PROFILE

SHORT BIOGRAPHY

A. K. M. Rashidul Alam is one of the Professors of Department of Environmental Sciences at Jahangirnagar University (JU), Bangladesh. In August 2002, Rashidul Alam joined as a Lecturer at the Department of Environmental Sciences of JU. In December 2005, he was promoted as an Assistant Professor. In March 2014, Rashidul Alam was upgraded as Associate Professor at the Department of Environmental Sciences of JU. In June 2018, Rashidul Alam was upgraded as Professor at the Department of Environmental Sciences of JU.

Rashidul Alam acquired Ph.D. degree from Graduate School of Environmental Sciences of Hokkaido University, Japan. He completed B.Sc. and M.Sc. (Thesis- Ecology and Environment) in Botany from the Department of Botany under the Faculty of Biological Sciences of Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh.

Since 1999, Rashidul Alam has been conducting research on various aspects of environmental issues, especially on ecology & biodiversity, marine meta-community, marine bioinvasion, blue economy, wastewater treatment with aquatic macrophytes (phytoremediation/bioremediation of pollutants), monitoring and mitigation of pollution, microplastic contamination, climate change and indigenous adaptation practices.

 

Course Teacher

• Rashidul Alam is presently a course teacher of Ecology, Foundation of Biotic Environment, Environmental Pollution and Mitigation, Marine Meta-Community, Bioinvasions and Blue Economy. 
• Rashidul Alam has been acting as one of the Adjunct Faculty Members in the Department of Environmental Science, Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) since January 2019.
• He taught previously the courses namely Introduction to Environmental Sciences, Environmental Biology, Introduction to Soil Science, Waste Management, Environmental Biochemistry and Ecotoxicology, Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Laws, Treaties and Ethics, Nature Conservation, Limnology and Oceanography, Global Climate Change and Environment, Environment and Bangladesh Perspectives, Biological Pollution and Mitigation, Aquatic Ecology, Biomonitoring of Pollution, Hydrology and Water Resource Management, Public Health and Environment.
• Rashidul Alam is one of the course teachers of Laboratory Work in Biotic Environment, Laboratory Work in Environmental Biology, Environmental Survey and Laboratory Works in Ecology and Environmental Microbiology.

He taught the course Phycology at the Department of Botany of Jahangirnagar University. In addition, he taught the course Environmental Biotechnology at the Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering of Jahangirnagar University.

Rashidul Alam taught the courses namely Agriculture and Environment, Urbanization and Environment, Soil and Environment, and Forest and Wildlife Management at the Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management of Mawlana Bhasani Science and Technology University.

Institutional Member

Rashidul Alam is one  of the life members of Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Botanical Society, and a member of Ecological Society of Japan. 

Recent Speech:

# Speaker:

WED-2021: Ecosystem Restoration: Reimagine, Restore, Recreate!

Webinar Series: Day 1, World Environment Day-2021, 5th June, 2021, Organized by the Department of Environmental Sciences, Jahangirnagar University

https://www.facebook.com/envsci.ju/videos/1384819558567780

#Keynote Speech | Prof. Dr. A.K.M. Rashidul Alam | Webinar on 'State of Environment: COVID 19'

https://www.facebook.com/southasia.university/videos/2631640493813750/

Awards

1. Best Speaker Award, Technical Session: Ecology, Environment and Forest, Second International Botanical Conference 2002, Organized by Bangladesh Botanical Society, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

2. Best Speaker Award, Technical Session: Impact of Environmental Change on Wetland Vegetation, Fourth International Botanical Conference 2008, 16-18 January, 2009, Organized by Bangladesh Botanical Society and University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

3. Best Presentation Award, FY 2011 GSES/GCOE- RA Presentation on Research Results, 22 March 2012, Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Japan. 

    http://www.ees.hokudai.ac.jp/gcoe/en//careerup/201104/ra-award.html

Session Chair in International Conference

Dr. A. K. M. Rashidul Alam officiated as Session Chair for the session “Polychaetes and Bryozoans” in the 9th International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions (ICMB-IX), which was held in Sydney, Australia in 19-21 January 2016.

