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Associate Professor,
United International University
(January 2023 -):
Department of Environment and Development Studies.
Head,
United International University
(June 2023 -July 2024):
Department of Environment and Development Studies.
Dean (in-charge),
United International University
(October 2023): School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SoHSS).
Courtesy Research Associate Professor,
Florida International University, USA
(July 2024 - ):
Department of Earth and Environment
.
Steering Committee
Member,
2ndFor Network
(May 2024-):
Global Secondary Forests Research Network
.
National
Consultant, Forestry and Nature-based Solution
(May 2021- October 2023):
The World Bank Group
and
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
(FAO), Bangladesh Country Office.
Nature-based Solutions Consultant, Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd. (Singapore)
(November 2022 - April 2023):
To assist in pre-feasibility assessment of potential carbon offset projects in Bangladesh.
Consultant, USAID Protibesh/ Ecosystems Activity
(November 2022 - April 2023):
To assist
Arannayk Foundation
(Dhaka) in the Assessment of Nishorgo Network in Protected Areas of Bangladesh.
Consultant, Climate Change Adaptation Governance
(February 2022 - October 2022):
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
, Paris, France.
National (Bangladesh Implementation)
Consultant, Nature-based Solution
(January 2022 - November 2022):
Asian Development Bank
(ADB), Manila, Philippines.
National
Consultant, Wetland and Biodiversity Conservation
(May 2021- March 2022):
United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP), Bangladesh Country Office.
Events Committee
Member,
British Ecological Society
(May 2021-): The oldest and largest ecological society in the world founded in 1913 in the United Kingdom.
Core Member,
Alliance of Leading Environmental Researchers & Thinkers (ALERT
)
(March 2021-): A global scientific think tank that helps world-class researchers have a concerted, highly credible voice on key environmental issues.
Scientific Advisor,
CredoSense Inc. (Ltd.)
(March 2021-): A Bangladesh-Canada joint venture that strives to become a global leader in environmental sensor-logger systems by making intelligent and affordable monitoring solutions for scientific and industrial applications.
Associate Editor,
Biodiversity and Conservation
(January 2021-): A journal published by Springer Nature (IF- 3.55).
Research Assistant Professor,
Florida International University, USA
(June 2020 - June 2024): Courtesy appointment with the
Department of Earth and Environment
.
Review College Member,
British Ecological Society
(April 2020-): The oldest and largest ecological society in the world founded in 1913 in the United Kingdom.
Associate Editor,
Sustainability
(March 2020-): A journal published by the MDPI, Switzerland (IF- 3.25).
Research Evaluation Committee Member,
Sustainable Forests and Livelihoods (SUFAL) Project
(2020-): 175 M USD worth World Bank funded project implemented by the
Bangladesh Forest Department
.
Advisor,
Nature-based Climate Solutions
(2019-2023):
International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD)
, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Associate Editor,
Ecology and Evolution
(March 2019-April 2023)
: A journal published by Wiley (IF- 2.91).
Section Editor,
Life one Land
, Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
(2019-2020): T
he largest publication project on UN SDGs from Springer, Switzerland.
Member,
Board of Trustees
(2019-)
:
Bangladesh Institute of Social Research (BISR) Trust
.
Taskforce Member:
Refugees and environmental crisis (part of Scientist’s warning to Humanity project hosted by Oregon State University, USA).
Scientific Committee Member and Organiser
(February, 2019)
:
International Conference – '
Forest and Landscape Restoration: Making it happen'
held in New World Makati Hotel, Manila, Philippines.
National Consultant,
The Nature Conservancy (USA)
and
Centre for Global Development
(USA)
(September 2018- June 2019)
:
Creating opportunities for Rohingya refugees and hosts through Forest and Landscape Restoration in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
Steering Committee Member (Forests & Biodiversity),
International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD)
(2018): Monitoring Environmental Changes in Cox’s Bazar following the Rohingya Influx (a project of the International Organization for Migration, IOM).
Associate Editor,
Small-scale Forestry
(March 2017-)
: A journal published by the Springer Netherlands (IF- 1.78).
Associate Editor,
Journal of Applied Ecology
(January 2017)
:
A British Ecological Society journal published by Wiley (IF- 6.53).
Assistant Professor,
Independent University, Bangladesh
(January 2017 - August 2019)
:
Full-time faculty position in the Department of Environmental Management, School of Environmental Science & Management, Independent University, Bangladesh.
Senior Research Fellow,
University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
(May 2017-)
:
Tropical Forests and People Research Centre
within the
USC Forest Research Institute
.
Staff Consultant,
The World Bank Group, USA
(
October 2015 - October 2016)
:
Part-time
consultant position with The World Bank's Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice (ENR GP) program.
Postdoctoral
Research Fellow,
University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
(September 2015 - December 2016)
:
Post-doctoral position within the
Tropical Forests and People Research Centre
.
Postdoctoral Scientist,
The University of Queensland, Australia
(September 2015 - December 2016)
:
Postdoctoral position within the
Tropical Forestry Group
, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences.
