{"id":7224,"date":"2025-04-03T00:54:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T00:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oavcris.ubd.edu.bn\/?p=7224"},"modified":"2026-03-03T09:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T01:32:16","slug":"ubd-researcher-shares-expertise-during-interview-with-sky-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oavcris.ubd.edu.bn\/?p=7224","title":{"rendered":"UBD Researcher shares expertise during interview with Sky News"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7224\" class=\"elementor elementor-7224\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0989c2f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0989c2f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63d3558\" data-id=\"63d3558\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b733afb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b733afb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">UBD Researcher shares expertise during interview with Sky News<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f762f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7f762f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/oavcris.ubd.edu.bn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-29-at-16.25.49-1024x562.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7227\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oavcris.ubd.edu.bn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-29-at-16.25.49-1024x562.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/oavcris.ubd.edu.bn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-29-at-16.25.49-300x165.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/oavcris.ubd.edu.bn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-29-at-16.25.49-768x421.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/oavcris.ubd.edu.bn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-29-at-16.25.49.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ebde7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ebde7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) and the Office of Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation, and Sustainability express their deepest condolences and heartfelt sympathies to the families of the victims and the people of Myanmar and Thailand following the tragic, devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck on March 28, 2025.<br \/>Dr. Afroz Shah, a Geoscientist at the Faculty of Science in UBD, shared his expertise during an interview with Sky News, emphasising the geological factors behind such catastrophic events. 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