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Hydroclimatologist | Consultant in Water Resources, Climate Risk & SDGs I ML DL Expert | GEE, GIS, Python, R, Expert

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I am Dr. Afed, a Hydroclimatologist and Environmental Data Scientist with a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering and experience working with UNICEF, GIZ, and Adam Smith International. My expertise spans climate change impact assessment, hydrological modeling, and remote sensing-based environmental analysis using Google Earth Engine (GEE) and Python. I specialize in climate and water resource modeling, flood, drought, heat waves and landslide modeling, and machine learning/deep learning applications for environmental systems. My work integrates CMIP6, CHIRPS, Sentinel, and ERA5 datasets for risk assessment, bias correction, and data-driven climate insights. Core Skills: GEE | Python | Remote Sensing | Hydrology | Machine Learning | Climate Modeling | GIS | Data Visualization I SWAT I HEC HMS I HEC RAS

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Civil Engineering
• ☆ Hydraulic Engineering
• ☆ Environmental Engineering and Technology
• ☆ Earth & Atmospheric Science
• ☆ Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• ☆ Climate Science
• ☆ Hydrology

Services

• Writing

Writing Technical Writing

Work Experience

Lecturer

University of engineering and technology peshawar

April 2009 - Present

Lecturer / Consultant

UET Peshawar

January 2009 - January 2025

Education

PhD (Environment )

Harbin Institute of Technology

August 2014 - August 2018

Ph D

Harbin Institute of Technology

January 2014 - January 2018

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Nauman Gul, Afed Ullah Khan, Basir Ullah, Bakht Niaz Khan, Hamed M. Almalki, Abdulbasid S. Banga, Kailash Kumar (2025). Optimizing LSTM for sediment load prediction in the Swat river basin, Pakistan: Evaluation of optimizers and activation functions . Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C.

Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Fayaz Ahmad Khan, Afed Ullah Khan, Basir Ullah, Abdulnoor A. J. Ghanim, Ahmed M. Al-Areeq, Abubakr Taha Bakheit Taha (2025). Future precipitation patterns: investigating the IDF curve shifts under CMIP6 pathways . Journal of Hydroinformatics.

Farman Ullah Shah, Afed Ullah Khan, Abdul Waris Khan, Basir Ullah, Muhammad Rashid Khan, Ihrar Javed (2024). Comparative analysis of ensemble learning algorithms in water quality prediction . Journal of Hydroinformatics.

Hamid Anwar, Afed Ullah Khan, Basir Ullah, Abubakr Taha Bakheit Taha, Taoufik Najeh, Muhammad Usman Badshah, Abdulnoor A. J. Ghanim, Muhammad Irfan (2024). Intercomparison of deep learning models in predicting streamflow patterns: insight from CMIP6 . Scientific Reports.

Mehran Khan, Afed Ullah Khan, Basir Ullah, Sunaid Khan (2024). Developing a machine learning-based flood risk prediction model for the Indus Basin in Pakistan . Water Practice & Technology.

Hazrat Younus Sadiqzai, Afed Ullah Khan, Fayaz Ahmad Khan, Basir Ullah, Jehanzeb Khan (2024). Flood inundation mapping under climate change scenarios: insights from CMIP6 . Water Practice & Technology.

Saqib Mahmood, Afed Ullah Khan, Muhammad Babur, Abdulnoor A. J. Ghanim, Ahmed M. Al-Areeq, Daud Khan, Taoufik Najeh, Yaser Gamil (2024). Divergent path: isolating land use and climate change impact on river runoff . Frontiers in Environmental Science.

Basir Ullah, Muhammad Fawad, Afed Ullah Khan, Sikander Khan Mohamand, Mehran Khan, Muhammad Junaid Iqbal, Jehanzeb Khan (2023). Futuristic Streamflow Prediction Based on CMIP6 Scenarios Using Machine Learning Models . Water Resources Management.

Kashif Haleem, Afed Ullah Khan, Jehanzeb Khan, Abdulnoor A. J. Ghanim, Ahmed M. Al-Areeq (2023). Evaluating Future Streamflow Patterns under SSP245 Scenarios: Insights from CMIP6 . Sustainability.

