Dr. Khan is currently working as Lead Author for IPCC AR-6, working as Water and Climate Change expert with ADB and other well-reputed organiations, Member for the Upper Indus Network, Member of Indus Basin Knowledge Forum, Member of Cambridge Philosophical Society, Member of British Hydrological Society, Member of European Geophysical Union, Member of American Geophysical Union, and a Member of several other international Forums. He also worked as Director Research at the Centre for Water Informatics and Technology, LUMS and Assistant Professor at UET Peshawar.
Dr. Khan has researched Water-Energy-Food Nexus under climate change for the Indus Basin during his Post-Doc at IIASA, Austria, and secured his PhD degree in the field of hydro-climatology from Cambridge University UK, where his research topic was ‘The hydro-climatology of the Upper Indus Basin: a critical analysis of data and modeling needs in a complex mountain environment’.
Dr. Khan also worked on different civil engineering projects, geotechnical investigations, water resources and its nexus research and climate change impact/adaptation assessment studies. He has produced 16 international journal publications and two book chapters related to the hydro-climatology of the Indus Basin. He has also been working as a reviewer in the field of hydro-climatology for more than 16 well-reputed international journals since 2012. Dr. Khan’s expertise are in snow-glacier hydro-climate modeling, MHVRA, CRVA, and Water Resources and Project Management. He wants to bridge research and industry to practice his professional and research skills in a better way