MSc in Disaster Science and Management
Lecturer
MSc in Disaster Science and Management
Lecturer
Muhammad Abu Sayed is serving as a Lecturer in Department of Climate and Disaster Management, Jashore University of Science and Technology from 4th February,2023. Earlier he had served as a Program Officer at Rights Jessore (Humanitarian Organisation) from 2021 to 2022. Besides he also acted as a Research Assistant at Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) in 2020, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) in 2020 and BRAC James P Grant School of Public Heath in 2019. He accomplished his Bachelor of Science degree in Disaster Science and Management (currently named as Disaster Science and Climate Resilience) from University of Dhaka. After that he completed his Masters of Science degree in the same discipline from the same department under the faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences.
He started his work journey with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as a research volunteer in LOGIC project in 2018. During his MS tenure he worked as a research assistant in an internship program at Disaster Management Watch.
He got several training such as Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and Person with Disabilities (PWDs) facilitated by BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health. He received a training of earthquake drill and table top exercise on disaster management from Bangladesh Armed Forces Division in 2019.
During his academic period he presented his research work in 'International Conference on Earth and Environmental Sciences & Technology for Sustainable Development (ICEEST)' in 2020, 'Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) & Opportunities- 2019' supported by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2019 and International Seminar on Disaster Management and Community Resilience Using Technological Intervention-2019 jointly organized by Monash University, PROTIC and OXFAM in Bangladesh.
He had an experience on baseline survey of water-logging Initiation Plan in coastal area Satkhira, South-West part of Bangladesh in 2014 conducted by Climate Change, Environmental & Disaster Cluster (CCED), UNDP.
He got National Science and Technology (NST) Fellowship from Ministry of Science and Technology, the Government of People's Republic of Bangladesh in 2018. He also achieved a scholarship based on his MS result from Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah Hall, University of Dhaka.
He has interest on climate change adaptation and mitigation, hydro-geological work for sustainable groundwater, impact assessment both for environmental degradation and disaster, urban and rural reconstruction to go forward his research work.
Last Update: 02 May, 2024