Curriculum vitae

Professional experience

  • Since 2012 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Tropical Silviculture and Forest Ecology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany, funded through Erasmus Mundus Action II (EXPERTS II Project)
  • Since 2010 Assistant Professor, Forestry and Wood Technology Discipline, Khulna University, Bangladesh
  • 2009 - 2010 Lecturer, Forestry and Wood Technology Discipline, Khulna University, Bangladesh
  • 2007 - 2009 Visiting Researcher, Laboratory of Ecology and Systematics, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
  • 2001 Project Co-ordinator of a Village and Farm Forestry Project, funded by the Agency for Swiss Development and Co-operation (SDC)
  • 1999 - 2001 Project Associate in a project on germination and vegetative propagation of collected germplasm of Dalbergia sissoo, supported by Khulna University, Bangladesh
  • 1997 - 1999 Regional Sector Specialist in a Social Forestry Programme with NGO BRAC, Bangladesh
  • 1997 Program Organizer of a Social Forestry Project with NGO Proshika Manobic Unnayan Kendra, Bangladesh



  • Education

  • 2003 - 2007 PhD studies in the Division of Marine and Environmental Science, majoring in Forest Ecology, Laboratory of Ecology and Systematics, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
  • 2001 - 2003 MSc studies in the Division of Chemistry, Biology and Marine Science, majoring in Forest Ecology, Laboratory of Ecology and Systematics, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
  • 1992 - 1996 BSc studies (Honors) in Forestry and Wood Technology, Khulna University, Bangladesh