A. K. M. Rashidul Alam
Associate Professor
Jahangirnagar University
Bangladesh
Biography
Dr. A. K. M. Rashidul Alam is an Associate Professor of the Department of Environmental Sciences at JU, Dhaka -1342, Bangladesh (http://www.juniv.edu/teachers/278). He acquired Ph.D. degree from Graduate School of Environmental Sciences of Hokkaido University, Japan. Since 1999, he has been conducting research on various aspects of environmental issues, especially on wastewater treatment with aquatic macrophytes (phytoremediation) and microbial remediation of xenobiotic compounds, freshwater ecology and biodiversity, marine bioinvasion, biomonitoring of pollution, climate change and indigenous adaptation practices. He is a life member of Bangladesh Botanical Society, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh and one of the members of Ecological Society of Japan. His research outcomes (40 scientific papers) have been published in both home and abroad. Dr. Alam presented scientific papers in various national and international conferences and has been achieved the best speaker/presentation awards several times. Dr. A. K. M. Rashidul Alam officiated as Session Chair for the sessions of various scientific events of National and International Conferences in both home and abroad.
Research Interest
wastewater treatment with aquatic macrophytes (phytoremediation) and microbial remediation of xenobiotic compounds, freshwater ecology and biodiversity, marine bioinvasion, biomonitoring of pollution, climate change and indigenous adaptation practices