Bahria University

DR. MUHSAN EHSAN

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Email	muhsan.buic@bahria.edu.pk
Phone. Ext.	051-9259487
Research Area	Exploration Geophysics
Number of Publications	76

QUALIFICATION
DEGREE	PASSING YEAR	MAJORS	UNIVERSITY
Bachelor’s in Science Education	2009	Physics, Mathematics A, Mathematics B	University of the Punjab Lahore, Pakistan
Master in Geophysics	2011	-	Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad.
Ph. D in Geophysics	2016	-	Institute of Geophysics and Geomatics, China University of Geosciences Wuhan, Hubei 430074 P. R. China
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
DESIGNATION	FROM	TO	ORGANIZATION
Research Geophysicist	01-Jan-2017	01-Jun-2017	K-tron Research Incorporated, Pakistan
Assistant Professor	01-Jun-2017	01-Jun-2020	Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Bahria University Islamabad, Pakistan
Senior Assistant Professor	01-Jul-2020	01-Dec-2021	Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Bahria University
Senior Associate Professor	01-Jan-2022	Present	Bahria University Islamabad

Publications

Journals & Conferences

• A Modified Approach for Volumetric Evaluation of Shaly Sand Formations from ConventionalWell Logs: A Case Study from the Talhar Shale, Pakistan | Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
• A modified approach for Elastic Impedance Inversion due to the variation in the value of K | Earth Sciences Research Journal
• A geological study of reservoir formations and exploratory well depths statistical analysis in Sindh Province, Southern Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan | Kuwait J. Sci.
• Identification of Hydrocarbon Potential of Talhar Shale: Member of Lower Goru Formation Using Well Logs Derived Parameters, Southern Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan | Journal of Earth Science
• Analysis of Geological Structure and Anthropological Factors Affecting on Arsenic Distribution in Lahore’s Aquifer | Hydrogeology Journal
• An integrated approach for the identification of lithofacies and clay mineralogy through Neuro-Fuzzy, cross plot, and statistical analyses, from well log data | Journal of Earth System Science
• Seismo ionospheric anomalies in Turkey associated with Mw 6 earthquakes detected by GPS stations and GIM TEC | Advances in Space Research
• EVALUATION OF GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY TO CONTAMINATION BY DRASTIC RISK MAPPING IN QUETTA VALLEY, BALOCHISTAN | Bahria University Research Journal of Earth Sciences
• Total electron content anomalies associated with earthquakes occurred during 1998–2019 | Acta Astronautica
• Hydrocarbon source rock evaluation and quantification of organic richness from correlation of well logs and geochemical data: A case study from the sembar formation, Southern Indus Basin, Pakistan | Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering
• DIRE SITUATION OF COVID-19 IN PAKISTAN AND ITS IMPACT ON AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH - A CASE STUDY | Bahria University Research Journal of Earth Sciences
• Water resources of Balochistan, Pakistan—a review | Arabian Journal of Geosciences
• Artificial Neural Network based thermal anomalies associated with earthquakes in Pakistan from MODIS LST | Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
• Investigation of Ionospheric and Atmospheric Anomalies Associated with Three Mw > 6.5 Eqs in New Zealand | Journal of Geodynamics
• Seismic expression of miocene carbonate platform and reservoir characterization through geophysical approach: application in central Luconia, offshore Malaysia | Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production
• An integrated approach to evaluate the unconventional hydrocarbon generation potential of the Lower Goru Formation (Cretaceous) in Southern Lower Indus basin, Pakistan | Journal of Earth System Science
• Evaluating urbanization impact on stressed aquifer of Quetta Valley, Pakistan | Desalination and Water Treatment
• Possible thermal anomalies associated with global terrestrial earthquakes during 2000-2019 based on MODIS-LST | IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
• Possible atmosphere and ionospheric anomalies of the 2019 Pakistan earthquake using statistical and machine learning procedures on MODIS LST, GPS TEC and GIM TEC | IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
• Atmospheric and ionospheric precursors associated with Mw 6.5 earthquakes from multiple satellites | Journal of Atmospheric and Solar Terrestrial Physics
• Ionospheric–Thermospheric Responses in South America to the August 2018 Geomagnetic Storm Based on Multiple Observations | IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
• Machine learning-based thermal anomalies detection from MODIS LST associated with the Mw 7.7 Awaran, Pakistan earthquake | Natural Hazards
• Significance of real-time petro-physical data for an optimal remote geosteering operation in complex geological reservoirs | Geology, Geophysics and Environment
• Hydrogeological studies and evaluation of surface and groundwater quality of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | Desalination and Water Treatment
• A game theory approach to the logic of illegitimate behavior induced during land conflict litigation in urban and peri-urban areas of Pakistan | Cities
• Source rock geochemical assessment and estimation of TOC using well logs and geochemical data of Talhar Shale, Southern Indus Basin, Pakistan | Frontiers in Earth Science
• Groundwater budgeting of Nari and Gaj formations and groundwater mapping of Karachi, Pakistan | Applied Water Science
• Floods and flood management and its socio-economic impact on Pakistan: A review of the empirical literature | Frontiers in Environmental Science
• Impacts of urbanization, LULC, LST, and NDVI changes on the static water table with possible solutions and water policy discussions: A case from Islamabad, Pakistan | Frontiers in Environmental Science
• Seismic driven reservoir classification using advanced machine learning algorithms: A case study from the Lower Ranikot/Khadro sandstone gas reservoir, Kirthar Fold Belt, Lower Indus Basin, Pakistan | Geoenergy Science and Engineering
