Dr. Wajiha Iqbal

Current affiliations

Professorship for geological planetology (Prof. Hiesinger)

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Academic Education
2015 - 2016	Master’s Program – Geothermal Engineering, Clausthal University of Technology, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
2011 - 2014	Master’s Program-Geology, Albert Ludwig’s University, Freiburg, Germany
2006 - 2010	Bachelors Program - Applied Geology/Petroleum Geology and Sedimentology, University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Work Experience
since 07/2016	Research Assistant, Institut für Planetologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
05/2013 - 03/2015	Teaching Assistant, Albert Ludwig’s University, Freiburg, Germany
06/2011 - 07/2011	Internee, Schlumberger, Pakistan
Functions and Memberships
since 01/2025	Steering Committee Member, The Mapping and Planetary Spatial Infrastructure Team (MAPSIT), NASA Advisory council

Publications

Geological Background of the Chang'e 6 Landing Site and the Provenance of Returned Samples Gao, A.; Xiao; L.; Wueller, L.; Iqbal, W.; Zhao, S.; Wang, J.; van der Bogert, C. H.; Qian, Y.; Pang, Y.; Hiesinger, H. (2025) In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 130(1). doi:10.1029/2024JE008658 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Science Objectives and Design Reference Mission to Rubin Crater on Mons Amundsen near the South Pole of the Moon Wueller, L.; Xu, X.; Iqbal, W.; Brown, H. M.; van der Bogert, C. H.; Hu, T.; Kang, Z.; Hiesinger, H. (2025) In: Advances in Space Research, 76, 796-810. doi:10.1016/j.asr.2025.05.061 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Slopes of lunar crater size‐frequency distributions on exterior impact melt deposits of young craters Oetting, A.; Iqbal, W.; Schmedemann, N.; Michael, G.; Hiesinger, H.; van der Bogert, C. H.; Heyer, T.; (2025) In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 130(3), e2024JE008589. doi:10.1029/2024JE008589 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Evolutionary History of the Large-Scale Scarp in Jules Verne Crater, Moon Wu, C.; Liu, J.; Michael, G.; Hiesinger, H.; van der Bogert, C. H.; Iqbal, W.; Zhu, K.; Liu, J. (2025) In: Remote Sensing, 17(9). doi:10.3390/rs17091582 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Geological History of the Dichotomy in the Southern Utopia Planitia of Mars Zhang, T.; Huang, J.; Wang, L.; Wueller, L.; Iqbal, W.; Ding, X.; Xiao, L.; Hiesinger, H. (2025) In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 130(8), e2025JE008931. doi:10.1029/2025JE008931 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published

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Projects

Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) - gesteuerte Datenprozessierung und -auswertung mit der Multitemporalen Datenbank (MUTED) Duration: 01/03/2021 - 28/02/2025 Funded by: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Type of project: Participation in federally funded joint project
CRC TRR 170 - A02: Constraining the age of the South Pole–Aitken basin and the lunar landing sites – implications for the lunar chronology Duration: 01/01/2016 - 31/12/2019 \| 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted outside University of Münster

Prizes

Dissertation Prize of the Faculty of Geosciences 2024
Awarded by: University of Münster
Award given to: Iqbal, Wajiha
Announced at: 06/12/2024 | Date of awarding: 06/12/2024
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction