Dr. Md Moklesur Rahman: Leading Researcher in Hydrogeology

🎉 Congratulations Dr. Md Moklesur Rahman on Winning the Most Reader’s Article Award! 🏆 Your dedication to research, mentorship, and collaboration with international teams is truly commendable. This award is a testament to your outstanding work and the impact it has on the broader community.

SERVICES:

• 📚 Professor (May 2023 to Present): Department of Petroleum and Mining Engineering, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
• 🎓 Associate Professor (April 2018 to April 2023): Department of Petroleum and Mining Engineering, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
• 👨‍🏫 Assistant Professor (February 2014 to March 2018): Department of Petroleum and Mining Engineering, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
• 📖 Lecturer (December 2010 to January 2014): Jashore University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
• 🌐 Postdoctoral Fellow (September 2019 to August 2021): Seismology (Seismic hazard assessment), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
• 🎓 PhD Fellow (Sep. 2014 to December 2017): Seismology (Seismic hazard assessment), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
• 🌏 Research Fellow (March 2008 to December 2010): Sustainable Arsenic Mitigation Project (SASMIT), a multinational Collaboration Research cum Implementation Project funded by Swedish Sida.
• 🧪 Research Assistant (January 2007 to February 2008): Geophysics Laboratory, Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Professional Profile:

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RESEARCH INTEREST: Natural hazards assessment, seismic hazard assessment, seismic source characterization, Vs30 determination using in situ methods; climate-induced hazards (drought, sea water intrusion, etc.) assessment.

COLLABORATION WORKS WITH INTERNATIONAL TEAMS:

1. International team on the study of crustal and mantle structure beneath the Himalayan Orogeny belt and its shallow response.
2. MELBU: More entrepreneurial life in Bangladeshi Universities (Capacity building project).
3. SASMIT (Sustainable Arsenic Mitigation) Project, a Swedish Sida funded Research cum Implementation Project.
4. Sub-Project (CP-309) on “Seawater Intrusion and Presence of Radioactive Heavy Minerals in the Groundwater Aquifer at Hotel-Motel Zone of Cox’s Bazar Paleobeach Area.”

EDUCATION:

• PhD in Geology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (2017).
• MS thesis at KTH, Sweden (2010).
• MS in Geology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (2005).
• Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in Geology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (2004).

STUDENTS’ THESIS/PROJECT WORK SUPERVISION:

• Undergraduate level: 22; Master level: 7
• Postgraduate level: 1 (M.Phil); PhD level: 1

FIELD EXPERIENCES:

• Experienced in operating the Mc-Ohm and SARIS Resistivity Meters for Geophysical Resistivity Soundings Survey.
• Skilled in operating a variety of laboratory equipment for groundwater sampling.

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED:

• Postdoctoral Fellow: CAS President’s International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) in ITPCAS, Beijing, China (2019-2021).
• PhD fellowship: CAS-TWAS President Fellowship 2014-15 at ITPCAS, Beijing, China (2014-2017).
• Linnaeus-Palme academic exchange Scholarship (KTH, Sweden), 2009.
• ‘Merit Scholarship’ from Dhaka University at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS/ COURSE WORKS:

• International Training course on seismology, seismic data analysis, hazard assessment, and risk mitigation.
• Summer School on Entrepreneurship organized by the MELBU (hosted by the Leipzig University, Germany and Maritime University Poland).
• International training on science diplomacy, 2020 organized by AAAS-TWAS.
• Capacity building on higher education teachers of Bangladesh on using and creating open education resources.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION:

• Member, Bangladesh Geological Society
• Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)
• Japan Geoscience Union

COUNTRY OF WORK EXPERIENCE AND VISITED:

• Bangladesh
• China
• Myanmar
• Sweden
• Norway
• Finland
• Germany
• Poland

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY:

• English: Good (Speaking, Reading, Writing)
• Bengali: Mother Tongue (Excellent Speaking, Excellent Reading, Good Writing)
• Chinese: Fair (Speaking, Reading, Writing)

CO-CURRICULUM ACTIVITIES:

• Advisor- Research Cell (Publication division) Jashore University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh (Since 2019).
• Student Advisor and Course Coordinator: Second Year of B.Sc (hons.) students of Petroleum and Mining Engineering Department, JUST.
• Chairman of the Examination committee for the Second Year of B.Sc (hons.) students of Petroleum and Mining Engineering Department, JUST.
• Member of the Examination committee for the first Year of B.Sc (hons.) students of Petroleum and Mining Engineering Department, JUST.