Noor Ahmad Akhundzadah
Visiting Scholar, Natural Resources and the Environment
Noor Ahmad Akhundzadah received his bachelor’s degree in geology from Kabul University, Master’s in Agriculture, and Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology of Japan. Akhundzadah conduct research on groundwater resources investigation, climate change impacts on water resources, climate change mitigation through using renewable energy resources, peacebuilding, climate change and migration.
Education
Doctorate in Groundwater
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2009
Master in Agriculture
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2006
Bachelor in Geology
Kabul University, 2002
Recent Research
- Climate change impacts on water resources, climate change mitigation through using renewable energy resources using ArcGIS and Geo-special data.
- Peace building, climate change and migration.
- Groundwater resources investigation using Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES).
- Groundwater modelling using COMSOL Multiphysics
- Selected Publications:
- Aich, V.; Akhundzadah, N.A.; Knuerr, A.; Khoshbeen, A.J.; Hattermann, F.; Paeth, H.; Scanlon, A.; Paton, E.N. Climate Change in Afghanistan Deduced from Reanalysis and Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX)—South Asia Simulations. Climate 2017, 5, 38, https://doi.org/10.3390/cli5020038.
- Akhundzadah, N. A.; Saito, H.; Asada, K.; Kato, M. Detecting Groundwater Flow Direction from Infrared Thermal Images. J. Groundw. Hydrol., 2012, 51, 113–126. https://doi.org/10.5917/jagh.51.113.
- Akhundzadah, N.A. 2021. Applied Hydrology, Faculty of Environment, University of Kabul, (in Dari).
- Akhundzadah, N.A.; Soltani, S.; Aich, V. Impacts of Climate Change on the Water Resources of the Kunduz River Basin, Afghanistan. Climate 2020, 8, 102, https://doi.org/10.3390/cli8100102.
- Habib H., Noor Ahmad A., Wafa W., Hairan M.H. (2021) Environmental and Water Resources Management Study of Ghorband-Panjshir and Kunduz Rivers Basins, Afghanistan. In: Kulenbekov Z.E., Asanov B.D. (eds) Water Resource Management in Central Asia and Afghanistan. Springer Water. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68337-5_11.
Awards & Honors
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan, scholarship for graduate study in Japan, 2003-2009.
- Institute of International Education's Scholar Rescue Fund (IIE-SRF) Fellow, 2023-2024
Courses Taught
Bachelor Level Course, Faculty of Environment, Kabul University
- Applied Hydrology
- Environmental Geology
- Natural Disasters and Hazards
Contact Information
201 Fernow Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
naa54 [at] cornell.edu