CV
Academic Education
- Master’s Program – Geothermal Engineering, Clausthal University of Technology, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
- Master’s Program-Geology, Albert Ludwig’s University, Freiburg, Germany
- Bachelors Program - Applied Geology/Petroleum Geology and Sedimentology, University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Positions
- Research Assistant, Institut für Planetologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- Teaching Assistant, Albert Ludwig’s University, Freiburg, Germany
- Internee, Schlumberger, Pakistan
Prizes
- Fulbright Scholarship – German-American Fulbright Commission (Fulbright Germany)
- Dissertation Prize of the Faculty of Geosciences – University of Münster
External Function
- NASA Advisory council (The Mapping and Planetary Spatial Infrastructure Team (MAPSIT), Steering Committee Member)
Projects
- Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) - gesteuerte Datenprozessierung und -auswertung mit der Multitemporalen Datenbank – MUTED ()
Participation in Federally Funded Joint Project: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie | Project Number: 50OO2102 - CRC TRR 170 - A02: Constraining the age of the South Pole–Aitken basin and the lunar landing sites – implications for the lunar chronology ()
Subproject in DFG-Joint Project Hosted outside University of Münster: DFG - Sonderforschungsbereich | Project Number: TRR 170/1
Articles
- Wueller, L., Qian, Y., Frueh, T., Head, J.W., Iqbal, W., Tian, M., Gao, A., van der Bogert, C.H., and Hiesinger, H. . “Geologic History of the Shackleton Crater Region Near the Lunar South Pole: Basis for Future Exploration and Science Activities.” The Planetary Science Journal 7 (7) 174. doi: 10.3847/PSJ/ae8528.
- Iqbal, W:, Frigeri, A., Asch, K., Kaskela, A., Wueller, L., Rasmussen, M., Kihlman, S., Luna, J., Skinner, J., Klump, J., Bernhardt, H., van der Bogert, C.H., Hiesinger, H., and Head, J. . “Geological mapping from the ocean floor to outer space.” Nature Geoscience 19 (5): 1–3. doi: 10.1038/s41561-026-01968-5.
- Yang, M., Huang, J., Iqbal, W., Wueller, L., van der Bogert, C.H., Hiesinger, H., Mikolajewski, S., Xie, M., Hu, S., and Xiao, L. . “Geology of Rimae Bode region as priority site candidate for China’s first crewed lunar mission.” Nature Astronomy 10 (3): 1–11. doi: 10.1038/s41550-026-02790-0.
- Oetting, A., Wueller, L., van der Bogert, C.H., Consuma, G., Iqbal, W., Carpenter, J., and Heyer, T. . “Geologic Mapping and Reconstruction of the Volcanic and Tectonic History of the Mare Vaporum Region to Assess Resource Potential.” The Planetary Science Journal 7 (6). doi: 10.3847/PSJ/ae6fa5.
- Iqbal, W., Wueller, L., Poehler, C.M., van der Bogert, C.H., Hiesinger, H., Ivanov, M.A.., Wright, J., Head, J.W., Oetting, A., and Joliff, B.L. . “Geological mapping of the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin region of the Moon.” Icarus 459 117234. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2026.117234.
- Wueller, L., Xu, X., Iqbal, W., Brown, H.M., van der Bogert, C.H., Hu, T., Kang, Z., and Hiesinger, H. . “Science Objectives and Design Reference Mission to Rubin Crater on Mons Amundsen near the South Pole of the Moon.” Advances in Space Research 76: 796–810. doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2025.05.061.
- Heyer, T, Hiesinger, H, Schmedemann, N, and Iqbal, W. . “The Multi-Temporal Database of Planetary Image Data (MUTED): Dynamic Rendering of Datasets for the Moon, Mars, and Mercury.” contribution to the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Heyer, T, Raack, J., Iqbal, W., Hiesinger, H, and Oetting, A. . “Albedo Analysis of Martian Dust Devil-Induced Slope Streaks and Tracks.” contribution to the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Gao, A., Xiao, L., Wueller, L., Iqbal, W., Zhao, S., Wang, J., van der Bogert, C.H., Qian, Y., Pang, Y., and Hiesinger, H. . “Geological Background of the Chang'e 6 Landing Site and the Provenance of Returned Samples.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 130 (1). doi: 10.1029/2024JE008658.
- Oetting, A., Iqbal, W., Schmedemann, N., Michael, G., Hiesinger, H., van der Bogert, C.H., and Heyer, T. . “Slopes of lunar crater size‐frequency distributions on exterior impact melt deposits of young craters.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 130 (3) e2024JE008589. doi: 10.1029/2024JE008589.