Mehran Khan, Afed Ullah Khan, Sunaid Khan, Fayaz Ahmad Khan (2023). Assessing the impacts of climate change on streamflow dynamics: A machine learning perspective . Water Science & Technology.

Kashif Haleem, Afed Ullah Khan, Jehanzeb Khan, Abdulnoor A. J. Ghanim, Ahmed M. Al-Areeq (2023). Evaluating Future Streamflow Patterns under SSP245 Scenarios: Insights from CMIP6 . Sustainability.

Sunaid Khan, Afed Ullah Khan, Mehran Khan, Fayaz Ahmad Khan, Sohail Khan, Jehanzeb Khan (2023). Intercomparison of SWAT and ANN techniques in simulating streamflows in the Astore Basin of the Upper Indus . Water Science & Technology.

Mehran Khan, Afed Ullah Khan, Jehanzeb Khan, Sunaid Khan, Kashif Haleem, Fayaz Ahmad Khan (2023). Streamflow forecasting for the Hunza river basin using ANN, RNN, and ANFIS models . Water Practice & Technology.

Effect of land use change on climate elasticity of water quality at multiple spatial scales <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="0;URL=/servlet/useragent"> </head> . Water Practice and Technology.

Afedullah Khan, Ateeq ur Rauf, Afed Ullah Khan, Wisal Khan(2022). Historical development of the Regime Geometry Equations, Part-I . Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology. 41. (4). p. 01. Mehran University of Engineering and Technology

Zahoor Khan, Fayaz Ahmad Khan, Afed Ullah Khan, Irshad Hussain, Asif Khan, Liaqat Ali Shah, Jehanzeb Khan, Yasir Irfan Badrashi, Paweł Kamiński, Artur Dyczko, et al. (2022). Climate-Streamflow Relationship and Consequences of Its Instability in Large Rivers of Pakistan: An Elasticity Perspective . Water.

Zahoor Khan, Fayaz Ahmad Khan, Afed Ullah Khan, Irshad Hussain, Asif Khan, Liaqat Ali Shah, Jehanzeb Khan, Yasir Irfan Badrashi, Paweł Kamiński, Artur Dyczko, et al. (2022). Climate-Streamflow Relationship and Consequences of Its Instability in Large Rivers of Pakistan: An Elasticity Perspective . Water.

Kashif Haleem, Afed Ullah Khan, Sohail Ahmad, Mansoor Khan, Fayaz Ahmad Khan, Wisal Khan, Jehanzeb Khan (2022). Hydrological impacts of climate and land-use change on flow regime variations in upper Indus basin . Journal of Water and Climate Change.

Liaqat Ali, Salim Khan, Syed Jamal Shah, Aman Ullah, Hina Ashraf, Mushtaq Ahmad, Abida Begum, Heesup Han, Antonio Ariza-Montes, Luis Araya-Castillo, et al. (2021). Road and Transportation Lead to Better Health and Sustainable Destination Development in Host Community: A Case of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Muhammad Abid, Haytham F. Isleem, Khan Shahzada, Afed Ullah Khan, Muhammad Kamal Shah, Salman Saeed, Fahid Aslam (2021). Seismic Hazard Assessment of Shigo Kas Hydro-Power Project (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) . Buildings.

Muhammad Abid, Haytham F. Isleem, Khan Shahzada, Afed Ullah Khan, Muhammad Kamal Shah, Salman Saeed, Fahid Aslam (2021). Seismic Hazard Assessment of Shigo Kas Hydro-Power Project (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) . Buildings.

Afed Ullah Khan, Jehanzeb Khan, Fayaz Ahmad Khan, Rooman Khan, Raza Ullah Khan, Liaqat Ali Shah, Zahoor Khan, Yasir Irfan Badrashi (2021). The effect of COVID-19 on the air pollution in urban areas of Pakistan . Environmental Health Engineering and Management.

