi, KF.; Ali, F. Integrated geospatial and geostatistical multi-criteria evaluation of urban groundwater quality using water quality indices. Water, 2024, 16, 2549.

13.   Sajjad, A*,; Lu, J.; Chen, X. et al. Flood hazard assessment in Chenab River basin using hydraulic simulation modeling and remote sensing. Nat Hazards 2024 120, 7679–7700.

14.  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. 

15.  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.

16.  Sajjad, A.; Lu, J.; Aslam, R.W.; Ahmad, M. Flood Disaster Mapping Using Geospatial Techniques: A Case Study of the 2022 Pakistan Floods. Environ. Sci. Proc. 2023, 25, 78.

17. 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. 

18. 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. 

19. 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. 

20. 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.

21. 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.

22. 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

23. 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 

24. 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.

25. 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.

26. 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.

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

1.   Published 2 Abstracts for oral presentation and Poster presentation at the 9th International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences,( Recent Advances in Water Sciences under a Variable and Changing Environment) held (online) from November 11–14, 2025, organized by MDPI, Switzerland.

2.  Participated in the International Training Workshop on climate change and water safety effects along CPEC jointly organized by China-Pakistan joint research center on Earth Sciences (CPJRC) and Pakistan Academy of sciences on 9-14 April 2025

3.    Published 4 Abstracts for oral presentation and Poster presentation at the 8th International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences, held (online) from October 14–16, 2024, organized by MDPI.

4.    Participated in the International Training Workshop on resource and Environment Scientific data sharing along the “Belt and Road organized by Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural resources research, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, China on 4-18 Nov 2023

5.    Participated in the International Training Workshop on Natural Disaster Monitoring, Prevention and Mitigation Technology along CPEC organized by China-Pakistan joint research center on Earth Sciences at Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad on 22-25 Oct 2023.

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

7. 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.

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

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

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

11.  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

12.  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