Gul has obtained his master’s and Ph.D. in Disaster Management from GRIPS & ICHARM (PWRI), Japan. He has more than 10 years of experience in flood modeling, fluvial transport modeling, and spatial technology applications in disaster management. His previous work at the ICHARM centered on the measurement and modeling of fluvial processes in Bangladesh, Japan, and Pakistan. Gul has also worked as an expert on DRR, and water-related disaster management, including collaborative projects with numerous national and international organizations.
Currently, Gul is the Director of Center for Disaster Management at UMT, Lahore, which is a flagship initiative mandated to lead research, education, and services in the field of Disaster Management in the region. He is also a part of the faculty, teaching undergraduate and graduate students at the School of Governance and Society at UMT.