Liaqat Ali Shah, Afed Ullah Khan, Fayaz Ahmad Khan, Zahoor Khan, Ateeq Ur Rauf, Saif Ur Rahman, Muhammad Junaid Iqbal, Izaz Ahmad, Asim Abbas (2021). Statistical Significance Assessment of Streamflow Elasticity of Major Rivers . Civil Engineering Journal.

Afed Ullah Khan, Hafiz Ur Rahman, Liaqat Ali, Muhammad Ijaz Khan, Humayun Mehmood Khan, Afnan Ullah Khan, Fayaz Ahmad Khan, Jehanzeb Khan, Liaqat Ali Shah, Kashif Haleem, et al. (2021). Complex Linkage between Watershed Attributes and Surface Water Quality: Gaining Insight via Path Analysis . Civil Engineering Journal.

Ashfaq Khan, Afedullah Khan, Fayaz Khan, Liaqat Shah, Ateeq Ur Rauf, Yasir Badrashi, Wisal Khan, Jehanzeb Khan(2021). Assessment of the Impacts of Terrestrial Determinants on Surface Water Quality at Multiple Spatial Scales . Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. {HARD} Publishing Company

Khan, A., Khan, A., Khan, F.A., Shah, L.A., Rauf, A.U., Badrashi, Y.I., Khan, W., Khan, J.(2021). Assessment of the impacts of terrestrial determinants on surface water quality at multiple spatial scales . Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 30. (3). p. 2137-2147.

Shah, L.A., Khan, A.U., Khan, F.A., Khan, Z., Rauf, A.U., Rahman, S.U., Iqbal, M.J., Ahmad, I., Abbas, A.(2021). Statistical significance assessment of streamflow elasticity of major rivers . Civil Engineering Journal (Iran). 7. (5). p. 893-905.

Khan, A.U., Khan, J., Khan, F.A., Khan, R., Khan, R.U., Shah, L.A., Khan, Z., Badrashi, Y.I.(2021). The effect of covid-19 on the air pollution in urban areas of pakistan . Environmental Health Engineering and Management. 8. (2). p. 141-150.

Abid, M., Isleem, H.F., Shahzada, K., Khan, A.U., Shah, M.K., Saeed, S., Aslam, F.(2021). Seismic hazard assessment of shigo kas hydro-power project (Khyber pakhtunkhwa, pakistan) . Buildings. 11. (8).

Ali, L., Khan, S., Shah, S.J., Ullah, A., Ashraf, H., Ahmad, M., Begum, A., Han, H., Ariza-Montes, A., Araya-Castillo, L., et al.(2021). Road and transportation lead to better health and sustainable destination development in host community: A case of china pakistan economic corridor (cpec) . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18. (23).

Khan, A.U., Rahman, H.U., Ali, L., Khan, M.I., Khan, H.M., Khan, A.U., Khan, F.A., Khan, J., Shah, L.A., Haleem, K., et al.(2021). Complex linkage between watershed attributes and surface water quality: Gaining insight via path analysis . Civil Engineering Journal (Iran). 7. (4). p. 701-712.

(2020). Evaluation of hydrological modeling using climatic station and gridded precipitation dataset . MAUSAM.

Afed Ullah Khan Waqar Ahmad, Muhammad Farooq Fayaz Ahmad Khan, Ammar Ahmad Baig, Liaqat Ali Shah, Jehanzeb Khan(2020). How Vegetation Spatially Alters the Response of Precipitation and Air Temperature? Evidence from Pakistan . Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment. 14. (2). p. 133--145. Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment

(2020). Surface and Groundwater Pollution: The Invisible, Creeping Threat to Human Health . Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Shah, H.A., Sheraz, M., Khan, A.U., Khan, F.A., Shah, L.A., Khan, J., Khan, A., Khan, Z.(2020). Surface and Groundwater Pollution: The Invisible, Creeping Threat to Human Health . Civil and Environmental Engineering. 16. (1). p. 157-169.

Khan, W., Khan, A., Khan, A.U., Khan, M., Khan, F.A., Badrashi, Y.I.(2020). Evaluation of hydrological modeling using climatic station and gridded precipitation dataset . Mausam. 71. (4). p. 717-728.

