CURRICULUM VITAE A. PERSONAL INFORMATION: i.Name : IRFAN RASHID ii.Designation : Assistant Professor (Since March 2012) iii. Date of Birth : 17th August, 1984 iv.Permanent Address : Department of Earth Sciences University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India-190006 v.Email : [email protected]; [email protected] B. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS: i. Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences in 2016 (Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad India) Ph.D. Title: Assessing the Climate Change Impacts on Vegetation Distribution in Kashmir Himalayas ii. Master of Science in Environmental Sciences in 2008 (University of Kashmir, Srinagar India) C. AWARDS: . Travel grant award by DST, GoI for attending Karthaus Summer School on Ice Sheets and Glaciers in the Climate System in Italy in June 2016 . Travel grant award by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation for attending training on Teach the Teachers in Glaciology in Switzerland in June 2016 . Best Research Award in JK Science Congress, 2015 at University of Kashmir . Travel grant award by APN-START for attending training workshop on Understanding Ecosystem- Climate Interactions at Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing China in September 2014 . Best Research Award on World Environmental Day, 2011 at University of Kashmir . Best Research Award on World Environmental Day, 2010 at University of Kashmir . Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) in April 2009 in Environmental Sciences D. PUBLICATIONS: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=HeDLdjwAAAAJ&hl=en Citations: 270 h-index: 10 i-10 index: 10 REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES 1. Irfan Rashid, SA Romshoo, M Amin, SA Khanday, P Chauhan. 2017: Linking human-biophysical interactions with the trophic status of Dal Lake, Kashmir Himalaya, India. Limnologica - Ecology and Management of Inland Waters, 62, 84-96 [IF-1.541] 2. A Sen, AS Abdelmaksoud, YN Ahammed, MA Alghamdi, T Banerjee, MA Bhat, A Chatterjee, AK Choudhuri, T Das, A Dhir, PP Dhyani, R Gadi, S Ghosh, K Kumar, AH Khan, M Khoder, KM Kumari, JC Kuniyal, M Kumar, A Lakhani, PS Mahapatra, M Naja, D Pal, S Pal, M Rafiq, SA Romshoo, Irfan Rashid, P Saikia, DM Shenoy, V Sridhar, N Verma, BM Vyas, M Saxena, A Sharma, SK Sharma, TK Mandal. 2017: Variations in particulate matter over Indo-Gangetic Plains and Indo-Himalayan Range during four field campaigns in winter monsoon and summer monsoon: Role of pollution pathways. Atmospheric Environment, DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.12.054 [IF-3.841] 3. Irfan Rashid, SA Romshoo, T Abdullah. 2017: The Recent Deglaciation of Kolahoi Valley in Kashmir Himalaya, India in response to the Changing Climate. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences [IF-3.245] 4. Irfan Rashid, MA Bhat, SA Romshoo. 2016: Assessing Changes in the Above Ground Biomass and Carbon Stocks of Lidder Valley, Kashmir Himalaya, India. Geocarto International, 1-18, DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2016.1188164 [IF-1.08] 5. Irfan Rashid, T Abdullah. 2016: Investigation of temporal change in glacial extent of Chitral watershed using Landsat data: a critique. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 188(10), 546 [IF-1.63] 6. Irfan Rashid, SA Romshoo, JA Hajam, T Abdullah. 2016: A semi-automated approach for mapping geomorphology in mountainous terrain, Ferozpora watershed (Kashmir Himalaya). Journal of the Geological Society of India, 88(2), 206-212 [IF-0.6] 7. MI Rather, Irfan Rashid, N Shahi, KO Murtaza, K Hassan, AR Yousuf, SA Romshoo, IY Shah. 2016: Massive land system changes impact water quality of the Jhelum River in Kashmir Himalaya. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 188(3), 1-20. DOI: 10.1007/s10661-016-5190-x [IF-1.63] 8. Irfan Rashid, SA Romshoo, RK Chaturvedi, NH Ravindranath, R Sukumar, M Jayaraman, TV Lakshmi, J Sharma. 2015: Projected climate change impacts on vegetation distribution over Kashmir Himalayas. Climatic Change. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1456-5 [IF-3.34] 9. SA Romshoo, RA Dar, Irfan Rashid, A Marazi, S Zaz, N Ali. 2015: Implications of Shrinking Cryosphere under Changing Climate on the Streamflows in the Lidder catchment in the Upper Indus Basin. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 47(4):627-644 [IF-1.45] 10. AH Malik, Irfan Rashid, AH Ganie, AA Khuroo, GH Dar. 2015: Benefitting from geoinformatics: Estimating floristic diversity of Warwan Valley in Northwestern Himalaya, India. Journal of Mountain Science. 