Background
Haq, Bilal Ul was born on October 8, 1943 in Gorakhpur, India. Son of Fazli and Sorraya (Rabbani) Haq. came to the United States, 1968.
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Bilal Ul Haq, Indian, Swedish, American National science foundation program director, researcher. Achievements include research in global sea level and environmental change. Recipient 1998 Francis P. Shepard medal Society for Sedimentary Geology. Fellow Geological Society American, Geological Society London; member American Association Petroleum Geologists (distinguished lecturer 1989), American Geophysical Union.
Education
Master of Science, U. Panjab, Pakistan, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Stockholm, 1967; Doctor of Science, U. Stockholm, 1972.
Career
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization scholar, U. Vienna, Austria, 1964-1965;
Swedish International Development Authority research scholar, U. Stockholm, 1965-1968;
research scientist, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institute, 1968-1982;
research scientist, Exxon Production Research Company, Houston, 1982-1988;
program director division ocean science, National Science Foundation, Washington, since 1988. Research associate Smithsonian Institute, Washington, 1988-1992. Visiting professor U. Copenhagen, Geological Survey of Denmark, 1991.
Keynote speaker Bureau Mineral Resources, Canberra, Australia, 1988, International Geological Congress, Washington, 1989, Kyoto, Japan, 1992, Linnean Society Conference on the Indus Riverand Its Civilization, London, 1994, Intergovt. Oceanographic Commission Conference on Integrated Coastal Zone Management, Karachi, Pakistan, 1994, International Sedimentol. Congress, Alicante, Spain, 1998.
Visiting committee for BritGeol. Survey, United Kingdom National Environmental Research Council, Swindon, 1990-1991. Mem.panel United States, Japan Cooperative Program Natural Resources, Tokyo, 1991-1992.
On assignment White House Office Management and Budget, 1992, World Bank environmental department, 1993. Honorary professor Tongji U., Shanghai, China, since 1997.
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Fellow Geological Society American, Geological Society London. Member American Association Petroleum Geologists (distinguished lecturer 1989), American Geophysical Union.
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Married Nazli Azam, June 11, 1975.
