Karakoram International University Gilgit-Baltistan

Dr. Sher Sultan Baig, currently working as Head of Department/Assistant Professor at Department of Earth Sciences, Karakoram International University Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan. He has earned his PhD from Kunming University of Science and Technology Yunnan China. His research focuses on Geological evolution of Karakoram Mountains. He has carried extensive geological mapping and reported oldest rock from Karakoram dated 150 million years (Ma).

Ph.D (Geology/Earth Sciences) Kunming University of Science and Technology China

Field Geologist Focus Humanitarian Assistance, Pakistan
Head of Department Karakoram International University, Gilgit Baltistan

GLOF-II

Awarded by PAPG-SPE Student Chapter University of Karachi
Assessment of Natural Hazards of Vulnerabilities in Mountainous areas of Gilgit Baltistan and Chitral
Glaciers and Glacial Induced Hazards, Glacial lake Outburst flooding In Response to Climate Change

Geology of Karakoram, Tectonics, Igneous and Metamorphic, Geochronology, Natural Hazards and Climate Change
Minerals Exploration and prospecting

Non-Seismic Landslides in Himalayan Arc, David-Petlay and Sher Sultan Baig, Landslides and associated downstream hazards in Himalayan Arc and Attabad Landslide
Soil quality assessment using selected physio-chemical Indicators in Altit Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistan, Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences (JBES) Vol. 6, No. 1, p. 454-459, 2015
Late Jurassic Adakite˗like granodiorite along the southern Karakoram block, NE Pakistan: New evidence for subduction initiation of the Neo˗Tethys Ocean., Lithos 406-407 (2021) 106496.