Communications Editor,
PARTNERS
(People and Reforestation in the Tropics - a network for education, research and synthesis)
(April 2015 - )
:
A global research coordination network funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), Coupled Natural and Human Systems Program.
Academic Supervisor, The University of Queensland, Australia
(July 2014 - September 2016)
:
Academic position with the
School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management (GPEM)
.
Reviewer, World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty
(2014 & 2015): Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty held in Washington DC, USA.
Reviewer,
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC):
IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (Working Group II: Impact, adaptation & vulnerability; with Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency on 2013).
Co-founder and Executive Director,
Centre for Research on Land-use Sustainability
(2008-): A global platform for research and consultancy on tropical land use under changing climate and human pressure.
Managing Editor,
International Journal of Research on Land-use Sustainability
(2013-): An international journal published by the
Centre for Research on Land-use Sustainability
.
Research Fellow,
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Australia
(January 2012 - August 2015)
:
Within the project - Improving watershed rehabilitation outcomes in the Philippines (Project: ASEM/2010/050).
Technical Committee Member
(2011 & 2012): International Conference - 'Environmental Aspects of Bangladesh' held annually in Fukuoka, Japan.
Graduate Research Coordinator
(September 2007- April 2009)
:
Towards several doctoral research projects for the University of Bayreuth, Germany; Shinshu University, Japan and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
Research Fellow, East-West Center (Honolulu, Hawaii) and Nishorgo Support Project (NSP)
(January 2006 - August 2006)
:
Project on
Protected Areas and Rural Livelihoods by the Bangladesh Forest Department.
Reviewer
(since 2007, peer-review requested ~ 400 articles; peer-review performed ~ 205)
Science of the Total Environment
(since 2016, article reviewed - 5; Elsevier/Sciencedirect; IF - 6.6)
Land Degradation & Development
(since 2016, article reviewed - 1; Wiley; IF - 3.7)
Journal of Applied Ecology
(since 2015, article reviewed - 2; Wiley; IF - 5.8)
Ecosystem Services
(since 2015, article reviewed - 3; Elsevier/Sciencedirect; IF - 6.3)
Journal of Environmental Management
(since 2017, article reviewed - 2; Elsevier/Sciencedirect; IF - 5.7)
Journal of Cleaner Production
(since 2016, article reviewed - 2; Elsevier/Sciencedirect; IF - 4.9)
Ecological Economics
(since 2015, article reviewed - 2; Elsevier/Sciencedirect; IF - 3.3)
Scientific Reports
(since 2017, article reviewed - 3; Nature Publishing Group; IF - 3.9)
PLoS ONE
(since 2016, article reviewed - 3; IF - 3.1)
One Earth
(since 2020, article reviewed - 1; CELL Press/Elsevier)
Conservation Biology
(since 2018, article reviewed - 2; Wiley; IF - 5.4)
Biodiversity and Conservation
(since 2015, article reviewed - 2; Springer, IF - 2.9)
Land Use Policy
(since 2015, article reviewed - 7; Elsevier/Sciencedirect; IF - 3.7)
Applied Geography
(since 2015, article reviewed - 3; Elsevier/Sciencedirect; IF - 2.6)
AMBIO - A journal of the human environment
(since 2014, article reviewed - 5; Springer; IF - 2.6)
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
(since 2012, article reviewed - 1; Taylor & Francis; IF - 1.7)
International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology
(since 2013, article reviewed - 2; Taylor & Francis; IF - 1.6)
Forests
(since 2014, article reviewed - 10; MDPI- Switzerland; IF - 2.2)
Sustainability
(since 2015, article reviewed - 12; MDPI- Switzerland; IF - 2.6)
Land
(since 2017, article reviewed - 8; MDPI- Switzerland; IF - 2.4)
Acta Oecologica
(since 2015, article reviewed - 1; Elsevier/Sciencedirect; IF- 1.4)
New Forests
(since 2011, article reviewed - 2; Springer-New York; IF - 1.4)
Landscape Research
(since 2015, article reviewed - 1; Taylor & Francis, UK; IF- 1.1)
International Forestry Review
(since 2011, article reviewed - 3; Commonwealth Forestry Association, UK; IF – 1.7)
Small-scale Forestry
(since 2010, article reviewed - 4; Springer, IF - 1.2)
Journal of Forestry Research
(since 2008, article reviewed - 5; Springer
-
Berlin; IF - 1.6)
Development in Practice
(since 2013, article reviewed - 1; Routledge-UK)
Environment, Development and Sustainability
(since 2015, article reviewed - 1; Springer
; IF - 2.2
)
Journal of Sustainable Forestry
(since 2014, article reviewed - 2, Taylor & Francis)
Forestry Studies in China
(currently
Forest Science and Practice
)
(since 2008, article reviewed - 2; Springer)
Ecosystems and People
(since 2010, article reviewed - 7; Taylor & Francis)
Journal of Forest & Environmental Science
(since 2012, article reviewed -2; South Korea)
Ethnobotany R
esearch and Applications
(since 2007; article reviewed -8; University of Hawaii, USA)
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