- Wu, C., Liu, J., Michael, G., Hiesinger, H., van der Bogert, C.H., Iqbal, W., Zhu, K., and Liu, J. . “Evolutionary History of the Large-Scale Scarp in Jules Verne Crater, Moon.” Remote Sensing 17 (9). doi: 10.3390/rs17091582.
- Zhang, T., Huang, J., Wang, L., Wueller, L., Iqbal, W., Ding, X., Xiao, L., and Hiesinger, H. . “Geological History of the Dichotomy in the Southern Utopia Planitia of Mars.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 130 (8) e2025JE008931. doi: 10.1029/2025JE008931.
- Kring, D.A., Fagan, A.L.Bickel, V. T., Deutsch, A. N., Gaddis, L. R. Gross J., Hiesinger, H. Huning, T.M., Hurtado, J.M., Iqbal W., Joy K., Keszthelyi L., Lemelin M., Looper, C.A., Martínez‐Camacho, J.M., Osinski, G.R., Peña‐Asensio E., Schmedemann N., Siegler, M.A., Tikoo S. M., van der Bogert, and C. H., Zacny K. . “Notional Geological Traverses, Station Activities, and Sample Collection on Mons Malapert, Lunar South Polar Region.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 130 (7) e2024JE008905. doi: 10.1029/2024JE008905.
- Oetting, A., Iqbal, W., Schmedemann, N., Head, J., Michael, G., Hiesinger, H., van, der Bogert, C., H., Heyer, and T.. . “Contribution of multi-ring basins to lunar production functions.” Icarus 442 116753. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2025.116753.
- Iqbal, W., Head, J.W., Wueller, L., Hiesinger, H., van der Bogert, C.H., and Scott, D.R. . “Geological mapping and chronology of lunar landing sites: Apollo 15.” Icarus 444 116791. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2025.116791.
- Wueller, Lukas, Iqbal, Wajiha, Frueh, Thomas, Head, James W., Kring, David A., Oetting, Astrid, van der Bogert, Carolyn H., and Hiesinger, Harald. . “Geologic History of the Mons Malapert and Mons Mouton Regions Near the Lunar South Pole: Basis for Future Exploration.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 130 (10) e2025JE009127. doi: 10.1029/2025JE009127.
- Heyer T, Raack J, Iqbal, W, Hiesinger, H, and Oetting, A. . “Albedo analysis of dust devil-induced slope streaks and tracks on Mars.” Icarus 423 116270. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116270.
- Wueller, L, Iqbal, W, Hiesinger, H, and Head III, JW. . “Geologic History of Deuteronilus Cavus in the Ismenius Lacus Region, Mars.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 129 (2) e2023JE008039. doi: 10.1029/2023JE008039.
- Heyer, T, Iqbal, W, Oetting, A, Hiesinger, H, van der Bogert, CH, and Schmedemann, N. . “Opencratertool – An Open Source Tool for Precise Crater Size-Frequency Measurements in QGIS.” contribution to the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Heyer, T, Hiesinger, H, Iqbal, W, and Schmedemann, N. . “The Multi-Temporal Database of Planetary Image Data (Muted): A Web Service for Processing Digital Terrain Models for Mars and the Moon.” contribution to the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Iqbal, W, van der Bogert, CH, Bickel, VT, Wueller, L, Hiesinger, H, and Kring, DA. . “High Resolution Geomorphic Map of Malapert Massif.” contribution to the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Iqbal, W, Hiesinger, H, van der Bogert, CH, Heyer, T, and Head III, JW. . “New Geological Maps of Apollo 15 And Apollo 17 Landing Sites.” contribution to the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Wueller, L, Iqbal, W, Frueh, T, van der Bogert, CH, and Hiesinger, H. . “Science Potential and Landing Conditions at Candidate Sites in the Amundsen Crater Region, Moon.” contribution to the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Oetting, A, Iqbal, W, Heyer, T, Schmedemann, N, Head III, JW, Hiesinger, H, and van der Bogert, CH. . “Lunar Multi-Ring Basins and Their Contribution to Lunar Production Functions.” contribution to