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Research Interest

Water Quality, Hydrology, Sediment Analysis

Undergraduate Thesis Project

Thesis Title: Spatial characterization of metals in sediments: An insight into fractionations, co-occurrences, sources and ecotoxicological contributions in up-mid-downstream river systems, Bangladesh

Thesis Goal: Investigating the source, distribution and pathways of heavy metal pollution in 6 major river basin, Bangladesh

Innovation: Implementing Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF) in 3 streams (up-lower mid-down) at a national basin scale (Bangladesh) for the first time

 

Laboratory Experimental Analysis: 

  1. Bangladesh Atomic energy Commission  

  2. Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Supervisor: Dr. Abu Reza Md Towfiqul Islam 

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Journal Publications
  1. Azad, M.A.K., Mallick, J., Islam, A.R.M.T. et al. Estimation of solar radiation in data-scarce subtropical region using ensemble learning models based on a novel CART-based feature selection. Theor Appl Climatol (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-023-04638-3

  2. Habib, M., Islam, A.R.M., Varol, M. et al. Receptor model-based source-specific health risks of toxic metal(loid)s in coal basin-induced agricultural soil in northwest Bangladesh. Environ Geochem Health 45, 8539–8564 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-023-01740-3

  3. Shahfahad, Talukdar, S., Ghose, B. et al. Predicting long term regional drought pattern in Northeast India using advanced statistical technique and wavelet-machine learning approach. Model. Earth Syst. Environ. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-023-01818-y

  4. Nasiruddin, M., Islam, A.R.M.T., Siddique, M.A.B. et al. Distribution, sources, and pollution levels of toxic metal(loid)s in an urban river (Ichamati), Bangladesh using SOM and PMF modeling with GIS tool. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 20934–20958 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-23617-1

  5. Choudhury, T., R., Islam, T., Islam, A., R., M., T., Hasanuzzaman, M., Idris, A., M., Rahman, M., S., Alam, E., Chowdhury, A., M., S. (2022). Multi-media compartments for assessing ecological and health risks from concurrent exposure to multiple contaminants on Bhola Island, Bangladesh. Emerging Contaminants, 8, 134-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emcon.2022.03.001

  6. Islam, A.R.M.T.; Hasanuzzaman, M.; Jaman, M.; Alam, E.; Mallick, J.; Alam, G.M.M.; Sattar, M.A.; Techato, K. Assessing Farmers’ Typologies of Perception for Adopting Sustainable Adaptation Strategies in Bangladesh. Climate 2021, 9, 167. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli9120167

  7. Kumar, S., Islam, A. R. M. T., Hasanuzzaman, M., Salam, R., Khan, R., & Islam, M. S. (2021). Preliminary assessment of heavy metals in surface water and sediment in Nakuvadra-Rakiraki River, Fiji using indexical and chemometric approaches. Journal of Environmental Management, 298, 113517. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113517 

  8. Islam, A.R.M.T., Nabila, I.A., Hasanuzzaman, M. et al. Variability of climate-induced rice yields in northwest Bangladesh using multiple statistical modeling. Theor Appl Climatol 147, 1263–1276 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-021-03909-1

  9. Kumar, S., Islam, A.R.M.T., Hasanuzzaman, M. et al. Potentially toxic elemental contamination in Wainivesi River, Fiji impacted by gold-mining activities using chemometric tools and SOM analysis. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 42742–42767 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-18734-w

  10. Siddique, .A.B., Islam, A.R.M.T., Hossain, M.S. et al. Multivariate statistics and entropy theory for irrigation water quality and entropy-weighted index development in a subtropical urban river, Bangladesh. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 8577–8596 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16343-7

  11. Satendra Kumar;Abu Reza Md Towfiqul Islam;H.M. Touhidul Islam;Md Hasanuzzaman;Victor Ongoma;Rahat Khan;Javed Mallick; (2021). Water resources pollution associated with risks of heavy metals from Vatukoula Goldmine region, Fiji . Journal of Environmental Management, (), –. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.Towfiqul Islam, Abu Reza Md.; Hasanuzzaman, Md.; Islam, H.M. Touhidul; Mia, Md. Uzzal; Khan, Rahat; Habib, Md. Ahosan; Rahman, Md. Mostafizur; Siddique, Md. Abu Bakar; Moniruzzaman, Md.; Rashid, Md. Bazlar (2020). Quantifying Source Apportionment, Co-occurrence and Ecotoxicological Risk of Metals from Up-Mid-Downstream River Segments, Bangladesh. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, (), etc.4814–. doi:10.1002/etc.4814 112868

  12. Ghose, B., Islam, A.R.M.T., Islam, H.M.T. et al. Rain-Fed Rice Yield Fluctuation to Climatic Anomalies in Bangladesh. Int. J. Plant Prod. 15, 183–201 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42106-021-00131-x

  13. Salam, R., Towfiqul Islam, A.R.M., Shill, B.K. et al. Nexus between vulnerability and adaptive capacity of drought-prone rural households in northern Bangladesh. Nat Hazards 106, 509–527 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-020-04473-z

  14. Islam, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul; Hasanuzzaman, Md.; Shammi, Mashura; Salam, Roquia; Bodrud-Doza, Md.; Rahman, Md. Mostafizur; Mannan, Md. Abdul; Huq, Saleemul (2020). Are meteorological factors enhancing COVID-19 transmission in Bangladesh? Novel findings from a compound Poisson generalized linear modeling approach. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, (), –. doi:10.1007/s11356-020-11273-2 

  15. Rahman, Md. Siddiqur; Azad, Md. Abul Kalam; Hasanuzzaman, Md.; Salam, Roquia; Islam, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul; Rahman, Md. Mostafizur; Hoque, Mir Md. Mozammal (2020). How air quality and COVID-19 transmission change under different lockdown scenarios? A case from Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Science of The Total Environment, (), 143161–. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143161 

  16. Islam, Abu Reza Md. Towfiqul; Hasanuzzaman, Md.; Azad, Md. Abul Kalam; Salam, Roquia; Toshi, Farzana Zannat; Khan, Md. Sanjid Islam; Alam, G. M. Monirul; Ibrahim, Sobhy M.  (2020). Effect of meteorological factors on COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh. Environment, Development and Sustainability, , https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-020-01016-1     

  17. Towfiqul Islam, Abu Reza Md.; Hasanuzzaman, Md.; Islam, H.M. Touhidul; Mia, Md. Uzzal; Khan, Rahat; Habib, Md. Ahosan; Rahman, Md. Mostafizur; Siddique, Md. Abu Bakar; Moniruzzaman, Md.; Rashid, Md. Bazlar (2020). Quantifying Source Apportionment, Co‐occurrence and Ecotoxicological Risk of Metals from Up-Mid-Downstream River Segments, Bangladesh. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, (), etc.4814–. doi:10.1002/etc.4814 

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