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Dr. Shuaib Rasheed

Senior Research Fellow

Biography

Dr. Shuaib Rasheed is a Senior Research Fellow at the Research Development Office of the Maldives National University (MNU). He has a background in Mechanical Engineering and holds a doctorate in Computational Physics from Imperial College London, UK.

Dr. Shuaib’s research interests include numerical coastal ocean modelling,  in the context of atoll environments in which his PhD was centered upon, as well as remote sensing and GIS.

Research Interests

  1. Geophysics
  2. GIS
  3. Remote Sensing
  4. Oceanography

Projects Undertaken

  1. Project for Developing Sustainable Agricultural Economy (PDSAE)
  2. Sustainable Economic Empowerment and Development for SMEs (SEEDs)
  3. National Air Cargo Study
  4. Proposal Development of Total Diet Study for the Maldives for Maldives Food and Drug Authority supported by WHO Maldives (2024).
  5. Resilience to Climate Vulnerability and Environmental Risk lead by University of Waterloo, Canada and funded by CLARE.bit.ly/3ZNBZQQ

Publications

  1. Rasheed, S., Warder, S. C., Plancherel, Y., & Piggott, M. D. (2021). An Improved Gridded Bathymetric
    Dataset and Tidal Model for the Maldives Archipelago. Earth and Space Science, e2020EA001207.
    URL : https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020EA001207

  2. Rasheed, Shuaib, et al. “Response of tidal flow regime and sediment transport in North Malé Atoll,
    Maldives, to coastal modification and sea level rise.” Ocean Science 17.1 (2021): 319-334.
    URL : https://os.copernicus.org/articles/17/319/2021/

  3. Rasheed, Shuaib, et al. “Nearshore Tsunami amplitudes across the Maldives archipelago due to worst
    case seismic scenarios in the Indian Ocean.” Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
    Discussions (2022): 1-27. [Accepted for publication in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences]
  4. Herrington, R, J, et.al. “Development of a site-specific system for the rehabilitation of a former copper mine, Sto. Niño, Philippines”. Submitted for publication in Mining

Conferences

  1. BIOT Marine Science Symposium 2018.
    Dates: September 11, 2018
    Location: Royal Geographical Society, London, United Kingdom
    Poster Presentation: “A Digital Framework for the Hydrodynamic Modelling of Coral Atolls”