Biography
Safi Ullah is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Climate Change and Urban Livability at KAUST, Saudi Arabia. He previously held a similar position at Fudan University in Shanghai, China. Dr. Ullah has also served as a Lecturer at the Centre for Disaster Preparedness and Management at the University of Peshawar, Pakistan. He earned his Ph.D. in Climate System and Climate Change (Atmospheric Science) from Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST), Nanjing, China. Additionally, he holds a Master’s degree in Disaster Risk Management from the University of Peshawar, Pakistan. His research focuses on climate change impact assessment, climate change modeling, disaster preparedness, and enhancing urban livability.
Research Interests
Safi’s research focuses on climate change risk assessment and projection, with a particular focus on hydroclimate extremes, such as droughts, floods, and heatwaves. By conducting multi-hazards vulnerability and risk assessments, Dr. Safi improves understanding of complex climate impacts and develops effective disaster resilience modeling. This research creates robust frameworks for managing climate-related risks and building resilient systems that adapt to and mitigate climate change effects.
Selected Publications
• Ullah, S., Aldossary, A., Ullah, W., Al-Ghamdi, S, G. (2024). Amplified Human Thermal Discomfort in the Urban Centers of the Arabian Peninsula. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54766-7
• Ullah, S., You, Q., Ullah, W., Sachindra, D, A., et al. (2023). Climate Change Will Exacerbate Population Exposure to Future Heat Waves in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Weather and Climate Extremes. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2023.100570
• Ullah, S., You, Q., Wang, G., Ullah, W., et al. (2022). Characteristics of Human Thermal Stress in South Asia During 1981–2019. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac8fa6
• Ullah, S., You, Q., Chen, D., et al. (2022). Future Population Exposure to Daytime and Nighttime Heat Waves in South Asia. Earth’s Future. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EF002511
Education
• PhD – Climate System and Climate Change, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST), Nanjing, China, 2020
• MSc – Disaster Risk Management, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan, 2014
• BSc (Hons) – Agriculture Sciences, University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan, 2012
Professional Profile
• 2023 – Present: Postdoctoral Fellow, KAUST Climate & Livability Initiative (CLI), Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia
• 2020 – 2023: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Fudan University, China
• 2014 – 2017: Lecturer, Centre for Disaster Preparedness and Management, University of Peshawar, Pakistan
Awards
• 2020: Shanghai Super Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 2020: Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST) Outstanding International Graduates Award
• 2020: Jiangsu Government Excellent International Student Award
• 2019: NUIST Excellent International Student Award
• 2017: Chinese Government Scholarship
KAUST Affiliations
• Climate and Livability Initiatives
• Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering
• Urban Lab
Research Interests Keywords
Climate Change
Regional Climate Modeling
Water Resource Management
Weather and climate extremes
Land-Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions
Disaster Risk Management