Haris Hasan Khan

Biography

Dr. Haris H. Khan received B.Sc. Honors (Geology) & M.Sc. (Applied Geology) from AMU, Aligarh in 2002 & 2004 respectively, and PhD from the Indo-French Center for Groundwater Research, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India in 2011. His doctoral research focused on the links between land-use changes and groundwater quality in hard rock aquifers. Dr. Khan was a Research Fellow at LEGOS (Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales), Toulouse, France during 2007, where he worked on the applications of satellite based altimetric and gravity measurements in the estimation of storage & flux of terrestrial waters. Before joining AMU, he worked as Assistant Professor (Permanent) in the Department of Earth Sciences, Pondicherry (Central) University from 2011 to 2015. Research interest of Dr. Khan include the modelling of surface and subsurface water flows using Geographical Information System based modelling tools. He has 17 publications to his credit in peer reviewed national and international journals (e.g. Hydrogeology, Environmental Earth Sciences, Journal of the Geological Society of India, etc.), conference proceedings, and books. Dr. Khan is a regular reviewer in academic journals and member of academic associations and working groups like IAHS, CSDMS, YES Network. He has attended/presented papers in conferences/workshops/training courses, within India and abroad, and has also delivered invited lectures at several workshops/training courses within India.

Research Interest

GIS & Earth Observation in Water Resources, Hydrological Modelling