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Dr. Faiza Mazhar (faizam@nsric.ca) is the Head of Department in area of Geography at Geology and Geography Unit of OE Division, NSRIC. She is also a Senior Faculty and Deputy Country Manager (Marketing) for Pakistan.

She completed her PhD in the field of Geography and Digital Analysis from the University of the Punjab, in 2013. She is a professional Consultant, Researcher, Editor, Writer and Professor, with more than 16 years’ experience of research and writing. Eight years’ experience of post PhD teaching and supervision in Urban Geography, GIS and Remote Sensing. Skilled in GIS & Remote Sensing Application, ArcGIS, ERDAS Imagine, Data Analysis, Urban Studies. population studies, environmental studies.  Experienced with all stages of the development cycle for dynamic research projects.  Strong background in supervision and project management. 

She has a great academic and administrative experience at Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF), at University of the Punjab (PU) and Government College University Lahore (GCU). Dr Faiza has published 13 research articles in the peer-reviewed journals so far. Currently her two books and an atlas are under process. She has strong research capabilities in geographical analysis and quantitative analysis of very large databases in different areas of research. Data driven discovery to describe trends and dynamics in public health, landscape processes, or urbanization; spatiotemporal statistics characterizing patterns of change in land use, landscape fragmentation, demographic/population structure, disease distribution, human mobility patterns; spatiotemporal data integration and descriptions of environmental change.