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Honors, Awards and Distinctions

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• Council for American Overseas Research Centres (2020): Travel Bursary ( 3,000 USD) to attend international conference on Rohingya refugees at University of California, Berkeley (USA);
• Outstanding Peer-Reviewed Paper Award (2019) by the Mississippi (USA) Chapter of the Wildlife Society;  [certificate]
• Sentinels of Science Award (2016) by Publons for peer review of scholarly publications; [certificate]
• IUFRO Student Award for Excellence in Forest Sciences (2015) for outstanding academic achievement; [certificate]
• FLARE Network Best Publication Award (2015): Awarded 3,000 USD by University of Michigan (USA);
• American Geophysical Union (2015): Travel Bursary (1,000 USD) to attend AGU Fall Meeting;
• World Bank’s Program on Forests (PROFOR) (2015): Travel Burasry (3,500 USD) to attend COP21 in Paris, France;
• The University of the Queensland, Australia (2015): SAFS Travel Award, (1,775 AUD) for conference attendance;
• International Union for Forest Research Organizations (2014): Travel Burasry (2,500 USD) to attend XXIV IUFRO World Congress in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;
• The University of the Queensland, Australia (2014): SAFS Travel Award, (800 AUD) towards conference attendance;
• Young Scientist Research Award (2014) by the Commonwealth Forestry Association (UK);
• Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (Japan) (2013): Travel Award (4,500 USD) to attend Earth System Governance Conference in Tokyo, Japan;
• International Post-graduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) and UQ Centennial Award, Australia (2012-2015) from the Australian Government; [pdf]
• Best Poster Award in Ecology and Ethics (2012) at Euroleague Scientific Students Conference;  [certificate]
• Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford (UK) (2012): Travel Bursary (2,500 £) to attend Planet under Pressure Conference in London, UK;
• Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen (DenmarK) (2011): Bursary (2,500 DKK) to participate and present at ‘Euroleague Scientific Students Conference 2011' held at Wageningen University and Research (Netherlands).  
• The European Alliance on Agricultural Knowledge for Development (Agrinatura) (2011): Travel bursary (500 €) to attend ‘Tropentag 2011’  held in Bonn, Germany;
• International Union for Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) (2010): Travel Burasry (4,500 USD) to attend XXIII IUFRO World Congress in Seoul, South Korea;
• UK Department for International Development (DFID) (2010): Travel Bursary (2,750 £) to attend 18th Commonwealth Forestry Conference in Edinburgh, UK;
• Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University (Japan) (2010): Travel Bursary (150,000 ¥) to attend Urban Biodiversity and Design (URBIO) Conference in Nagoya, Japan;
• South East Asia Rainforest Research Programme (SEARRP) and The Royal Society (UK) (2009): Travel bursary (2,500 USD) to attend a workshop on Advanced Statistical Analysis using 'R' under 'SEARP-Darwin Initiative'; 
• European Union’s Erasmus Mundus Scholarship on Sustainable Tropical Forestry (SUTROFOR) (2009-2011); [pdf]
• Seoul National University (Korea) (2008): Travel Bursary (1,500 USD) to attend 1st International Conference on Traditional Forest Related Knowledge and Culture in Seoul, South Korea;
• World Bioenergy Association (Sweden): (2008): Travel Burasry (Amount: 2,500 €) to attend World Bioenergy Conference in Jonkoping, Sweden;
• Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (2008): Travel Bursary (1,200 USD) to attend ATBC Asia Conference in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia;
• University Merit Scholarship (2005) for Academic Excellence at Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh

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Selected Grants and Consultancies ​

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• 2020: Consultant, Mongabay (5,000 USD)

        – Project: Assessing restoration effectiveness of global FLR projects;

• 2020: Consultant, Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC) (6,000 AUD)

        – Project: An assessment of past mangrove rehabilitation activities and recommendations for future activities in the GAC 
        Bauxite Mining Concession Area, Prefecture of Boké, Republic of Guinea;

• 2020: PI, British Ecological Society (BES) Large Research Grant (19,740 GBP) [pdf]

        – Project: Measuring carbon stocks and fluxes across a successional and salinity gradient in Sundarbans;

• 2020: Co-PI, Asia Pacific Network for Global Change (Japan) Collaboarative Regional Research Programme Grant (101,000 USD)

        – Project: Protecting ecosystems and livelihoods of the Sundarbans: Assessing the impact of natural hazards on forest-based  
        ecosystem services;

• 2020: Co-PI, South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE) Research Grant (23,000 USD)

       – Project: Impact of co-management on forest restoration and livelihood enhancement of forest depended communities in
       Bangladesh;