• Analyzing the seismic attributes, structural and petrophysical analyses of the Lower Goru Formation: A case study from Middle Indus Basin Pakistan | Frontiers in Earth Science
• Assessing public perception and willingness to pay for renewable energy in Pakistan through the theory of planned behavior | Frontiers in Energy Research
• Prospect Evaluation of the Cretaceous Yageliemu Clastic Reservoir Based on Geophysical Log Data: A Case Study from the Yakela Gas Condensate Field, Tarim Basin, China | Energies
• Seismo Ionospheric Anomalies around and over the Epicenters of Pakistan Earthquakes | Atmosphere
• Integrated approach using petrophysical, gravity, and magnetic data to evaluate the geothermal resources at the Rahat Volcanic Field, Saudi Arabia | Frontiers in Earth Science
• Sedimentological and diagenetic analysis of Early Eocene Margalla Hill Limestone, Shahdara area, Islamabad, Pakistan: implications for reservoir potential | Carbonates and Evaporites
• Possible seismo-ionospheric anomalies associated with Mw > 5.0 earthquakes during 2000–2020 from GNSS TEC | Advances in Space Research
• Estimating the Total Volume of Running Water Bodies Using Geographic Information System (GIS): A Case Study of Peshawar Basin (Pakistan) | Sustainability
• Investigating the Drinking Water Quality and Associated Health Risks in Metropolis Area of Pakistan | Frontiers in Materials
• Health risks associated with radon concentrations in carbonate and evaporite sequences of the uranium-rich district Karak, Pakistan | Frontiers in Environmental Science
• Comparative geospatial approach for agricultural crops identification in interfluvial plain - A case study of Sahiwal district, Pakistan | Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences
• Total organic carbon content and total porosity estimation in unconventional resource play using integrated approach through seismic inversion and well logs analysis within the Talhar Shale, Pakistan | Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering
• Geothermal Exploration Using Remote Sensing, Surface Temperature, and Geophysical Data in Lunayyir Volcanic Field, Saudi Arabia | Sustainability
• The assessment of reservoir potential of Permian to Eocene reservoirs of Minwal-Joyamair fields, upper Indus basin, Pakistan | Heliyon
• The Effect of Energy Consumption, Income, and Population Growth on CO2 Emissions: Evidence from NARDL and Machine Learning Models | Sustainability
• Knowledge-based machine learning for mineral classification in a complex tectonic regime of Yingxiu-Beichuan fault zone, Sichuan basin | Geoenergy Science and Engineering
• A game theory approach to land acquisition conflicts in Pakistan | Land Use Policy
• Sembar Formation as an Unconventional Prospect: New Insights in Evaluating Shale Gas Potential Combined with Deep Learning | Natural Resources Research
• Reservoir characterization through comprehensive modeling of elastic logs prediction in heterogeneous rocks using unsupervised clustering and class-based ensemble machine learning | Applied Soft Computing
• GIS-based multi criteria decision analysis techniques used to identify potential groundwater recharge zones in Quetta Valley, Pakistan | Desalination and Water Treatment
• Advanced stacked integration method for forecasting long-term drought severity: CNN with machine learning models | Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies
• Optimizing geothermal reservoir modeling: A unified bayesian PSO and BiGRU approach for precise history matching under uncertainty | Geothermics
• Unconventional Reservoir Characterization of Patala Formation, Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan | ACS Omega
• Geochemical Evaluation of Paleocene Source Rocks in the Kohat Sub-Basin, Pakistan | ACS Omega
• Groundwater delineation for sustainable improvement and development aided by GIS, AHP, and MIF techniques | Applied Water Science
• Estimating Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Content and Porosity of the Ranikot Formation in the Central Indus Basin, Pakistan, Using Seismic Inversion and Well Log Analysis | Journal of GeoEnergy
• Geocellular Modeling of the Cambrian to Eocene Multi-Reservoirs, Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan | Natural Resources Research
• Assessment of Land Surface Temperature from the Indian Cities of Ranchi and Dhanbad during COVID-19 Lockdown: Implications on the Urban Climatology | Sustainability
• Harnessing Advanced Machine-Learning Algorithms for Optimized Data Conditioning and Petrophysical Analysis of Heterogeneous, Thin Reservoirs | Energy Fuels
• Machine learning techniques in predicting bottom hole temperature and remote sensing for assessment of geothermal potential in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | Sustainability
• Mechanics of the Kalabagh Fault, northwest Himalayan fold and thrust belt (convergence zone of India and Eurasia), using SAR interferometry and CFS | Frontiers in Earth Science
• Comparative and Statistical Analysis of Core-Calibrated Porosity with Log-Derived Porosity for Reservoir Parameters Estimation of the Zamzama GAS Field, Southern Indus Basin, Pakistan | Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
• Improved reservoir characterization of thin beds by advanced deep learning approach | Applied Computing and Geosciences
• Evaluation of agriculture land transformations with socio-economic influences on wheat demand and supply for food sustainability | Cogent Food Agriculture
• Lithofacies and sandstone reservoir characterization for geothermal assessment through artificial intelligence | Results in Engineering
• Geothermal investigation of sandstone reservoirs using a probabilistic neural network with 2D seismic and borehole data: insights into structural and reservoir characteristics | Geothermics
• Multicriteria evaluation of cropland suitability using multisource datasets of satellite remote sensing and ground observation | Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A B C
• Comparison of surface and subsurface limestone reservoir properties: key insights derived from the analysis of geological and geophysical datasets | Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A B C