• Application of GIS and Remote Sensing  in Environmental monitoring for Land use analysis, Wetland assessment, Ground water modeling and  Habitat mapping.
• Remote sensing of Environment  
• Natural Resources Mapping
• Natural Hazards
• Climate Change
• Flood disaster monitoring, assessment and management
• Hydrological modeling and water resource management
• Sustainable urban environment management

                                 Research Publications

1.  Sajjad, A., Lu, J., Chen, X. et al. Flood hazard assessment in Chenab River basin using hydraulic simulation modeling and remote sensing. Nat Hazards 2024 120, 7679–7700. (Impact Factor: 3.3).

2.  Aslam, R.W.; Shu, H.; Yaseen, A.; Sajjad, A.; Zain ul Abidin , S.  Identification of time-varying wetlands neglected in Pakistan through remote sensing techniques. Environ Sci Pollut Res  2023, 30, 74031–7 4044. (Impact Factor: 5.8)

3.  Sajjad, A*.; Lu, J.;  Chen, X.; Chisenga, C.; Mazhar, N. Rapid assessment of riverine flood inundation in Chenab floodplain using remote sensing techniques. Geoenvironmental Disasters, 2023,10, 9. (Impact Factor: 1.2)

4.   Sajjad, A.; Lu, J.; Aslam, R.W.; Ahmad, M. Flood Disaster Mapping Using Geospatial Techniques: A Case Study of the 2022 Pakistan Floods. Environ. Sci. Proc. 2023, 25, 78.

5.  Sajjad, A.; Lu, J.; Chen, X.; Chisenga, C.; Mazhar, N.; Nadeem, B. “Riverine Flood mapping and impact assessment using remote sensing technique: A case study of Chenab flood-2014 in Multan district, Punjab, Pakistan. Nat Hazards, 2022, 110, 2207–2226. (2022 Impact Factor: 3.158)

6. Mahmood, S*.; Sajjad, A*.; Rahman, A. U. “Cause and damage analysis of 2010 flood disaster in district Muzaffar Garth, Pakistan”. Natural Hazards, 2021, 107, 1681-1692. (2021 Impact Factor: 3.158)

7.  Mazhar, N.; Shirazi, S. A.; Javid, K.; Rahman, M. H-U.; Sajjad, A. “Application of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for precision agriculture, in selected wheat fields of Rajanpur”. Pakistan Geographical Review, 2021, 76, 213-223. (HEC Recognized Journal)

8. Waqas, H.; Lu, L. Tariq, A.; Li, Q.; Xing, J.; Sajjad, A. “Flash Flood Susceptibility Assessment and Zonation Using an Integrating Analytic Hierarchy Process and Frequency Ratio Model for the Chitral District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan”. Water, 2021, 13,1650. (2021 Impact Factor: 3.158)

9.  Sajjad, A.; Lu, J.; Chen, X.; Chisenga, C.; Saleem, N.; Hassan, H. “Operational monitoring and damage assessment of riverine flood-2014 in the lower Chenab plain, Punjab, Pakistan, using remote sensing and GIS techniques”. Remote Sensing, 2020, 12, 714.(2021 Impact Factor: 5.349)

10. Sajjad, A.; Lu, J.; Chen.; Saleem, N. Rapid riverine flood mapping with different water indexes using flood instances Landsat-8 images. 5th International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences,2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/ECWS-5-08049

11. Basit, M.; Sajjad, A.; Mahmood, Z.; Sohail, M.; Khurshid, S. K. Spatial assessment of transgender population: The deprived community on Pakistan”. Arts and Social Science, 2020, 1, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.34154/2020-ASSJ-0202-01-12/euraass (International Journal)

12. Sajjad, A.; Lu, J.; Chen, X.; Chisenga, C.; Mahmood, S. The riverine flood catastrophe in August 2010 in South Punjab, Pakistan: potential causes, extent and damage assessment. Appl. Ecol. Environ. Res., 2019, 17, 14121-14142.(2021 Impact Factor: 1)

13. Mahmood, S.; Rahman, A. U.; Sajjad, A. Assessment of 2010 flood disaster causes and damages in district Muzaffargarh, Central Indus Basin, Pakistan. Environmental Earth Sciences, 2019. 78, 63.(2021 Impact Factor: 3.2)

14. Saleem, N.; Huq, M.; Twumasi, N. Y. D.; Javed, A.; Sajjad, A. “Parameters derived from and/or used with digital elevation models (DEMs) for landslide susceptibility mapping and landslide risk assessment: a review”. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2019, 8, 545. (2021 Impact Factor: 3.099)

15. Basit, M.; Sajjad, A. “Female Deficit: Trends and Patterns of Sex Ratio in Pakistan, Directing Census- 2017” Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 2019, 7(1). (International Journal)

1. Organized and chaired 2nd International Conference on Climate Change and Environment, from 11-13 January, 2023 in Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad 

2. Published and presented 2 papers in international conference on Geography and Global sustainability (ICGSS) organized by Department of Geography, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka from December 9-10,2021.

2.  Presented paper in 16^th All Pakistan Geographical Conference-APGC 2021, March, Department of Geography, University of the Punjab.

3. Published paper in 5th International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences from Nov 16–30 2020 https://doi.org/10.3390/ECWS-5-08049

4.  Presented paper in second International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analysis AIABDA2018 in Macao from April 23-25, 2018

5.  Published abstract and presented in 2^nd LIESMARS International Graduate Workshop on geo-informatics in Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China from July 8-11, 2018

6.  Published abstract and presented in 3^rd LIESMARS International Graduate Workshop on Geo-informatics in Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China from June 25-28, 2019