Petroleum Geosciences and Geophysics

Dr. Syed Tallataf Hussain Shah

Designation: Assistant Professor
Email: [email protected]
Phone No. : N/A
Role: Faculty
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Industrial-focused Geophysicist with 15+ years of hands-on experience in mineral exploration, geophysical surveying (Magnetic, ERT, VES, MT), mine mapping, hydrochemistry, and subsurface investigation. Extensive consulting background with successful identification of copper, iron, placer, and chromite deposits across northern Pakistan. Skilled in integrating magnetic, electrical, geological, and geochemical datasets to deliver actionable exploration insights for mining companies.

Academics/ Degrees

  • PhD in Structure Geology (Major Magneto-telluric sounding)

Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China (2013 – 2018)

  • Mphil Geophysics (Major: Seismology)

Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad Pakistan (2008 – 2011)

  • M.Sc. Geophysics (Major: Seismology)

Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad Pakistan (2006 – 2008)

  • B.Sc Graduation

BSc. Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science, Hazara University Manshera (2003-2005).



Profile/Bio

COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad campus

Designation: Lecturer

Form August 2011 till to present day

HANAN Tech Private Limited (Manshera)

Designation: Chief Geophysicist

August 2010 - August 2011 

Hydrocarbon Development Institute of Pakistan

Designation: Internee Geophysicists

July 2009- July 2010

Professional Trainings and Workshops: 

  • Successfully conducted LMKR job test at CUI- Atd campus (2019)
  • Successfully completed the first phase of joint project of Pakistan Science Foundation & National Science Foundation China (PSF-NSFC-EARTH/KP-COMSATS-Abt 09), entitled “The Behavior of Indian lithosphere mantle beneath the western syntaxis”. - (2018-19)
  • Awarded by UCAS Fellowship 2013

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Associations/Memberships

Professional or Work-related Certifications obtained:

  • Seismology, Seismic Data Analysis, Hazzard Assessment and Risk Mitigation- Nepal. Organized by: Postdam Germany
  • One-month internship in QC department of OGDCL Pakistan. worked on seismic data processing and understand steps involved in Seismic data processing e.g. raw data loading, geometry installation, Trace editing, True amplitude recovery, elevation and refraction statics and stacking.
  • 1st Workshop On “Computational Seismology”
  • Workshop on “Prepatory Course on Non-Linear Dynamic & Earthquake Prediction”
  • National Workshop on “Seismicity, Seismotectonics, Neotectonics & Earthquake forecasting in Northern Pakistan” Organized by: National Centre for Physics, QAU Campus, Islamabad.
  • Open Source Workshops
  • Open source Awareness Seminar [LW20OS]
  • Migration of Closed Source user to Open Source Workshop [LW20OS] Organized by: Pakistan Institute Of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Islamabad