10 Sept, 2024
Ice layer formation paper is in the news ( Phys.org, AAAS, UT).
20 August, 2024
Moved to Princeton as a (Future Faculty Postdoc Fellow).
10 August, 2024
Convening three sessions on “Cryosphere is for all” at AGU 2024 with AGU Cryo team.
1 August, 2024
Ice layer formation work (partly done at NASA-JPL) is published in Geophysical Research Letters! Thanks to all collaborators and funding agencies!
22 June, 2024
Afzal has successfully defended his PhD (LinkedIn post, advisor intro recording). Thanks to everyone who helped/inspired this journey.
6 June, 2024
Paper on large scale, variably saturated groundwater flow ‘varsatflow’ published in Advances in water resources, Elsevier and Code repo on GitHub.
1 May, 2024
Paper led on GW on early Mars by Eric Hiatt is in the news EurekAlert, AAAS.
8 April, 2024
Received three certificates from IEEE to finish three courses (9 professional development hours each) on Remote Sensing and ML applications.
8 April, 2024
Received three certificates from IEEE to finish three courses (9 professional development hours each) on Remote Sensing and ML applications.
26 March, 2024
The preprint of the Unified Kinematic Wave Theory for Melt infiltration into firn is out!
5 March, 2024
Joined the Executive Committee of the AGU Cryosphere Division. Will serve in DEI and Canvassing Subcommittees as an Early Career.
22 February, 2024
Water on ancient Mars work is in the news ( paper). I worked on development of theoretical model (see [1], [2]).
15 February, 2024
Three papers accepted in 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) 2024.
8 February, 2024
Received travel grant of $1,000 from Center for Planetary Systems Habitability to attend LPSC 2024.
1 February, 2024
Received Professional Development Award ($500) from UT Austin.
1 January, 2024
Receieved NASA Open Science Badge for finishing five-course NASA OS101 module!
15 December, 2023
Honored with American Geophysical Union Cryosphere Innovation Award ($1000) at the AGU Fall Meeting 2023!
11-16 December, 2023
Presented 3 works at AGU Fall Meeting 2023 and organized Polar Early Career Social.
20 November, 2023
Awarded two different scholarships from the Graduate School at The University of Texas at Austin for the Spring and Summer of 2024.
4 November, 2023
Birthday Gift ~ Paper published in SoftwareX (Elsevier) on GUI Software for unconfined aquifers with tutorial video.
1 November, 2023
Gave an in-person talk on Infiltration on early Mars at European Space Agency`s FAIRPLAY Workshop.
23 October, 2023
Gave a talk on Impact Melt Foundering at (Center for Planetary Systems Habitability).
11 October, 2023
Panelist at Open Science Event by Intl. Federation of Library Assoc. & Institutions (register here).
28 September, 2023
Received Early Career Bursary (EUR2050) from the European Space Agency.
27 September, 2023
Giving a Seminar at the UT Institute for Geophysics. Recording available
26 September, 2023
Panelist at the Open Science Webinar at Navigating the New Arctic Office ( register here).
20 September, 2023
Moved the the position of Co-Chair of the US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists.
19 September, 2023
Panelist at First Texas Open Science Summit. Funded travel through UT Libraries. Register here.
10 September, 2023
Abstract accepted on Infiltration on early Mars at the Fluvial-Aeolian Interactions on Planetary Surfaces (FAIRPLAY) workshop by European Space Agency.
10 September, 2023
Water on early Mars work is published in Icarus. I worked on development of theoretical model (see [1], [2]).
17-18 August, 2023
Water on early Mars work is presented by Eric Hiatt at First Texas Area Planetary Science (TAPS) Meeting 2023.
1 July, 2023
Presenting Water on early Mars work at NASA Exploration Science Forum 2023.
5 June - 18 August, 2023
Joining NASA Jet Propulsion Lab as a Graduate Fellow again with Dr. Steven Vance to study Icy Ocean Worlds.
31 May, 2023
Gave a speech at The White House’s listening session on Barriers on Open Science in Developing Countries (video).
18 May, 2023
Joined Zed Factor Fellowship Program as a Young Professional Mentor.
15 May, 2023
Joined UT Austin Libraries HELIOS team to promote open science.
12 May, 2023
Presenting GW on Early Mars at Ancient and Future Brines Conference.
4 May, 2023
PINNs on groundwater flow published in Advances in Water Resources, Elsevier.
20 April, 2023
Paper accepted in Ancient Brines conference on Groundwater on early Mars.
