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Dr. Ing. Muhammad Usman

Research Focus
  • Agricultural Water Management
  • Hydrology and Hydrogeology
  • Remote Sensing of Agriculture and water Management
Scientific career
  • since 07/2020
    Scientist at Geoecology, Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg
  • 07/2017 – 06/2020
    Scientist at the Deparment of Remote Sensing, University Würzburg
  • 01/11/2011 – 15/06/2016
    Ph.D (Hydrogeology & Remote Sensing) – Technische Universität Dresden
  • 01/08/2005 – 15/07/2007
    M.Sc (HONS) Agricultural Engineering (Major: Water Management) University of Agriculture Faisalabad (Pakistan)
  • 01/09/2001 – 15/07/2005
    B.Sc Agricultural Engineering University of Agriculture Faisalabad (Pakistan)
Current projects

Publications

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El-Hokayem, L., De Vita, P., Usman, M., Link, A. and Conrad, C. (2023, August 30) Potential Groundwater Dependent Vegetation in the Mediterranean [Dataset]. PANGAEA. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.961765.
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El-Hokayem, L., De Vita, P., Usman, M., Link, A. and Conrad, C. (2023) Mapping Potentially Groundwater-Dependent Vegetation in the Mediterranean Biome Using Global Geodata Targeting Site Conditions and Vegetation Characteristics. Science of The Total Environment, 898, 166397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166397.
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Link, Andreas, El-Hokayem, L., Usman, M., Conrad, C., Reinecke, R., Berger, M., Wada, Y., Coroama, V. and Finkbeiner, M. (2023, August 3) Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems at Risk [Dataset]. Mendeley. https://doi.org/10.17632/P39Y3MDH6N.3.
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Link, A., El-Hokayem, L., Usman, M., Conrad, C., Reinecke, R., Berger, M., Wada, Y., Coroama, V. and Finkbeiner, M. (2023) Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems at Risk – Global Hotspot Analysis and Implications. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acea97.
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Wenzel, J.L., Schmidt, G., Usman, M., Conrad, C. and Volk, M. (2021) Long-Term Baseflow Estimation and Environmental Flow assessment in a Mining-Impacted Catchment in Central Germany. Hercynia N.F., 54, 103–143.
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Conrad, C., Usman, M., Morper-Busch, L. and Schönbrodt-Stitt, S. (2020) Remote Sensing-Based Assessments of Land Use, Soil and Vegetation Status, Crop Production and Water Use in Irrigation Systems of the Aral Sea Basin. A Review. Water Security, 11, 100078. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2020.100078.
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Usman, M., Qamar, M.U., Becker, R., Zaman, M., Conrad, C. and Salim, S. (2020) Numerical Modelling and Remote Sensing Based Approaches for Investigating Groundwater Dynamics under Changing Land-Use and Climate in the Agricultural Region of Pakistan. Journal of Hydrology, 581, 124408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.124408.
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Arshad, M., Ahmad, R. and Usman, M. (2018) Canal Operation through Management Information System. Developing Sustainable Agriculture in Pakistan, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, Boca-Raton.
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Usman, M., Liedl, R., Zhang, F. and Zaman, M. (2018) Groundwater Irrigated Agriculture Evolution in Central Punjab, Pakistan. In: Lichtfouse, E., Ed., Sustainable Agriculture Reviews 33: Climate Impact on Agriculture, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 259–294. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99076-7_9.
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Usman, M., Mahmood, T. and Conrad, C. (2019) Performance Assessment of Human Controlled Irrigation System in the Semi-Arid Punjab of Pakistan. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019AGUFM.H31L1895U/abstract.
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Usman, M., Conrad, C., Weber, F., Berger, M., Mahltig, B., aus der Beek, T., Borgemeister, C., Schüttrumpf, H., Oelmann, M., Thies, A., Brüß, U., Genthe, W., Theuring, P., Grün, B.M., Lohrey, L., Bakhsh, A., Ibrahim, W., Nazir, A., Jamshaid, H., Jamal Khan, S., Javed, N., Ullah, S., Anjum, S., Bodla, H.U., Goheer, A., Ul Haq, A., Saeed, A., Uddin Khan, A., Ullah, S., Kochius, R., Majeed, M.A., Alam, N., Saifullah, M.K. and Hablik, A. (2017, 2020) InoCottonGrow – Innovation Zur Reduzierung Des Wasser-Fußabdrucks Der Globalen Baumwoll-Textilindustrie. https://www.inocottongrow.net/.
Dr. Ing. Muhammad Usman