Dr. Abdul Hameed is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Geosciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), funded by FAPESP. He obtained his B.Sc. (Hons) in Geology from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, and his M.Sc., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Delhi, New Delhi, India, where his doctoral research focused on paleopedogenesis in the Siwalik Group sediments of the NW Himalaya, linking it to climatic shifts and tectonic activity during the Mid-Late Miocene. Following his Ph.D., he gained international research experience as a Short-Term Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin (USA), supported by the National Science Foundations CO2 Proxy Integration Project (CO2-PIP). His research focuses on paleopedology, clay mineralogy, and geochemistry, with a particular interest in reconstructing paleoclimate and environmental change during critical intervals of Earth's history, such as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM). At UNICAMP, his current project applies clay mineralogy and geochemistry of paleosols from the Esplugafreda and Claret Formations (Southern Pyrenees, Spain) to investigate the PETM climate crisis.