Ph.D
Professor
Ph.D
Professor
Dr. Md. Moklesur Rahman is currently working as a Professor at the department of Petroleum and Mining Engineering (PME) under the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, Bangladesh since May 13, 2023. He joined as a Lecturer in December 19, 2010 and later promoted to Assistant Professor and associate professor at the same department on 08 February 2014, and April 2018, respectively. He also worked in a Swedish Sida funded multinational collaborative research cum implementation project titled ‘Sustainable Arsenic Mitigation’ (SASMIT) as a research fellow from March 2008 to December 18, 2010. He received his B.Sc and M.Sc degree in Geology from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has also completed additional master thesis from KTH University, Sweden as an exchange student in 2009. He has awarded the University merit scholarship as well as the Linas-Palme scholarship as an exchange student in Sweden. He awarded the PhD degree in seismology (seismic hazard assessment) under the structural Geology discipline from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (IPTCAS), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Beijing, China in 2017 under the CAS-TWAS doctoral fellowship program. Moreover, he awarded the PIFI postdoctoral fellowship in 2019. In 2024, he worked as visiting professor from June 2024 to November 2024 at UCAS. Many students (PhD, MPhil, post graduate and under graduate) are working under his supervision. His research interest is in the field of natural hazards (seismic hazards, climate induced hazards such as drought and saline water intrusion) assessment and mitigation.
Last Update: 25 Jun, 2025