(2019). Application of positive matrix factorization to identify potential sources of water quality deterioration of Huaihe River, China . Applied Water Science.

(2018). Long-term trends and probability distributions of river water quality variables and their relationships with climate elasticity characteristics . Environmental Monitoring and Assessment.

(2018). Rapid synthesis of multifunction composite adsorbent by microwave and evaluate with multiple value integration . DESALINATION AND WATER TREATMENT.

Sun, Y., Zheng, T., Zhang, G., Liu, B., Wang, P., Khan, A.U.(2018). Rapid synthesis of multifunction composite adsorbent by microwave and evaluate with multiple value integration . Desalination and Water Treatment. 123. p. 129-137.

Khan, A.U., Wang, P., Jiang, J., Shi, B.(2018). Long-term trends and probability distributions of river water quality variables and their relationships with climate elasticity characteristics . Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 190. (11).

(2017). Transport culture akin to the China-Pakistan economic corridor . Human Systems Management.

(2017). How Do Terrestrial Determinants Impact the Response of Water Quality to Climate Drivers?—An Elasticity Perspective on the Water–Land–Climate Nexus . Sustainability.

(2017). Influence of watershed topographic and socio-economic attributes on the climate sensitivity of global river water quality . Environmental Research Letters.

(2017). Engineering risk assessment for emergency disposal projects of sudden water pollution incidents . Environmental Science and Pollution Research.

Shi, B., Jiang, J., Liu, R., Khan, A.U., Wang, P.(2017). Engineering risk assessment for emergency disposal projects of sudden water pollution incidents . Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24. (17). p. 14819-14833.

Khan, A.U., Jiang, J., Sharma, A., Wang, P., Khan, J.(2017). How do terrestrial determinants impact the response of water quality to climate drivers?-An elasticity perspective on the water-land-climate nexus . Sustainability (Switzerland). 9. (11).

Khan, A.U., Jiang, J., Wang, P., Zheng, Y.(2017). Influence of watershed topographic and socio-economic attributes on the climate sensitivity of global river water quality . Environmental Research Letters. 12. (10).

Ali, L., Mi, J., Shah, M., Khan, A., Imran, M.(2017). Transport culture akin to the China-Pakistan economic corridor . Human Systems Management. 36. (4). p. 381-396.

(2016). Distribution patterns, infiltration and health risk assessment of PM2.5-bound PAHs in indoor and outdoor air in cold zone . Chemosphere.

Mohammed, M.O.A., Song, W.-W., Ma, Y.-L., Liu, L.-Y., Ma, W.-L., Li, W.-L., Li, Y.-F., Wang, F.-Y., Qi, M.-Y., Lv, N., et al.(2016). Distribution patterns, infiltration and health risk assessment of PM2.5-bound PAHs in indoor and outdoor air in cold zone . Chemosphere. 155. p. 70-85.

Mohammed, M.O.A., Song, W.W., Ma, W.L., Li, W.L., Li, Y.F., Khan, A.U., Ibrahim, M.A.E.M., Maarouf, O.A., Ahmed, A.A., Ambuchi, J.J.(2016). Potential toxicological and cardiopulmonary effects of PM_2.5 exposure and related mortality: Findings of recent studies published during 2003-2013 . Biomedical and Environmental Sciences. 29. (1). p. 66-79.

Potential Toxicological and Cardiopulmonary Effects of PM2.5 Exposure and Related Mortality: Findings of Recent Studies Published during 2003-2013 .

Land use impacts on surface water quality by statistical approaches .

How Vegetation Spatially Alters the Response of Precipitation and Air Temperature? Evidence from Pakistan . Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment(AJAE).

CONFERENCE PAPER

(2018). Decadal water quality variations at three typical basins of Mekong, Murray and Yukon . IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science.

Khan, A.U., Jiang, J., Wang, P.(2018). Decadal water quality variations at three typical basins of Mekong, Murray and Yukon . IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 121. (3).