mirza.waqar

mirza.waqar

I did Bachelor in space science in 2010 from University of Punjab, Pakistan. Throughout my undergraduate degree I maintained 1st position and joined IGIS, NUST in 2010 for master’s level study in remote sensing and GIS. I was awarded full tuition Fee Waiver scholarship from National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST). I served as Teaching Assistant at IGIS tutoring Fundamentals of Computer Programming & Introduction to Remote Sensing & Digital Image Processing at under graduate level. I had been involved in several projects like Land cover change assessment & trend analysis of Islamabad Capital Territory from 1975-2010, to develop public transport route using GIS for Lahore city, Land suitability analysis for housing society in SWAT valley, Bed rock identification through drainage pattern, Georeferencing of Images by Exploiting Geometric Distortions in Stereo Images of UK DMC (sponsered by European Space Agency). From Sept 2012 to Sept 2015, I worked at Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan as lecturer for 03 years. From Sept 2015 to Feb 2016< I worked as Researcher at Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China. Currently I am doing my PhD at Josaphat Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory, Center of Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University, Japan. My research focus is to estimate forest biophysical parameters using Pol-InSAR.