the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Klingenberg, GS, Iqbal, W, Wueller, L, van der Bogert, CH, and Hiesinger, H. . “Comparative Study of Moretus and Tycho Craters: Insight Into Crater Degradation Processes.” contribution to the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Mickey, W, Head III, JW, Scott, DR, Boatwright, B, Rothschild, L, Maurer, C, Eppler, D, Creel, R, Martin, R, Fryd, D, Daniti, M, Wu, C, van der Bogert, CH, Hiesinger, H, and Iqbal, W. . “Hadley Max 500-Day Design Reference Mission (DRM) to the Apollo 15 Hadley-Apennine Region: (2. Science Goals And Objectives).” contribution to the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Rüsch, O, Bahia, RS, Fawdon, P, Harish, Heyer, T, Iqbal, W, Marshal, RM, Oetting, A, Pasckert, JH, and Patel, S. . “Visual Perception During Human Photo-Geologic Mapping.” contribution to the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Kring, DA, Fagan, AL, Valentin, BT, Deutsch, A, Gaddis, LR, Gross, J, Hiesinger, H, Huning, TM, Hurtado Jr., JM, Iqbal, W, Joy, KH, Keszthelyi, L, Lemelin, M, Looper, CA, Martinez-Camacho, J, Osinski, GR, Peña-Asensio, E, Schmedemann, N, Matthew A. Siegler, MA, Tikoo, SM, van der Bogert, CH, and Zacny, K. . “Geological EVA Science Among Impact Craters and Permanently Shadowed Regions Near a Summit Ridge on Malapert Massif.” contribution to the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Iqbal, W, Head, JW, van der Bogert, CH, Frueh, T, Henriksen, M, Bickel, VT, Kring, DA, Hiesinger, H, Scott, DR, and Heyer, T. . “Slopes along Apollo EVAs: Astronaut experience as input for future mission planning.” Acta Astronautica 223: 184–196. doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2024.07.006.
- Wueller, L, Iqbal, W, Frueh, T, van der Bogert, CH, and Hiesinger, H. . “Geologic History of the Amundsen Crater Region Near the Lunar South Pole: Basis for Future Exploration.” The Planetary Science Journal 5 (147). doi: 10.3847/PSJ/ad2c04.
- Luna, J., W., Iqbal, W., Bernhardt, H., El, Bilali, H., Krasilnikov, S., Krasilnikov, A., van, der Bogert, C., H., Pondrelli, M., Frigeri, A., Massironi, M., Ivanov, M., Basilevsky, A., Kumar, P., S., Dhingra, D., Ruj, T., Xiao, L., Ji, J., Aharonson, O., Rothery, D., Hiesinger, H., Skinner, Jr.J., Head, J., Ernst, R., Osinski, and G.. . “Planetary Geologic Maps: Essential Tools for Scientific Inquiry and Space Exploration.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 129 (10) e2024JE008442. doi: 10.1029/2024JE008442.
- Heyer, T, Iqbal, W, Oetting, A, Hiesinger, H, van, der Bogert C, and Schmedemann, N. . “OpenCraterTool: An Open Source Tool to Determine and Compare Crater Size-Frequency Measurements.” contribution to the European Lunar Symposium, Padua
- Heyer, T, Hiesinger, H, Iqbal, W, and Schmedemann, N. . “The Multi-Temporal Database of Planetary Image Data (MUTED): Developing a Web-Service to Automatically Detect Craters in Orbital Images.” contribution to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Heyer, T., Iqbal, W., Oetting, A., Hiesinger, H., van, der Bogert C.H., and Schmedemann, N. . “A comparative analysis of global lunar crater catalogs using OpenCraterTool – An open source tool to determine and compare crater size-frequency measurements.” Planetary and Space Science 231 105687. doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2023.105687.
- Iqbal, Wajiha, Harald, Hiesinger, van der Bogert, Carolyn, and Heyer, Thomas. . “Geology of Cone Crater for the Calibration of Lunar Chronology.” contribution to the 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference , Houston
- Iqbal, Wajiha, Hieisnger, Harald, Borisov, Danil, van der Bogert, Carolyn, and Head, James W. . “Geological mapping and chronology of lunar landing sites: Apollo 14.” Icarus 406. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115732.
