CURRICULUM VITAE

 

NAME:                                                 SYED HAFIZUR RAHMAN

Contact Details:                                    Department of Environmental Sciences

Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh

E-mail: hafizsr@yahoo.com

                                                                                Mobile no.: 00881720173352; Phone no. : 0088027792123 (Res.)

Date and Place of Birth:                        1 October 1972

Nationality:                                           Bangladeshi

Sex:                                                      Male

Field of Interest:                                   Water Resource Management, Climate Change, EIA and GIS

Affiliation:                                                Department of Environmental Sciences, Jahangirnagar University

Centre for Global Change (CGC), Dhaka, Bangladesh

 

Academic background:

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.), 2006        School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences,

University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, United Kingdom.

Master of Science (M. Sc.), 1993                       Geological Sciences, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka,

                                                            Bangladesh.

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), 1992          Geological Sciences, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka,

                                                            Bangladesh.    

 

Employment Status:

12/2007 – Present:                                Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences,

Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

01/2003 – 12/2007:                                Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences,

Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

10/1999 – 01/2003:                                Lecturer, Department of Environmental Science,

Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

09/1997- 10/1999:                                  Seismic Surveyor/Navigator, Grant Geophysical Inc.,

Bangladesh.

 

Professional memberships:

 

Scholarship/ award received:

·        Commonwealth Academic Staff Scholarship for PhD research work during 2002 - 2006.

·        ‘William Greenwood Scholarship Fund’ from Association of Geoscientists for International Development (AGID) for M. Sc. Thesis fieldwork in 1995.

·        Jahangirnagar University merit scholarship, 19990-1993.

 

Professional training / Workshop attended:

28 October 07 - 29 October 07 Workshop – IWRM with training on Scientific Methodology, Development of Grant application for IFS.

28 May 07 - 24 June 07              Course      – Certificate course in GIS, DoG&E, JU.

27 March 07 -  29 March 07        Workshop – Climate Risk, Management and Adaptation in Bangladesh, DoE.

12 Jan 02 – 20 Jan 02                Course        Environmental Impact Assessment, CERM, BUET

01 Feb 00 - 04 Feb 00               Workshop – Waste Water Treatment for SME's, BCSIR.

13 May 97 - 08 May 97               Workshop -- Gas Transmissission and Distribution Engineering, BPI.

18 Sep.93 - 30 Sep.93               Workshop -- Fundamentals and concepts of Geophysics, BPI.

 

Published Articles/ Abstracts:

Bhattacharjee, D. and Rahman, S.H., 2008, Sea water intrusion in south-western coastal aquifer of Bangladesh. (in preparation)

 

Parvez, L. and Rahman, S.H., 2008, Environmental analysis of Barapukuria Coal mine and its impact on surrounding ares.

 

Ahmed, S. and Rahman, S.H., 2008, Microbial Contamination of shallow Tubewell Water of Gakulnagar Village in Savar Thana due to Sanitary Latrines. (in preparation)

 

 

Rimi, R.H., and Rahman, S.H., Trend Analysis of Selective Climatic Factors of Climate Change on Crop Agriculture at Satkhira. (in preparation)

 

Rimi, R.H., and Rahman, S.H., 2008, Probable Impacts of Climate Change on Crop Agriculture at Satkhira. (in preparation)

 

Rahman, S.H. and Tellam, J.,, 2008, The Passage of Silica (And Latex) Colloid Solutions Through Intact Redbed Sandstone Matrix. (in preparation)

 

Das, K.K, and Rahman, S.H., 2008, Determination of concentration levels of some natural and artificial radionuclides in locally available fruit stuff in Bangladesh. (in preparation)

 

Rahman, S.H. and Tellam, J., 2008, Investigation of Colloid Stability Using a Simple Laser Light Scattering Device. (in preparation)

 

Joyce, E., Charles, K., Rahman, H., Aller, M.F., Durand, V., Riley, M.S., Greswell, R.B., Renshaw, J.C., Mackay, R., Rivett, M.O., Pedley, S. and Tellam. J.H. (submitted) Assessing the hazard from viruses in wastewater recharge of urban sandstone aquifers.  In: GQ07: Securing Groundwater Quality in Urban and Industrial Environments. (Proc. 6th International Groundwater Quality Conference, Freemantle, Western Australia. 2-7 December 2007). To be published by IAHS.

