Education
Ph.D. 2023, University of Houston, TX - Geological Sciences
M.S. 2017, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan - Geological Sciences
B.S. 2013, University of Peshawar, Pakistan - Geological Sciences
Projects and/or Research Interests
In the Energy Resources Section at the DGGS, I am involved in publishing geological maps and reports, acquiring digital field-based data using drones, carrying out surface and subsurface structural interpretation and modeling and geodatabase management. Also, I am involved in the Alaska Railbelt Carbon Capture & Storage (ARCCS) project in the Cook Inlet Basin with an interest in understanding the reservoir/containment for CCUS and seal integrity. In addition, I am working on alternative energy resources in the State of Alaska such as Geothermal and Hydrogen.
My background is primarily in structural geology, neotectonics, geospatial analysis, and remote sensing. I have conducted fieldwork in the foreland fold-thrust belts in the western Himalayas and the Cretaceous foreland basin in northern Alaska. In addition to fieldwork, I specialized in using remote sensing for geological mapping and tectonic deformation. I have experience in subsurface geologic mapping and prospect analysis in the Gulf of Mexico and the Flemish Pass Basin (East Coast Canada).
Professional Experience
2024 - Present, Geologist III, State of Alaska, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, Fairbanks, AK
2019 - 2023, Teaching Assistant, University of Houston, TX
2023, Exploration Geology Intern at BP Houston, TX
2022, Geology Intern at BP, Houston, TX
2016 - 2017, Wellsite Geology Intern, Oil & Gas Development Company Ltd. (OGDCL), Islamabad, Pakistan
Selected Professional Activities
AWARDS
2020-2023, University of Houston EAS Excellence Scholarship for Outstanding Graduate Work in Geology
2022, University of Houston Alumni Association Scholarship
2022, Students Research Funding by University of Houston
2021, Nominated as Finalist for Teaching Excellence Award for Virtual Field Camp
2015-2017, Academic Excellence Scholarship by COMSATS, Pakistan
2016, Higher Education Commission Pakistan Research Grant
Selected Publications
- Herriott, T.M., Wartes, M.A., Gillis, R.J., Willingham, A.L., and Qureshi, K.A., 2025, Geologic map of the Rooftop Ridge area, central North Slope, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2025-5, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360. https://doi.org/10.14509/31722
- Herriott, T.M., Wartes, M.A., Willingham, A.L., Gillis, R.J., and Qureshi, K.A., 2025, Geologic map of the Racetrack Basin area, central North Slope, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2025-6, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360. https://doi.org/10.14509/31723
- Qureshi, K.A., and PetroTech Associates, 2025, Mercury injection capillary pressure results from Middle and Upper Jurassic outcrop samples in the Iniskin Peninsula area of lower Cook Inlet, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Raw Data File 2025-10, 30 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31522
- Qureshi, K.A., Khan, S.D., Tirmizi, Ozzy, and Khan, Zaid, 2024, Surface deformation and geometry of the Himalayan frontal thrust system in Pakistan: An insight from InSAR and seismic interpretation: Tectonophysics, v. 897, 230612.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2024.230612
- Qureshi, K.A., Suppe, John, Khan, S.D., and Khan, Zaid, 2023, Structural geometry and geomorphic evolution of the Manzai Ranges, western Himalayas, Pakistan: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 177, 104998.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2023.104998
- Qureshi, K.A., Arif, M., Basit, A., Ahmad, S., Janjuhah, H.T., and Kontakiotis, G., 2023, Sedimentological controls on the reservoir characteristics of the Mid-Triassic Tredian Formation in the Salt and Trans-Indus Surghar Ranges, Pakistan: Integration of outcrop, petrographic, and SEM analyse: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, v. 11, no. 5.https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11051019
- Qureshi, K.A., Rizwan, M., Janjuhah, H.T., Islam, I., Kontakiotis, G., Bilal, A., and Arif, M., 2023, An integrated petrographical and geochemical study of the Tredian Formation in the Salt and Trans-Indus Surghar ranges, northwest Pakistan: Implications for palaeoclimate: The Depositional Record, v. 10, no. 1, p. 33-50.https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.255
- Karaca, S.O., Abir, I.A., Khan, S.D., Ozsay?n, E., and Qureshi, K.A., 2021, Neotectonics of the Western Suleiman Fold Belt, Pakistan: Evidence for bookshelf faulting: Remote Sensing, v. 13, no. 18, 3593.https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13183593
- Qureshi, K.A., and Khan, S.D., 2020, Active tectonics of the frontal Himalayas: An example from the Manzai Ranges in the recess setting, western Pakistan: Remote Sensing, v. 12, no. 20, 3362.https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12203362
- Qureshi, K.A., Shah, M.R., Meerani, I.A., Fahad, S., Hussain, H., and Habib, U., 2020, Sedimentology and economic significance of the Hangu Formation, northwest Pakistan: International Journal of Economic and Environment Geology, v. 11, no. 1, p. 48-55.https://www.econ-environ-geol.org/index.php/ojs/article/view/239
- Qureshi, K.A., Shah, M.R., Meerani, I.A., Basit, A., Fahad, S., Shah, A.A., and Hussain, H., 2019, Hydrocarbon source and reservoir rock potential of the Paleocene Hangu Formation in the Himalayan Foreland Basin, North-West Pakistan; Insight from geochemical and diagenetic study: Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, v. 62A, no. 3, p. 157-166.https://doi.org/10.52763/PJSIR.PHYS.SCI.62.3.2019.157.166
