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Formal Education |
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Ph.D.
in Wildlife Science (in progress),
Texas
Tech University, Texas, USA. Summer 2005 -
Present |
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M.Sc.
in Wildlife Biology (Zoology),
Jahangirnagar
University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. (1st Class
1st in order of merit). 2001 |
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B.Sc.
(Honors) in Zoology, Jahangirnagar University,
Dhaka, Bangladesh. (1st Class 1st in order of
merit). 1999 |
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H.S.C. (Higher Secondary Certificate), Jessore
Board, Bangladesh. 1st Division. 1993 |
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S.S.C. (Secondary School Certificate), Jessore
Board, Bangladesh. 1st Division. 1991 |
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Graduate Research
Assistant, Department of Natural Resources Management,
Texas Tech University,
USA. May 2005-Present. |
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Assistant Professor/ Lecturer, Department of
Zoology,
Jahangirnagar University,
Dhaka, Bangladesh. Aug 2002-Present. |
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Sr. Research Associate/Asst. Program
Officer,
IUCN-The World
Conservation Union, Bangladesh
Country Office. Aug 2000-July 2002. |
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NST Research Fellow,
Ministry of Science, Information & Communication Technology (MSICT),
Government of Bangladesh. June 1999-July
2000. |
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Pittsburgh Zoo
Conservation Fund from Pittsburgh Zoo
and PPG Aquarium
for Herpetofaunal Research in Bangladesh. Spring
2008. |
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A bursary from
the Conservation Science Group of the University
of Cambridge to attend the
Student Conference on
Conservation Science 2008 at the
University of Cambridge, UK. Spring
2008. |
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Ernst Mayr Grant
from the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard
University,
Massachusetts, USA. Fall 2007. |
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Departmental
Travel Grant.
Department of
Natural Resources Management, Texas Tech
University. Texas, USA. Summer 2007. |
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Conservation
Research Grants
from Cleveland Zoological Society (CZS)
to Study the Herpetofauna of Bangladesh. Summer
2007. |
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Research Grant
from the
IDEA WILD,
Colorado, USA to conduct herpetofaunal research
in Bangladesh. Summer 2007. |
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Charles
Stearns Memorial
Grants-In-Aid
Award from the California Academy of Sciences for Herpetological Research. Spring 2006. |
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Conservation
Research Grants
from Cleveland Zoological Society (CZS)
to Study the Herpetofauna of Bangladesh.
Fall 2005. |
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Turtle Conservation Fund (TCF)
on Genetic Verification of the Identity of the
Black Softshell Turtle in Bangladesh. Fall
2005. |
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The
Rufford Small Grants
for Nature Conservation (London, UK) for Conservation of Herpetofauna of Bangladesh. Fall 2005. |
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Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA)
Seed Grant for
Conservation Breeding of Black
Softshell Turtle in Bangladesh.
Fall 2005. |
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Texas
Public Education Grant (TPEG),
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA. Summer 2005. |
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Research Grant from Asian
Turtle Conservation Network (ATCN)
to Study the River Terrapin in
Bangladesh Sundarbans. Winter 2005. |
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Award from Asian Scholarship Program for in-situ Chelonian
Conservation (ASPin-situCC), Wetlands Institute (WI), USA. Summer
2004. |
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Research grant from the
British Council (BC), Bangladesh to study Ecology of the Bengal Tiger in the Bangladesh Sundarbans. Winter 1999. |