Recent Scientific Publications

**Das, E.J. and Alam, A.K.M.R.  2024. Effects of microplastics polluted soil on the growth of Solanum lycopersicum L.. Environ Syst Res 13, 36. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40068-024-00367-2, Published 31 August 2024

**Rudra, A.K. and Alam, A.K.M.R. 2024 Physical and chemical characteristics of water in Sangu-Matamuhuri rivers along the south-eastern part of Bangladesh and heavy metal contamination with associated health risk, International Journal of Innovative Research, 9 (1): 1-17.

https://www.irsbd.org/  

https://www.irsbd.org/papers/IJIR_24_012_9(1).pdf

Publications in Marine Pollution Bulletin

**Mercy, F.T. and Alam, A.K.M.R.  2024. Assessment of Microplastic Contamination in Shrimps from the Bay of Bengal and Associated Human Health Risk, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 201, April 2024.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X24001620?dgcid=author

Russian Meteorology and Hydrology https://link.springer.com/article/10.3103/S1068373923030081

Heliyon

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023017942

Biological Trace Element Research

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12011-022-03378-1

Heliyon

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023017668

Heliyon

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021015905

Population Ecology (Editor's Choice for the 58-4 issue, October 2016)

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10144-016-0554-1

Biological Invasions

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-013-0619-4

Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences

https://cjes.guilan.ac.ir/article_3977.html

Pollution

https://jpoll.ut.ac.ir/article_71769.html

Pollution

https://jpoll.ut.ac.ir/article_64340.html

**Shuvo, S.A. and Alam, A.K.M.R. 2023. Assessment of Phytoplankton Diversity and Productivity with Relation to Physical and Chemical Properties of Water in Bangshi River. Jahangirnagar University Environmental Bulletin. 8: 43-56. https://juniv.edu/journal/11425/file

*Publications in Heliyon

**Mercy, F.T., Alam, A.K.M.R. and Akbor, M.A. 2023. Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in major urban lakes of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Heliyon, (April 2023) Volume 9, Issue 4, April 2023, e14587, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023017942. https://www.cell.com/heliyon/pdf/S2405-8440(23)01794-2.pdf

**Rudra, A.K. and Alam A.K.M.R. 2023. Streamflow characteristics of Sangu-Matamuhuri watershed in the Southeastern part of Bangladesh, Heliyon, Volume 9, Issue 3, March 2023, e14559, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023017668. https://www.cell.com/heliyon/pdf/S2405-8440(23)01766-8.pdf

*Publication in Russian Meteorology and Hydrology

**Islam S. and Alam A.K.M.R. 2023. Quantifying spatiotemporal variation of reference evapotranspiration and its contributing climatic factors in Bangladesh during 1981–2018. Russian Meteorology and Hydrology, 48(3): 243-256, March 2023 (English Version). https://www.springer.com/journal/11983 with PLEIADES PUBLISHING, https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068373923030081

http://www.mig-journal.ru/en/archive-eng?id=5861

*Publications in Biological Environment and Pollution

*Shishita Z.Z., Tabassum Mumtaz, Alam A.K.M.R. 2022. Screening of Poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) producing bacteria and yeasts from locally vendored ‘Whey’ biowaste samples. Biological Environment and Pollution. 2(1), http://pubs.ascee.org/index.php/bioenvipo (Published in 01-01-2023)

http://pubs.ascee.org/index.php/bioenvipo/article/view/504/218

*Publication in Biological Trace Element Research

*Maheen Mehnaz, Yeasmin N. Jolly, A. K. M. Rashidul Alam, Jamiul Kabir, Shirin Akter, Khan M. Mamun, Arafat Rahman, Md Mahfuz Islam .2022. Prediction of hazardous effect of heavy metals of point source wastewater on fish (Anabas cobojius) and human health. Biological Trace Element Research. https://rdcu.be/cS8Vk

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12011-022-03378-1 Published: 06 August 2022

*Publications in Heliyon: Heliyon Earth Science

*Shakibul Islam and A.K.M. Rashidul Alam 2021. Performance evaluation of FAO Penman-Monteith and best alternative models for estimating reference evapotranspiration in Bangladesh, https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/heliyon, Volume 7, Issue 7, July 2021, Published online: July 6, 2021

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021015905

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07487

*Ahmed, F. and Alam, A. K. M. R. 2021. Temporal Variation of Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Water in Buriganga River. International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) 10(2): 1210 - 1219. DOI: 10.21275/SR21214142406.

[Foez Ahmed, A. K. M. Rashidul Alam, "Temporal Variation of Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Water in Buriganga River", International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), https://www.ijsr.net/search_index_results_paperid.php?id=SR21214142406, Volume 10 Issue 2, February 2021, 1210 - 1219.]