- Heyer, T, Iqbal, W, Oetting, A, Hiesinger, H, van, der Bogert C, and Schmedemann, N. . “OpenCraterTool: Determining and comparing crater size-frequency measurements in QGIS.” contribution to the DPS-EPSC 2023, San Antonio
- Iqbal, W, Gebbing, T, Borisov, D, Hiesinger, H, and van der Bogert, C. . “New Geological Maps of the Apollo 14 and Apollo 16 Landing Sites.” contribution to the 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference , Houston
- Haber, T, Iqbal, W, Liu, T, van der Bogert, C, Hiesinger, H, Černok, A, Becker, H, and Scherer, E.E. . “A tale of two impact basins – Are the formation ages of Serenitatis and Crisium preserved in anorthositic norites in Apollo samples 77017 and 67955?” contribution to the European Lunar Symposium, Padua
- Iqbal, W, Hiesinger, H, van der Bogert, C, and Heyer, T. . “Cone Crater Geology and the Lunar Chronolgy Calibration.” contribution to the European Lunar Symposium, Padua
- Hiesinger, H, van, der Bogert C H, Michael, G, Schmedemann, N, Iqbal, W, Robbins, SJ, Ivanov, B, Williams, JP, Zanetti, M, Plescia, J, Ostrach, LR, and Head, JW III. . “The Lunar Cratering Chronology.” Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 89 (1): 401–451. doi: 10.2138/rmg.2023.89.10.
- Heyer, T, Hiesinger, H, Iqbal, W, and Schmedemann, N. . “The Multi-Temporal Database of Planetary Image Data (MUTED): A Comprehensive Web-based Tool to Study Mars, Moon, and Mercury.” contribution to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Ruesch, Ottaviano, Marshal, Rachael M., Iqbal, Wajiha, Pasckert, Jan Hendrik, van der Bogert, Carolyn H., and Patzek, Markus. . “Catastrophic rupture of lunar rocks: Implications for lunar rock size–frequency distributions.” Icarus 387 115200. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115200.
- Amrouche, Mohamed, Weber, Reenee C., Schmerr, Nicholas, and Iqbal, Wajiha. . “Effects of Lunar Near-Surface Geology on Moonquakes Ground Motion Amplification.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 127 (9). doi: 10.1029/2022JE007396.
- Iqbal, Wajiha, Liu, Tiantian, Haber, Thomas, van der Bogert, Carloyn, Scherer, Erik, and Hiesinger, Harald. . “What is the Source of Apollo 17 Sample 77017?” contribution to the 53rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conferenc, Houston
- Iqbal, W, Hiesinger, H, and van, der Bogert CH. . “Investigating a Potential Source of Young Ages at Apollo 15 Landing Site.” contribution to the 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, United States of America
- Iqbal, W.Hiesinger H. van der Bogert C. H. . “Comprehensive Geological Mapping of Apollo 15 and Apollo17 Landing Sites and Their Implications.” contribution to the Annual Meeting of Planetary Geologic Mappers, virtual
- Iqbal, W, Hiesinger, H, van, der Bogert C H, Heyer, T, and Schmedemann, N. . “New Geological Studies and Crater Size-Frequency Distributions of Apollo Landing Sites and their Future Implications.” contribution to the Europlanet Science Congress, virtual
- Iqbal, WHiesinger H, and van der Bogert C H, and Head J W. . “The Source of Young Ages at the Apollo 15 Landing SIte.” contribution to the NASA Exploration Science Forum and European Lunar Symposium, virtual
- Valencia, S, Curran, N, Flahaut, J, Gross, J, Mercer, CM, Moriarty, DP I II, Neal, CR, Petro, NE, Prissel, TC, Watkins, RN, and Iqbal, W. . “High Priority Returned Lunar Samples.” Bulletin of the AAS 53. doi: 10.3847/25c2cfeb.32d89d24.
- Iqbal, W, Hiesinger, H, and van, der Bogert CH. . “Geological mapping and chronology of lunar landing sites: Apollo 12.” Icarus 2020 113991. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113991.
- Cairns, K, Hiesinger, H, and Iqbal, W. . “Geologic Maps of Pit Craters in Noachis Terra, Mars.” contribution to the 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA.
- Poehler, CM, Ivanov, MA, van, der Bogert C H, Hiesinger, H, Iqbal, W, Pasckert, JH, Wright, J, and Head, JW. . “Geological Context for the Lunar South Pole: A Map of the South Pole-Aitken Basin Region.” contribution to the 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA
- Gebbing, T, Hiesinger, H, Iqbal, W, and van, der Bogert C H. . “Crater Size-Frequency Distributions at the North Ray and South Ray Craters.” contribution to the 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA
- Hiesinger, H, van, der Bogert C H, Iqbal, W, and Gebbing, T. . “The Lunar Chronology: A Status Report.” contribution to the 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA
- Iqbal, W, Hiesinger, H, and van, der Bogert C H. . “New Geological Map and Absolute Model Ages for the Apollo 15 Landing Site.” contribution to the 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA
- Iqbal, W, van, der Bogert C H, and Hiesinger, H. . “New Geological Maps of the Apollo Landing sites: Tools for Advancing Lunar Science and Exploration.” contribution to the 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, virtual
- Iqbal, W, Hiesinger, H, van, der Bogert CH, Borisov, D, and Gebbing, T. . “New geological maps of the Apollo landing sites.” contribution to the European Lunar Symposium, virtual doi: 10.5281/zenodo.5095224.
