Dr.Sami Ullah
  • Assistant Professor

Dr.Sami Ullah

Ph.D , UoP (2013) in Urban Geography
GIS and Remote Sensing
Cartography
Research Interest: 
Urban & Regional Planning
Disaster Risk Reduction
GIS and Remote Sensing
Telephone: 0345-9429484
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It is a state of honour for me that I am serving at the prestigious University of Peshawar as Lecturer and Coordinator B.S Geomatics and Geography programme at the Department of Geography. I am holding degrees of Bachelor of Sciences in Bio-Geo-Chemistry, Master of Science in Geography with distinction, Master of Science in Urban & Regional Planning with Distinction, MPhil in Geography of Housing, Post-graduate Diploma in GIS and Remote Sensing, Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Geography. I started my career as Lecturer in the Department of Geography in 2001 and then commissioned service career back in 2002 fromHigher Education Department Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (2002 - 2015) and then joined University of Peshawar-Pakistan in January 2015, where I am still serving. 

Research Publications

I am regularly publishing in prestigious national and international journals since 1999 with a good share of publications. I have 14 publications, where a predominant majority of scientific research papers and book chapters are in the field of Environmental Geography, Applied Geomorphology and Disaster Risk Management.

Conference, Workshop, Symposia, Seminars, Exhibition Organized

I have participated in conferences, workshops, exhibitions and seminars, and international conferences, workshops, seminars, exhibition and symposia as a resource person. Parallel to this, I regularly participate in national and international events to represent University of Peshawar and intend to organize at least one event per year.

Courses Taught at Under-Graduate, Graduate and Post-Graduate Level

Being a responsible faculty member, I got an opportunity to teach courses at under-graduate, graduate and postgraduate level in couple of universities (University of Peshawar, University of Engineering, National Center of Excelence in Geology, University of Peshawar, Riphah International University Islamabad, Allam Iqbal Open University Islamabad etc.), degree awarding institutions and affiliated colleges. The courses which I have taught include Techniques of Hazards mapping, Disaster Planning & Management, and Geo-informatics, Urban & Regional Planning, Applied Geomorphology, Basic concepts of hazards and disasters, Environmental Planning and Management, Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction, Fundamentals of GIS, Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, Advanced Remote Sensing, Application of Geo-informatics, Physical Geography, Economic Geography, Urbanization and Urban Sprawl.