*Khatun, M. and Alam, A.K.M.R. 2020. Phytoplankton assemblage with relation to water quality in Turag river of Bangladesh. Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences. 18(1): 31-45.

https://cjes.guilan.ac.ir/article_3977.html

DOI: 10.22124/CJES.2020.3977

*Khatun, M. and Alam, A.K.M.R. 2019. Effect of Heavy Metals on the Growth of Total Phytoplankton Load. Pollution, 5(4):701 – 707.

https://jpoll.ut.ac.ir/article_71769.html, DOI: 10.22059/POLL.2019.277697.596

*Alam, A.K.M.R., Hossain, A.B.M.E., Hoque, S. and Chowdhury, D.A. 2018. Heavy metal in wetland soil of greater Dhaka district, Bangladesh. Pollution. 4(1):129 –141.

DOI: 10.22059/POLL.2017.234867.284. https://jpoll.ut.ac.ir/article_64340.html

*Alam, A.K.M.R. and Hoque, S. 2017. Phytoremediation of industrial wastewater with aquatic macrophytes, Trapa natans L. and Salvinia cucullata Roxb. Jahangirnagar University Journal of Biological Sciences. 6(2):19–27.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jujbs.v6i2.36587

*Alam, A.K.M.R. 2017. Phytoplankton assemblage in relation to water quality of the wetland at National Monument of Bangladesh. Jahangirnagar University Journal of Science. 40(2):111–124.

*Sultana, N., Alam A.K.M.R. and Hoque, S. 2017. Some physical and chemical characteristics of soil in selected wetlands at Savar, Bangladesh. Jahangirnagar University Environmental Bulletin. 6:13–26.

*Nabi, A., Alam, A.K.M.R. and Hoque, S. 2016. Treatment of wastewater with free floating aquatic macrophyte – Eichhornia crassipes. Jahangirnagar University Environmental Bulletin. 5꞉1-9.

*Publication in Population Ecology

One of the reasearch papers has been selected as Editorʼs Choice in the Journal "Population Ecology":

Editor's Choice for the 58-4 issue (October 2016):

Rashidul Alam AKM, Noda T 2016. An experimental evaluation of the direct and indirect effects of endemic seaweeds, barnacles, and invertebrate predators on the abundance of the introduced rocky intertidal barnacle Balanus glandula. Popul Ecol. 58:504-514, doi:10.1007/s10144-016-0554-1

http://rdcu.be/mPH6

http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/ecology/journal/10144/PSE?detailsPage=press

Editor's Choice 

From Volume 58, Issue 4, October 2016

Rashidul Alam AKM and Noda T 2016. An experimental evaluation of the direct and indirect effects of endemic seaweeds, barnacles, and invertebrate predators on the abundance of the introduced rocky intertidal barnacle Balanus glandula. Popul Ecol. 58:504-514, doi:10.1007/s10144-016-0554-1

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10144-016-0554-1 

*Publication in Biological Invasions

Alam, A.K.M.R., Hagino T., Fukaya, K., Okuda T., Nakaoka M. and Noda T. 2014. Early phase of the invasion of Balanus gandula along the coast of eastern Hokkaido: changes in abundance, distribution and recruitment. Biol. Invasions. 16 (8): 1699-1708, DOI 10.1007/s10530-013-0619-4

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-013-0619-4

Previous Publications:

Please see in Researchgate & Google Scholar as A.K.M. Rashidul Alam

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/AKM_Alam

&

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rNpbu2R8BbAC&hl=en

Experience to serve at Residential University 

1. Member, Academic Council, Jahangirnagar University (2018, June – Still) 

2. Elected Syndicate Member (Category: Assistant Professor), Jahangirnagar University (01/6/2010 – 29/9/2012) 

3. Teacher In-charge and Secretary, Rover Scout Group, Jahangirnagar University (07/5/2005 – 06/4/2009) & Rover Scout Leader 

4. Student Adviser and In-charge of Seminar Library, Department of Environmental Sciences, Jahangirnagar University (01/11/2002 – 30/09/2003) & (01/7/2016 – 30/6/2017) 

5. Warden, A.F.M. Kamaluddin Hall, Jahangirnagar University (02/5/2009 – 30/9/2010) 

6. House Tutor, A.F.M. Kamaluddin Hall, Jahangirnagar University (26/02/2006 – 01/5/2009) 

7. Assistant House Tutor, A.F.M. Kamaluddin Hall, Jahangirnagar University (02/01/2003 – 25/02/2006) 

8. Assistant House Tutor, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall, Jahangirnagar University (21/8/2002 – 01/01/2003). 

RESEARCH INTEREST

Ecology & Biodiversity, Marine Bioinvasion & Blue Economy, Wastewater Treatment with Aquatic Macrophytes / Phytoremediation, Microplastic Contamination in ecosystem, Monitoring of Pollution and Mitigation, Fire Safety & Management, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Climate Change and Adaptation

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