Gufran Bulbul
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Gufran Bulbul

Gufran Bulbul
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EDUCATION
Tufts University, Medford, USA
Master of Science in Sustainable Water Management 2018- 2019
Relevant Courses – Water System Sciences, Biology of Water and Health, Climate Change and Clean Energy Policy, Research Methodologies, Introduction to GIS, Water Leadership Impact Management, Water Economics and Policy, Food for All

Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan Master of Science in Environmental Policy and Management 2012-2014
Thesis/ final Research – Investigating the concentration and chemical characterization of PM10 at western part of Islamabad
Relevant courses – Environmental Law and Policy, Energy and Environment, Environmental Economics, Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, Environment and Sustainable Development, Project Management, Environmental Auditing

COMSATS Islamabad, Pakistan Bachelors of Biosciences 2008-2012
Relevant Courses – Biosciences, Ecology, Biodiversity, Environmental Biology, Biotechnology, Statistical Methods in Biology, General Chemistry, Report Writing Skills, Zoology and Plant sciences, Genetics

EXPERIENCE
Institute for Water, Environment and Health (INWEH), United Nations University Hamilton Ontario Canada

ELE Scholar 15 June 2019 - 30 July 2019
Worked on Unconventional water resources project, mainly worked on Global Review of Rainwater Harvesting, Prospects and challenges Beyond Technology. Also completed the SDG-6 Policy Support System (SDG-PSS) introductory course.
Responsibilities Involved: Collect and synthesize data on the status of different types of unconventional water resources across countries and regions. Prepare an infographic on unconventional water resources. Assisting in preparing state-of-the-art reviews and policy briefs on the status of different types of unconventional water resources.

Institute of Space Technology, Department of space sciences Islamabad Pakistan
Graduate Research Assistant May 2015 – March 2018
Worked on projects related to air quality monitoring in different parts of Pakistan. Winter fog project supervision including Installation, monitoring and maintenance of different samplers (HV, LV). Analysis and chemical characterization of collected samples.
November 2016 to March 2018 worked on Professor Imran Shahid projects including aerosol mass and size distribution in Pakistan cities and Annual and seasonal variations in tropospheric ozone concentrations. The main duties include sampling, analysis of the collected data, reporting and publication of the results.

C-CARGO (Climate Change and Atmospheric Research Group) IESE,
National University of Sciences and Technology Islamabad PakistanResearch Assistant
April 2014 – May 2015
Ambient particulate matter monitoring in capital city of Pakistan. Winter Fog monitoring and PM10 chemical characterization in Lahore.
Establishment of the monitoring sites, sample collection training, trouble shooting of the instruments, analysis and reporting of the collected samples. Training to the junior students on air quality monitoring of Particulate matter and calculation of results.

Ministry of Climate Change Islamabad Pakistan
Internee September 2013 – October 2014
Worked under the supervision of Director General (DG) Environment, Ministry of Climate Change Pakistan on air quality status of Pakistan’s different cities. Also worked under Section Officer Climate change for IPCC input drafts from Pakistan.

RESEARCH PROJECTS
• Unconventional Water resources Project
• Winter fog monitoring across the borders of South Asian countries, Pakistan Chapter (2015-2018)
• Aerosol mass and size distribution in Pakistan cities
• Annual and seasonal variations in tropospheric ozone concentrations within Islamabad City
• Correlating MODIS aerosol optical thickness data with ground based PM10 observations across Islamabad city
• Investigating the concentration and Chemical characterization of PM10 at western part of Islamabad
• Environmental Auditing of Fauji Cement
• Initial Environmental examination of weekly bazaar G-11 Islamabad
• Mutational analysis of KAI1 gene in breast cancer patients in Pakistani population
PUBLICATIONS
• Bulbul, G., Shahid, I., Chishtie, F., Shahid, M. Z., Hundal, R. A., Zahra, F., & Shahzad, M. I. (2018). PM10sampling and AOD trends during 2016 winter fog season in the Islamabad region. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 18(1), 188–199. ------------/10.4209/aaqr.2017.01.0014
• Shahid, I., Chishtie, F., Bulbul, G., & Shahid, M. Z. (2019). State of air quality in twin cities of Pakistan : Islamabad and Rawalpindi, 32(1), 71–84. ------------/10.20937/ATM.2019.32.01.06
• Zeeshaan, M., Shahid, I., Chishtie, F., Imran, M. & Bulbul, G. (2019). Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics Analysis of a dense haze event over North-eastern Pakistan using WRF-Chem model and remote sensing. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 182(May 2018), 229–241. ------------/10.1016/j.jastp.2018.12.007
Poster Publications
• Poster presentation at the The Third Workshop on Atmospheric Composition and the Asian Monsoon (ACAM 2017) at Jinan University in Guangzhou China.
? Concentration and Chemical characterization of Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5) in two megacities of Pakistan for the winter fog period 2016-2017.
• Poster presentation at the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Project 2016 Science Conference 26-30 September 2016 in Breckenridge, CO, USA
? Chemical characterization and Source apportioning of Particulate Matter(PM10 and PM2.5) during winter fog season(2015-2016) in the three megacities of Pakistan
• Poster presentation at the joint 13th IGAC Science Conference and 13th Quadrennial iCACGP Symposium, held at Natal Convention Center (NCC), Natal, Brazil, from September 22 to 26, 2014.
? Investigating the concentration and Chemical characterization of PM10 at western part of Islamabad
GRANTS AND AWARDS
• Young Scientist travel grant for joint 13th IGAC Science Conference and 13th Quadrennial iCACGP Symposium 2014, only Pakistani student awarded with the grant.
• Young Scientist travel grant for International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Project 2016 Science Conference 26-30 September 2016 in Breckenridge, CO, USA
• Young Scientist travel grant award by IGAC, university of Colorado to attend The Third Workshop on Atmospheric Composition and the Asian Monsoon 2017 (ACAM) at Jinan University in Guangzhou China
• Best Prefect 2006, Punjab college of Information Technology
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Air quality Monitoring (HV/LV samplers & ozone analyzers, Ozone analyzers, Dual dust sampler), Satellite AOD data interpretation (MODIS-AOD), GIS, WEAP, Environmental Policy analysis (Climate change, water and clean energy policies), Initial Environmental Examination, Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Auditing 14001, EMS, MS Windows, Microsoft Office, Ubuntu, Photoshop.
TRAINING SCHOOLS
• Second ACAM Training School On “OBSERVATIONS AND MODELING OF ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND AEROSOLS IN THE ASIAN MONSOON” 10-12 June 2017, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
• 2016 IGAC EARLY CAREER SHORT COURSE 23-25 September 2016 Boulder and Breckenridge, CO, USA
SOCIAL SECTOR/ VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
• Member Green Club Bahria university Islamabad
• Member Climate Change and Atmospheric Research Group (C-CARGO) NUST Islamabad
• Earth quake Volunteer 2005
• Member TEARS Organization