Dr. Md Anwarul Abedin

On-going

1. Team member of a project entitled “GIS-based education cooperation project for mountain disaster resilience improvement in the South Asian countries and China” funded by Ministry of Science and Technology，China (MOST) Foreign experts introduction program, China from July 2022 to Dec 2023.
2. Co-PI of a project entitled “Evaluation of cyclonic disaster resilience of coastal health care infrastructure in Bangladesh: a special comparison with Japan” funded by CDRI: Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure Fellowship Team, India from 2022-2023.
3. Collaborator of a project entitled “Enhancing Ecosystem Based Adaption to Disaster Risk Reduction in the Himalayan river basin: Integrating of traditional and local knowledge in disaster management plan in Nepal, India and Bangladesh” funded by APN (Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research), Japan from Oct, 2021 to Sept 2023.
4. Collaborator of a project entitled “Assessing the Profitability of Climate Smart Agriculture in the Ganges-Brahmaputra River Basin of South Asia” funded by APN (Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research), Japan from Oct, 2021 to Sept, 2023.
5. PI of a project entitled “Sources and fate of nitrate pollution in the Jamuna river basin of north-central Bangladesh” funded by BAURES, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh from July, 2021 to June 2023.

Completed

1. PI (Bangladesh part) of a project titled “Network for Building Multi-agency Collaboration for Creating Resilient Environments and Communities against Climate Change (Unite4Resilience)” funded by ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council)-UKRI, UK from Jan 2021 to Mar 2022.
2. PI of a Project entitled “improving resilience in the agriculture sector through the promotion of data-driven decision making focusing on the management of disaster risks in Cox's Bazar" funded by FAO-BD from March 2022 to August, 2022.
3. PI of a project entitled “Soil Health of Fire affected Rohingya Refugee Camps, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh” funded by FAO-BD from May 2021 to July, 2021.
4. rincipal Investigator (PI) of a project entitled “Determination of Critical Limit of Nutrients for Soils and Crops” funded by World Bank and Government of Bangladesh, March. 2018 – December. 2021.
5. Collaborator of a project entitled “Impact of climate change, Land use land cover, and socio-economic dynamics on landslides in South and East Asia” funded by International Science Council (ICSU), October 2019 to December 2021.
6. PI of a project titled “ICT in the time of COVID’19 and beyond - an approach of alleviating climate change adaptation challenges and vulnerabilities in the southwestern coast of Bangladesh” funded by the International Development Research Center (IDRC), Canada from 01 August 2020 to 31 December 2021
7. Consortium member of a project entitled “Disaster Prevention/Mitigation Measures against Floods and Storm Surges in Bangladesh” funded by JICA-JST, Japan from April, 2014- March 2019.
8. PI of a project entitled “Climate change, water and conflict nexus: Gender based adaptation measures in coastal Bangladesh” funded by DECCMA and CARIAA, Canada, November 2017 – March 2018.
9. Principal Investigator (PI) of a project entitled “Nutrient Dynamics of Water in Shrimp Farm of Southwest Coastal Ecosystem in Bangladesh” funded by Kurita Water and Environment Foundation, Japan from October 2017 to September 2018.
10. Country Leader of a project entitled “Smart water solution in Bengal Delta” funded by Keio University, Japan, April 2017 to March 2018.
11. PI of a project entitled “Coping with Flash flood: Potentials of promising Crop Production Practices for North-eastern Haor Areas of Bangladesh” funded by UGC, Bangladesh from Jul. 2017–Jun. 2018.
12. PI of a project entitled “Adoption of Drought Tolerant Rice Varieties in Northwestern Bangladesh: Constraints and Measures at farmers’ level” funded by BAURES, BAU from Jan. 2017–Dec. 2018.
13. Member of work package-5 entitled “ESPA Deltas: Assessing Health, Livelihoods, Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation in Populous Deltas funded by DFID, ESRC, NERC and LWEC from October 2013 to December 2016.
14. PI of a project entitled “Climate change, water insecurity, health adaptation in southwestern coastal Bangladesh” funded by BAURES, BAU from July 2015 – June, 2016.
15. Co-Investigator of a project entitled “Climate change, soil health and food security: Looking through the lens of salinity in Southwest coast of Bangladesh” funded by Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of People’s Republic of Bangladesh from July 2014 to June 2015.