- Iqbal, W, Hiesinger, H, and and, van der Bogert C. H. . “New geological maps and crater size-frequency distribution measurements of the Apollo 15 landing site.” contribution to the European Lunar Symposium, Virtual doi: 10.5281/zenodo.5095240.
- Hiesinger, H, van, der Bogert C. H, Iqbal, W, and Gebbing, T. . “A Fresh Look at an Old Function: The Lunar Chronology.” contribution to the European Lunar Symposium, virtual
- Gebbing, T, Hiesinger, H, Iqbal, W, and and, van der Bogert C. H. . “Crater Size-frequency Distributions of North Ray and South Ray Craters Near the Apollo 16 Landing Site.” contribution to the European Lunar Symposium, virtual
- Poehler, CM, Ivanov, MA, van, der Bogert CH, Hiesinger, H, Pasckert, JH, Iqbal, W, Wright, J, and Head, J.W. . “A new map of the South Pole-Aitken Basin including the South Pole.” contribution to the European Lunar Symposium, Virtual doi: 10.5281/zenodo.5095260.
- Iqbal, W, Hiesinger, H, and van, der Bogert CH. . “Geological mapping and chronology of lunar landing sites: Apollo 11.” Icarus 333: 528–547. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2019.06.020.
- Poehler, CM, Iqbal, W, van, der Bogert CH, Hiesinger, H, Lewang, AM, Rueckert, C, Pasckert, JH, Ivanov, MA, Massironi, M, and Team, PLANMAP. . “Geological mapping of large basins on the terrestrial planets in the scope of PLANMAP.” contribution to the 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX
- Gebbing, T, Hiesinger, H, Iqbal, W, and van, der Bogert CH. . “New crater size-frequency distribution measurements of the Apollo 16 landing site.” contribution to the 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA
- van, der Bogert CH, Hiesinger, H, Iqbal, W, Clark, JD, Robinson, MS, Jolliff, BL, Hahn, JrTM, Watters, TR, and Banks, ME. . “Timing of Recent Events near the Apollo 17 Landing Site.” contribution to the 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX
- Iqbal, W, van, der Bogert CH, and Hiesinger, H. . “New geological maps and crater size-frequency distribution measurements of the Apollo 17 landing site.” contribution to the 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA
- van der Bogert C H, Hiesinger H. J., Iqbal, Clark J D, Robinson M S, Jolliff B L, Hahn T M Jr, Watters T R, and Banks M E, Schmitt H H. . “Complex Copernican Geology at the Apollo 17 Landing Site.” contribution to the GeoMünster, Münster
- Iqbal, W, Hiesinger, H, and van, der Bogert C H. . “Ages of the geological events around the Apollo 17 landing site.” contribution to the GeoMünster, Münster, Germany
- van, der Bogert C H, Hiesinger, H, Iqbal, W, Clark, JD, Robinson, M, S, Jolliff, BL, Hahn, TM Jr, Watters, TR, Banks, ME, and and, Schmitt H H. . “Recent Events at the Apollo 17 Landing Site: Ages of the Lee Lincoln Scarp, Light Mantle Deposit and Tycho Crater.” contribution to the European Lunar Symposium, Manchester,
- Poehler, CM, Hiesinger, H, Iqbal, W, van, der Bogert CH, and and, Ivanov MA. . “Geological mapping of the South Pole Aitken Basin: A progress report.” contribution to the European Lunar Symposium, Manchester, UK doi: 10.5281/zenodo.5094455.
- Iqbal, W, van, der Bogert C H, and Hiesinger, H. . “Geological mapping and absolute model ages around the Apollo 17 landing site.” contribution to the European Lunar Symposium, Manchester, UK
- Borisov, D, Hiesinger, H, Iqbal, W, Scherer, EE, Haber, T, and van, der Bogert CH. . “An interdisciplinary re-investigation of the Apollo 14 landing site - Pb-Pb chronology of the impact melt rock 14310 and new crater size-frequency distribution measurements.” contribution to the 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, The Woodlands, TX, USA