15 April, 2023
Received UT Austin Office of Graduate School Summer Research Fellowship of >$10,000.
8 February, 2023
Three papers accepted in 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC).
15 January, 2023
Joined American Geophysical Union Hydrology Section Student Subcommittee (H3S).
9 December, 2022
Joined NASA Proposal Review Panel as an Executive Secretary and Reviewer.
9 December, 2022
Work on History and Habitability of LP890-9 to be presented at 241st Meeting of American Astronomical Society in Jan 2023.
1 December, 2022
Received Early Career Tiny Grant by AGU Ecohydrology Committee to attend AGU Fall Meeting 2022.
1 December, 2022
Three works on hydrology in Earth & Planetary Sciences at AGU Fall Meeting 2022.
21 October, 2022
Infiltration paper is published in Water Resources Research, AGU (Youtube intro / Code).
20 October, 2022
Received Professional Development Award ($500) from UT Austin.
1 October, 2022
Started mentoring for AGU EPSP Mentorship program.
20 September, 2022
Moved to the position of Senior Advisor at UT Chapter of SIAM.
20 August - 20 December, 2022
Volunteered to TA for GEO325C/398C Continuum Mechanics graduate course for the Fall 2022 semester.
4 April - June 10, 2022
Awarded Purdue Climate Scholarship ($4,000) by Purdue University and Office of Naval Research for June-August 2022.
4 April - June 10, 2022
Received the prestigious NASA JPL Graduate Fellowship ($9,000) to work with Dr. Surendra Adhikari, Scientist, JPL, for April-June 2022.
24 April, 2022
Our work on Martian hydrology is featured on the front page of UT Austin Website and various international media outlets.
24 April, 2022
The Outstanding Student Presenter Award for Rainwater Infiltration is in Jackson School News.
20 April, 2022
Received UT Austin Cactus Standout Award for academic excellence and leadership contributions.
15 March, 2022
Nominated for MIT-Houston Energy Innovation Fellowship.
8 March, 2022
Received the celebrated Lunar and Planetary Career Development Award 2022 ($1,000) for outstanding first-authored abstract 1775 at LPSC.
20 February, 2022
Received travel grant of $1,000 from Center for Planetary Systems Habitability to attend LPSC 2022.
19 January, 2022
Will be attending Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2022 for presenting two papers with Eric Hiatt on Martian hydrology.
19 January, 2022
My research proposal on Europa is selected for the “Student Research Award in Planetary Habitability” ($16,425) by the Center for Planetary Systems Habitability at UT Austin.
1 January, 2022
Awarded Outstanding Student Presenters Award ($175) for oral presentation Fluid Infiltration in Unsaturated Porous Medium with The Development of a Saturated Region (H52D-10) at AGU Fall Meeting 2021.
1 January, 2022
PINNs for groundwater flows paper is out now (preprint) and check out the Youtube video and Github repo.
18 November, 2021
Qualified the PhD Candidacy exam. Thanks to everyone including family, advisor, committee members, friends, colleagues and well-wishers.
5 October, 2021
6 papers accepted as a first / second author in AGU Fall Meeting 2021.
5 October, 2021
Selected as a Geoscience Ambassador for the Jackson School of Geosciences, UT Austin.
30 August, 2021
Earned the second Masters degree in Computational Science, Engineering and Mathematics.
30 June, 2021
Received SIAM Student Travel Award by National Science Foundation to present PINNs for Reservoir Drainage at SIAM Annual Meeting 2021 (abstract).
10 June, 2021
Selected as Session Chair for Machine Learning and Data Mining session at SIAM Annual Meeting 2021.
5 May, 2021
SIAM at UT Austin chosen as the Best Graduate Organization (video).
15 March, 2021
Featured in Oden Institute’s article on How To Stay Productive While in Quarantine.
25 February, 2021
Awarded the SIAM Certificate of Recognition for outstanding contributions to SIAM UT Chapter.
19 February, 2021
Released a free Dimensional Analysis tool (exe/src) with Youtube tutorial.
21 January, 2021
Awarded the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics Student Fellowship for investigating meltwater percolation in glaciers.
14 December, 2020
Presented poster on impact-formed crater lake dynamics on early Mars at AGU Fall Meeting 2020.
23 November, 2020
Presented research on Suppression of drop breakup in a viscoelastic bath at APS DFD Annual Meeting 2020.
15 September, 2020
Joined SIAM Chapter at UT Austin as the President.
19 August, 2020
Qualified the three CSEM Doctoral Preliminary exams.