Consultency work

1. Consultant of Improve Environmental Sanitation: FSM By-product Reuse Project implemented by Oxfam Bangladesh and supported by UNHCR. from 1 Jul 2022 – 31 Dec 2022.
   
2. Consultant of Supporting and promoting the localization agenda for NRM and agriculture emergency response and resilience implemented by CNRS and by supported by FAO-UN  from 15 Sep 2022 – 15 Nov 2022
   
3. Consultant of Living Deltas Hub Project funded by UKRI-GCRF and implemented by School of DDS-SERD of Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand from November, 2021 to February 2022.
   
4. Consultant of Agricultural Hazards Mapping and Vulnerability Analysis Specialist, The Food and Agricultural Organization of United Nations (FAO-UN), Bangladesh Office from July 2020 to December 2020
   
5. Consultant on "Draft National Watershed Policy Formulation and Implementtation Framework" surrported by FAO and IUCN, Bangladesh.
6. Consultant on "Implication of ICT in Flash Flood Management: A Case Study of Sunamganj district, Bangladesh” funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan from June 2016 – December, 2016.

International Seminars/Symposium/Conference/Workshop Attended

1. Invited speaker on “Climate change and salinity induced nutritional imbalance of rice and its risk to coastal community of Bangladesh” in 4^th Digital Belt And Road Science Team meeting and Conference at beautiful city of Shenzhen, China from December 16-19, 2019.
2. Key note speech on "Water related coastal hazards in Bangladesh:Pragmatic actions of communities and local government" in Geohazards Risk Reduction Initiatives in South and South East Asia” 21-22nd November, 2019  at Delhi Technolocal University, Delhi, India.
3. Invited speakter on "Indigenous Knowledge on Agricultural Climate Change adaptation: Evidence from Bangladesh" in Reginal Workshop on adaptation communication (Recognizing and communicating the contributions of indigenous and local Knowledge in the Hindu Kush Himalaya) from 29-30 August 2019 at Kathmandu, Nepal.
4. Invited speakter on on "University networking as a tool to reduce disaster risk in Bangladesh" in International Conference on Silk-Road Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development" 11-12 May, 2019 at Beijing, China. 
5. Participated and presented paper on “Climate change and salinity induced nutritional imbalance of rice and its risk to coastal community of Bangladesh” in 14th APRU Multi-Hazards Symposium on Risk, Resilience and Reconstruction: Science and Governance for Effective Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery in Australia and the Asia Pacific October 21-24, 2018 at Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
6. Invited speaker on “Climate Change Innovation and Resilience for Sustainable Agriculture: Evidence from Southwest Coast of Bangladesh” in International conference on India Biodiversity Meet 2019 from 14-16 February 2019 at Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.
7. Invited speaker on “Coping with flashflood under changing climate in north-eastern haor areas of Bangladesh: Potentials of promising crop production practices in AASSA-FEB RAS International Workshop on “Climate Change adaptation and mitigation: Sustainable agriculture and health security” 01st October – 5th October, 2018, Birobidzhan, Russian Federation. Russia.
8. Invited speaker on “Water related coastal hazards in Bangladesh: Pragmatic actions of communities and local governments” in International Workshop on “Communities and Governments in Dealing with Risks in Society: China and Japan” March 24-25, 2018, Hitotsubashi University, Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan.
9. Key note paper on “Community based Initiatives and Innovations for Resilience Agriculture: Evidence from the Southwest Coast of Bangladesh” in 4^th Sub-regional workshop on community resilience to climate change in the Bay of Bengal at Dhaka, Bangladesh
10. Participated and presented in the 3^rd Joint Coordinating Committee in Japan under Research on Disaster prevention/mitigation measures against flood and storm surges in Bangladesh at Kyoto University, Japan during 1-2 February, 2017.
11. Invited and presented National Science and Technology Plan for DRR in Bangladesh in The 2nd Workshop to Strengthen Scientific Advisory Capacities for Disaster Risk Reduction at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan during 16-17 January 2017.
12. Invited and participated as an expert in Regional Innovation Forun at Bangkok, Thailand during 6-7 December, 2016.