• 2018: Lead Researcher, ACIAR FLR Project Activity 2.6 (~200,000 AUD)

       – Project: Developing geospatial model to monitor the impacts of forest and landscape restoration (FLR);

• 2019: Consultant, The World Bank Group (30,000 USD)

      – Project: Biomass fuel demand and supply scenario analysis in Bangladesh;

• 2019: Consultant, USAID and Action Against Hunger (5,000 USD)

     – Project: Rapid environmental impact assessment of cash for work interventions among host communities in Cox’s Bazar,
     Bangladesh;

• 2019: Consultant, Asian Development Bank, Bangladesh (3,000 USD)

     – Project: Environmental impact assessment of floating solar energy project in Bangladesh;

• 2018: PI, Internal Research Grant, Independent University, Bangladesh (2,500 USD)

      – Project: Forest carbon and biodiversity assessment in two protected areas of Bangladesh;

• 2017-2019: National Forestry Expert and Steering Committee Member, International Organization for Migration (IOM) and International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) 

      – Project: Monitoring Environmental Changes in Cox’s Bazar following the Rohingya Influx;

• 2017: PI, Internal Research Grant, Independent University, Bangladesh (2,000 USD)

      – Project: Developing a framework for mapping threats to Bangladesh forest ecosystems;

• 2016: PI, Publications Grant, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia (5,000 AUD)
• 2011: PI, Agricultural Development Research Grant (10,000 DKK)

      – Project: Local adaptations of swidden farmers in central hill districts of Nepal;

• 2010: IDEA Wild (USA) Equipment Support Grant (1,500 USD)
• 2009: PI, The Rufford Foundation for Nature Conservation (UK) Research Grant (5,625 £)

      – Project: Status, indigenous uses and population dynamics of disappearing medicinal flora in a biodiversity hotspot zone of
     north-eastern Bangladesh; [Homepage]

• 2009: PI, British Ornithologists’ Union (UK) Research Grant (Amount: 920 £) [pdf]

       – Project: Assessing bird diversity in shade trees of tea gardens in greater Sylhet region, Bangladesh;

• 2008: PI, British Ecological Society (UK) Ecological Research Support Grant (Amount: 2,160 £) [pdf] 

      – Project: Status and importance of invasive alien plant species among local livelihoods and wildlife within two conservation
     area of north-eastern Bangladesh;

• 2007: PI, The Explorers Club, (USA) Youth Activity Fund (1,165 US$) [pdf]

     – Project: Traditional forest practices of indigenous people: understanding the role in improved livelihoods and enhanced
    conservation; 

• 2006: PI, USAID Bangladesh (1,250 US$) 

      – Project: Protected areas and rural livelihoods in north-eastern Bangladesh.

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Others

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PhD Scholarship within Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning, China (BEF-China) Project  (Shortlisted, 2011): Scholarship towards PhD position within worlds' largest long-term ongoing biodiversity experiment in sub-tropical China under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Goddert von Oheimb, Institute of Ecology, Leuphana Universitat, Lower Saxony, Germany.  

Climate Change Scholarship, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Shortlisted, 2010): Scholarship towards PhD study under the framework of 'Climate change: impacts, adaptation and mitigation' approved during 'COP 15', at Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Ranked top 25 among about 850 international candidates). For detail: Prof. Erik Dahl Kjær, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland: Funded PhD position's at Institute of Agricultural Sciences (with Prof. Dr. Nina Buchmann) and Institute for Integrative Biology (with Dr. Regula Billter) . May 2009 (declined). 

Life Science Zurich Graduate School, University of Zurich, Switzerland: Scholarship to pursue Doctor of Philosophy at Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Sciences under the supervision of Dr. Andy Hector (Ranked top two among 103 international candidates). May 2009 (declined). ~ 200,000 CHF.

East-West Center (Hawaii, USA) Degree Fellowship: Scholarship to pursue post-graduate study on Natural Resources and Environmental Management at University of Hawai’i at Manoa. April 2009 (declined).

UK Government's Chevening Scholarship (Shortlisted, 2008): One year research position based at United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and University of Cambridge, UK. 

Graduate positions (MS and/or PhD, session 2007-08) with McGill University, Canada (with Asst. Prof. Dr. Elena Bennett); University of British Columbia, Canada (with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kai Chan); University of Alberta (with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Andreas Hamann); Yale University, USA (with Prof. Dr. Florencia Montagnini); Charles Darwin University, Australia (with Prof. Dr. Romy Greiner) (declined)
 
Universitat Bayreuth, Germany: International Graduate (M.Sc.) Program 'Global Change Ecology' within the 'Elite network of Bavaria'. July, 2008. [pdf] (declined)