Dr. Shuhab Khan, Associate Professor of Geology, Geology Graduate Advisor

College of Natural Science and Mathematics, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

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• Areas of expertise

  • Geologic remote sensing
  • Tectonics
  • Reservoir analog studies
  • Petroleum geology

• Awards

  • Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2016
  • Editor, Earth-Science Reviews, 2012-present
  • Member AAPG GIS Publications Committee, 2015-2018
  • Faculty Graduate Advisor, (Geology); 2016-present
  • Faculty Undergraduate Advisor (Geology, Geophysics, Earth Sciences), 2012-2016
  • UH, Teaching Excellence Award, 2014; NSM Butler Teaching Excellence Award, 2017
  • Gold Medal for academic excellence, University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 1990 and 1991

• Publications

  • Alonso de Linaje, V., Khan, S. D., 2017. Mapping of diagenetic processes in sandstones using imaging spectroscopy: A case study of the Utrillas Formation, Burgos, Spain. Sedimentary Geology, 353, 114-124; doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2017.03.010 2.
  • Okyay, U., Khan, S. D., Lakshmikantha, M. R., Sarmiento, S., 2016. Ground-Based Hyperspectral Image Analysis of the Lower Mississippian (Osagean) Reeds Spring Formation Rocks in Southwestern Missouri. Remote Sensing, 8, 1018; doi:10.3390/rs8121018 3.
  • Krupnik, D., Khan, S. D., Okyay, U., Hartzell, P., Zhou, H., 2016. Study of Upper Albian rudist buildups in the Edwards Formation using ground-based hyperspectral imaging and terrestrial laser scanning, Sedimentary Geology, 345, 154-167
  • Sun, L., & Khan, S. D., 2016. Ground-based hyperspectral remote sensing of hydrocarboninduced rock alterations at cement, Oklahoma. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 77, 1243-1253
  • Okyay, U., & Khan, S. D., 2016. Remote detection of fluid-related diagenetic mineralogical variations in the Wingate Sandstone at different spatial and spectral resolutions. International Journal of Applied Observation and Geoinformation, 44, 70-87
  • Biber, K., Khan, S. D., Bhattacharya, J. Barton, M. D., and Glennie, C. 2017. Quantitative characterization of shales within tidally-influenced fluvial valley fill deposits of the Ferron Sandstone, Eastern Utah - implications for hydrocarbon exploration. AAPG Bulletin, in press, doi: 10.1306/01111715108
  • Snyder, C. J., Khan, S. D., Bhattacharya, J. P., Glennie, C., Seepersad, D., 2016. Thin-bedded reservoir analogs in an ancient delta using terrestrial laser scanner and high-resolution groundbased hyperspectral cameras. Sedimentary Geology, 342, 154-164.
  • Hartzell, P., Glennie, C., Biber, K., Khan, S. D., 2014. Application of Multispectral LiDAR to Automated Virtual Outcrop Geology. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 88, 147-155.
  • Petrovic, A., Khan, S. D., Thurmond, A. K. Reflectance Spectroscopy and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Investigations of Hydrocarbon-Induced Surficial Rock Alterations in Wingate Sandstone, Lisbon Valley, Utah, Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology,35, 292-308.
  • Khan, S. D., *Jacobson, S., 2008. Remote Sensing and Geochemistry for Detecting Hydrocarbon Microseepages. Geological Society of America Bulletin., 120(1/2), 96-105.

  More publications available HERE.

• Patents

  • None available.

• Grants and Funded Research

  • None available.

   

• Curriculum Vitae

  • Shuhab Khan CV

• Contact information

  Science & Research 1 building, Room 234

  Phone:  (713) 743-5404 |

  sdkhan@uh.edu