13. Invited as country representative and presented paper on Disaster Risk Reduction in Bangladesh: Progresses and Challenges in Strengthening Science Capacities for Sustainable Development and Disaster Risk Reduction implemented by by, DBAR, IRDR IPO, IRDR CHINA, SDIM and RADI at Sanya, China during 1-2 December, 2016. 
14. Participated and presented in The 1^st Workshop to Strengthen Scientific Advisory Capacities for Disaster Risk Reduction at Bangkok, Thailand during 25-26 August 2016
15. Participated and presented in 1st Asian Science and Technology Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction: Science-Policy dialogue for Implementation of the Sendai Framework, UNISDR, Bangkok, Thailand during 23-24 August 2016.
16. Participated and presented paper in Adaptation Future 2016: Practices and Solutions Conference at Rotterdam, The Netherlands, during 10-13 May, 2016.
17. Participated and presented paper in The 12th APRU Multi-Hazards Symposium 2016 at Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, during 7-8 March, 2016.
18. Invited and participated in a PARR Culmination Meeting at Sasa International House, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, during 24-26 March 2015.
19. Invited and presented paper in the Regional Workshop “Lessons Learned and Knowledge Sharing on Developing Policies, Action Plans and Models using LINKS on Hydro-meteorological Hazards” at AIM Conference Center, Manila, Philippines, during 18 – 20 August 2014.
20. Participated and presented paper in the Regional Conference of the International Geographical Union at Kyoto International Conference Centre, Kyoto, Japan, during 4-9 August, 2013.
21. Participated and presented paper in the 9th Annual International Conference of the International Institute for Infrastructure Renewal and Reconstruction in Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, during 8-10 July, 2013.
22. Participated as a national author of Bangladesh an expert consultation on developing guidelines on climate change education at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, during 8-10 April, 2013.
23. Participated and presented paper in Japan Society for Natural Disaster Science Conference in Hiroshaki University, Japan during 17-19 September, 2012.
24. Participated and presented paper in the 4^th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC Davos, Switzerland during 26-30 August, 2012.
25. Participated and presented paper in the 9^th International Conference on Geo-Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea during May 7-8, 2010.
26. Participated and presented paper in the 2^nd International Symposium on Health Hazards of Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater and its Countermeasure, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan during May 22-23, 2010.
27. Participated and presented paper in the 6^th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics. The Indian Geotechnical Society, New Delhi, India during November 8-12, 2010.
28. Participated and presented paper in the 45^th Japan National Conference on Geotechnical Engineering, The Japanese Geotechnical Society, Japan during August 18-20, 2010.
29. Participated and presented paper in the International Joint Symposium on Geodisaster Prevention and Geoenvironment in Asia. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan during November 24-25, 2009.
30. Participated and presented paper in the International Symposium on Geoenvironmental Engineering, Zhejiang University, China during September 8-10, 2009.
31. Participated and presented paper in the 3^rd Japan-Malaysia Symposium on Geohazards and Geoenvironmental Engineering-Geo technical and Ecological Environmental Management for Global Sustainability, Kyoto, Japan during.
32. Participated and presented paper in the 4^th Vietnamese & Japanese Students’ Scientific Exchange Conference. Kyoto, Japan during October 27-28, 2009.
33. Participated and presented paper in the Eighth Japan-Korea-France Joint Seminar on Geo-environmental Engineering-2008 held at University of Kyoto, Japan during June 12-14, 2008.
34. Participated and presented a poster entitled “Genetic study on yield, biomass and nitrogen use efficiency of spring wheat” in the International Symposium on Plant Nutrition Meets Plant Breeding held at University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany during September 26-28, 2006.

Note: A good number (50) of International Seminars/Symposium/Conference/ Training Workshop are attended as key note speaker, invited speaker, session chair, resource person and paper presenter in Australia, Belgium, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippine, Russia, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and United Kingdom.