 

Rahman, S.H., Neelormi, S., Tareq, S.M., 2008, Environmental Impact Assessments of Textile and Dyeing Industries on Ecosystem of Karnopara Canal at Savar, Bangladesh Jahangirnagar University Journal of Science, Bangladesh.(Submitted)

 

Hafiz Rahman, Claudia Gaebel Orudzhalieva, Jamie Lead, John Tellam, 2005, ESEM and AFM imaging of virus-colloid interactions, NERC Knowledge Transfer Network on Natural Aquatic Colloids, 1st International Conference on Aquatic Colloids & Nano particles, Abstracts, pg.25, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

 

C. Gaebel Orudzhalieva, H. Rahman, J. Lead, 2005, Microscopy Probing of Virus-Colloid Interactions, European Marie Curie Conference 2005, Abstracts, Tuscany, Italy.

 

H. Rahman, J. Tellam, R. Greswell, J. Lead, and M. Riley, 2005, investigating the Interactions between Sandstone and 100 nm Silica Colloids, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 7, pg.10690, Vienna, Austria.

 

K.E. Collins, E.M. Joyce, A.A. Cronin, J. Rueedi, S. Pedley, J.H. Tellam, K. Parker, R. Greswell, M. Riley, S.H. Rahman, 2004, Migration of enteric viruses in deep aquifers; intergranular processes, sorption and survival, 3rd VEG Workshop, Abstracts, BlueMicrobe , Leamington Spa, United Kingdom.

 

John Tellam, Ulrike Kleinert, Kim Stagg, Hafiz Rahman, Mark Dawe, Michael Riley, Jamie Lead, Michael Barrett, Karen Powell, and Steven Pedley, 2004, Preliminary experiments on the importance of colloids in the movement of metals and viruses in sandstone groundwaters, Groundwater Quality 2004, 4th International Conference, Abstracts, pg.109, Waterloo, Canada.

 

Safiullah, S. ,  Tareq, S. M.,  Rahhman, M.M., Kabir, A., Uddin, M.K., Rahman, S.H., Hossain, A. and Ishizuka, T., 2004, Design and Installation of an Arsenic Removing Shallow Tubewell in the Meghna Basin of Bangladesh, Journal of Environmental Science, V-2, P- 1-8, Bangladesh.

 

Safiullah, S., Rahman, M., Tareq, S.M., Rahman, S.H., Sultana, M.S., and Howlader, B.K., 2003, Comparative Studies on the Total Arsenic Content and other Related Chemical Species in the Groundwater of Ganges and Meghna Basin, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Journal of Environmental Science, V-1, P- 43-47, Bangladesh.

 

Rahman, S.H. and Huq, N.E., 2003, Flood-Grain-Cycle Model for Braided Bar Deposional Environment: A Case Study from Exposed Bar sequence of Char Shibalaya, Near Jamuna-Padma confluence, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Journal of Environmental Science, V-1, P- 89-102, Bangladesh.

 

Tareq, S.M. and Rahman, S.H., 2002, Potable water Quality of Jahangirnagar University Campus, Savar, Bangladesh, Jahangirnagar University Journal of Science, V-25, 147-152, Bangladesh.

 

Safiullah, S., Alam, F.R., Tareq, S.M., Rahman, S.H., 2001, Speciation and Spatial distribution of Arsenic in Ground Water in Meghna Basin (Sonargaon), Bangladesh, Journal of Bangladesh Academy of Science, V-25, No.2, P-165-169, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

 

Safiullah,S., Tareq, S.M., Rahman, S.H. and Akter, M., 2000, Determination of Total Arsenic content in Flood-Plains Sediments of Bangladesh: An Approach to Understanding its Mobilization in Ground Water, Abstracts, 23rd Conference Bangladesh Chemical Society, Dhaka, P-04, Bangladesh.

 

Rahman, S.H. and Huq, N.E., 2000, Grain-size analyses of sands of eastern Char Shibalaya near the confluence of the rivers Jamuna and Padma, Bangladesh, Jahangirnagar University Journal of Science, V-22 &. 23, P-121-133, Bangladesh.

 

Huq, N.E., Rahman, S.H., & Alam, M.M, 1997, Sedimentology of Bar-top sequence in the Jamuna River near its confluence with the Padma River, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Geoscience Journal, V-3, P-1-18, Bangladesh.

 

S.H. Rahman and N.E. Huq, 1996, Sedimentation Pattern of Bar-top Sequence of Jamuna Bars Near its Confluence with the Padma, Abstracts, IX Geological Conference, Dhaka, P-10, Bangladesh.

 

 

Last update 1 February, 2008