12(4): 854-863 [IF-1.02] 11. PS Roy, MD Behera, MSR Murthy, Arijit Roy, Sarnam Singh, SPS Kushwaha, CS Jha, S Sudhakar, PK Joshi, Ch Sudhakar Reddy, Stutee Gupta, Girish Pujar, CBS Dutt, VK Srivastava, MC Porwal, Poonam Tripathi, JS Singh, Vishwas Chitale, AK Skidmore, G Rajshekhar, Deepak Kushwaha, Sameer Saran, A Giriraj, Hitendra Padalia, Manish Kale, Subrato Nandy, C Jeganathan, CP Singh, MB Chandrashekhar, Chiranjibi Pattanaik, DK Singh, GM Devagiri, Gautam Talukdar, Rabindra K Panigrahy, Harnam Singh, JR Sharma, K Haridasan, Shivam Trivedi, KP Singh, L Kannan, M Daniel, MK Misra, Madhura Niphadkar, Nidhi Nagbhatla, Nupoor Prasad, OP Tripathi, P Rama Chandra Prasad, Pushpa Dash, Qamer Qureshi, SK Tripathi, BR Ramesh, Balakrishnan Gowda, Sanjay Tomar, Shakil Romshoo, Shilpa Giriraj, Shirish A Ravan, Soumit Kumar Behera, Subrato Paul, Ashesh Kumar Das, BK Ranganath, TP Singh, TR Sahu, Uma Shankar, ARR Menon, Gaurav Srivastava, Subrat Sharma, UB Mohapatra, Ashok Peddi, Humayun Rashid, Irfan Salroo, P Hari Krishna, PK Hajra, AO Vergheese, Shafique Matin, Swapnil A Chaudhary, Sonali Ghosh, Udaya Lakshmi, Deepshikha Rawat, Kalpana Ambastha, P Kalpana, BSS Devi, Balakrishna Gowda, KC Sharma, Prashant Mukharjee, Ajay Sharma, Priya Davidar, RR Venkata Raju, SS Ketewa, Shashi Kant, Vatsavaya S Raju, BP Uniyal, Bijan Debnath, DK Rout, Rajesh Thapa, Shijo Joseph, Pradeep Chhetri, Reshma Ramchandran. 2015: New vegetation type map of India prepared using satellite remote sensing: Comparison with global vegetation maps and utilities. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 39: 142-159 [IF- 3.8] 12. RA Dar, Irfan Rashid, SA Romshoo, A Marazi. 2014: Sustainability of winter tourism in a changing climate over Kashmir Himalaya. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 186(4): 2549-2562. [IF-1.63] 13. SA Romshoo, Irfan Rashid. 2014: Assessing the impacts of changing land cover and climate on Hokersar wetland in Indian Himalayas. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 7 (1): 143-160 [IF-1.22] 14. I Showqi, Irfan Rashid, SA Romshoo. 2014: Land use land cover dynamics as a function of changing demography and hydrology. GeoJournal, 79(3), 297-307. 15. M Rafiq, Irfan Rashid, SA Romshoo. 2014: Estimation and validation of Remotely Sensed Land Surface Temperature in Kashmir Valley. Journal of Himalayan Ecology and Sustainable Development, University of Kashmir. 9: 1-18 16. Irfan Rashid, SA Romshoo, T Vijayalakshmi. 2013: Geospatial modelling approach for identifying disturbance regimes and biodiversity rich areas in North Western Himalayas, India. Biodiversity and Conservation, 22(11): 2537-2566 [IF-2.26] 17. Irfan Rashid and SA Romshoo. 2013: Impact of anthropogenic activities on water quality of Lidder River in Kashmir Himalayas. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, DOI:10.1007/s10661-012-2898-0 [IF-1.63] 18. Irfan Rashid, M Farooq, M Muslim, SA Romshoo. 2013: Assessing the Impact of Anthropogenic Activities on Manasbal Lake in Kashmir Himalayas. International Journal of Environmental Sciences. 3(6): 2052-2063 19. SA Romshoo, SA Bhat, Irfan Rashid. 2012: Geoinformatics for Assessing the Morphometric Control on Hydrological Response at watershed Scale in the Upper Indus Basin. Journal of Earth System Science. 121(3): 659-686 [IF-0.86] 20. SA Romshoo, N Ali, Irfan Rashid. 2011: Geoinformatics for Characterizing and Understanding the Spatio- Temporal Dynamics (1969-2008) of Hokarsar Wetland in Kashmir Himalayas. International Journal Physical Sciences. 6(5): 1026-1038. 21. Irfan Rashid, SA Romshoo, M Muslim, AH Malik. 2010: Landscape Level Vegetation Characterization of Lidder Valley Using Geoinformatics. Journal of Himalayan Ecology and Sustainable Development, University of Kashmir. 5: 11-24 22. SA Romshoo and Irfan Rashid. 2010: Potential and Constraints of Geospatial Data for Precise Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change at Landscape Level (2010). International Journal of Geomatics and Geosciences. 1(3): 386-405. 23. S Zaz, SA Romshoo, Irfan Rashid. 2010: Exploiting the Potential of Remote Sensing for Improving the Delineation and Interpretation of Lineaments in North Western Kashmir (2010). Journal of Himalayan Ecology and Sustainable Development, University of Kashmir. 5: 103-112 Books/Research Monographs 1. GS Pujar, MD Behra, SA Romshoo, AR Yousuf, Irfan Rashid, Peddi Ashok, A Jehangir, GH Dar, M Muslim, AH Malik, V Chitale, M Farooq. 2011. Biodiversity Characterisation at Landscape Level in Jammu and Kashmir Using Satellite Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems. A Joint Project of Department of Space and Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh Publishers, Dehradun, India. ISBN: 978-81-211-0818-8. 135pp. 2. S Panigrahy, TS Singh, Shakil A Romshoo, Irfan Rashid, Tanvir Qadri, M Muslim. 2010. Wetland Atlas of Jammu and Kashmir. Joint Project of Space Applications Centre, ISRO, Ahmadabad, India and University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India. SAC/RESA/AFEG/NWIA/ATLAS/16/2010, 176pp. Selected Conference Articles 3. Irfan Rashid, SA Romshoo, Mudasir Bhat, AK Sharma. 2015: Exceptionally high black carbon - A potential threat to health of glaciers