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Aqil Tariq was born in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. Currently, he is working in State key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS), Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. He completed Ph. D (Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) from LIESMARS. He did one Master of Science in Geography and second Master of Science in Remote Sensing and GIS.  He also received excellent student Award from Wuhan University China. 

His research interest areas are 3D geoinformation, Urban analytics, spatial analysis to examine land use/land cover, Geospatial data science, Urban planning, Building edge detection, Agriculture monitoring, Forest Fire, Forest monitoring, forest cover dynamics, spatial statistics, multi-criteria algorithms, Planetary Sciences, Ecosystem sustainability, Hazards risk reduction, Statistical analysis and modelling (Google Earth Engine, HEC-RAS, FlowR, RAMMS, GeoClaw, COSI-Corr, SfM) using Python, R and MATLAB.

He is also working as reviewers in more than ten different Science Citation Index Journals. He is also member of different international science communities’ i.e. Individual Membership of ISPRS, International Water Resources Association, International Association of Geodesy and member of Surveying & Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI). He already attended more than 30 training from National Aeronautics and Space Agency ARSET program. Dr. Tariq is also a professional GIS and Remote Sensing trainer.