Kazi Matin Uddin Ahmed

Professor

Department of GeologyFaculty of Earth and Environmental SciencesEmail: kmahmed@du.ac.bdPhone: +880 1711846840

Research Interest

Hydrogeology, Hydrogeochemistry

Education

Ph.D. (Hydrogeology)

Department of Geological Sciences, University College London, University of London, UK, 1994 (Thesis Title - Hydrogeology of the Dupi Tila Sands Aquifer of the Barind Tract, NW Bangladesh).

M.Sc. (Hydrogeology Thesis Group)

Department of Geology, Dhaka University, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh, 1985 (Examination of 1981), First Class.


B.Sc. (Honours in Geology)

Department of Geology, Dhaka University, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh, 1983 (Examination of 1980), First Class.

Experiences

A. Teaching and Research:

  1. Chairman of Geology Department, Dhaka University, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh; from 01 July 2016 to 30 June 2019.

  2. Professor of Geology, Dhaka University, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh; from 28 December 2003 till to date.

  3. Associate Professor of Geology, Dhaka University, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh; from 11 January 1999 to 27 December 2003.

  4. Assistant Professor of Geology, Dhaka University, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh; from 30 October 1994 to 10 January 1999.

  5. Lecturer of Geology, Dhaka University, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh; from 26 October 1987 to 29 October 1994 (on study leave from 25.09.90 to 24.09.94).

  6. Teaches Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Environmental Geology and other interdisciplinary subjects to the B.Sc. (Honours), B.Sc. (Minor), M.Sc. and M.Phil. students as part of the departmental curriculum. Conducts field courses for the undergraduate and graduate students. Conducts independent and group research using the resources available within the department and other geological organisations.


B. Part Time Professor of Geology/Hydrology:

  1. Department of Soil, Water & Environment, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh

  2. Department of Environmental Sciences, North South University, Bangladesh


C. Guest Editor, Applied Geochemistry: special issue on Natural Arsenic in Sedimentary Aquifers (2004). Associate Editor, Hydrogeology Journal May 2005 – April 2008.

D. Research and Development:

Geologist, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh; from 03 September 1985 to 25 October 1987. Worked for the Exploration of Uranium and Thorium in Bangladesh which included reconnaissance and detailed radiometric survey in different areas of NE Bangladesh.


E. Water Planning:

Harza Engineering Company International Ltd, USA. Worked for the National Water Plan Project of Bangladesh from 15 January 1985 to 31 August 1985. Job schedule included collection of data, interpretation of data, preparing maps and charts and helping the senior level consultants in preparing the reports.


F. Consultancy:

  1. Groundwater Consultant. 2030 Water Resources Group, The World Bank. 2019-til to date.

  2. Project Coordinator/Senior Hydrogeologist, MAR for community water supply in coastal areas of Bangladesh. UNICEF Bangladesh, Jan 2012- Jun 2019

  3. Expert Hydrogeologist, Identification, stakeholders engagement and technical design of the Bangladesh pilot trial in Chapai Nawabganj region, Barind Tract, Bangladesh. IWMI. 2016-17.

  4. Coordinator/Senior Groundwater Expert, Report on Evaluation and Analysis of Nationwide Water Point Mapping Data using GIS Techniques, DPHE/UNICEF, 2014-15.

  5. Senior Consultant (Hydrogeologist), Hydrological and Hydrogeological Studies in Defined areas of Madaripur and Gopalganj (Peat Exploration). Beximco Energy and Mineral Company, Jan11-Jan12.

  6. Expert Hydrogeological Consultant, WASH Consortium project in Kurigram and Barguna Districts, TDH; 2012.

  7. Senior Hydrogeologist, Action Research on Groundwater Buffering in Bangladesh. UNICEF Bangladesh, 2010-11.

  8. Team Leader/Hydrogeologist, Geophysical and Water Point Survey in Teknaf. Solidarites, 2010.

  9. Hydrogeologist/Team Leader, GIS Mapping of Arsenic Situation Analysis Data, JICA, 2009.

  10. Consultant, Preparation of TOR for Aquifer Mapping in Bangladesh, PSU-DANIDA, 2009.

  11. Hydrogeologist/Team Leader, Follow-up hydrogeological survey at the new Rohinga settlement at Leda Khal, Teknaf, UNICEF, 2008-09.

  12. Consultant, Review of the Implementation Plan for Arsenic Mitigation in Bangladesh. WSP-World Bank 2008-09.

  13. Hydrogeologist/Team Leader, Hydrogeological Survey at the new Rohinga Refugee Campsite at Leda Khal, Teknaf, MSF, October-November, 2007.

  14. Senior Consultant (Hydrogeologist), Assistance to DPHE for Preparation of Deep Aquifer Database and preliminary deep aquifer map (funded by DFID and JICA), Aug 2005-Dec 2006.

  15. Consultant (Hydrogeologist), Assessment of Risk to Groundwater from Onsite Sanitation, UNICEF Nov, 2005.

  16. Hydrogeochemical Advisor, Phulbari Coal Mine Project EIA-ES, SMEC, Dhaka, October 04-May 05.

  17. Consultant (Hydrogeologist), Assessment of Risk to Groundwater from Onsite Sanitation, UNICEF June-July, 2004.

  18. National Consultant (Hydrogeologist), Asian Development Bank Mission for Review of Arsenic Status and Formulation of Mitigation Strategy, October-December, 2003.

  19. Senior Groundwater Chemist. Preparation of a Proposal for Assessment of Groundwater Resources and their Optimal Utilisation and Protection in the Coastal Belt of Bangladesh. For DANIDA, September 2000 - January 2001.

  20. Consultant Hydrogeologist. Groundwater Studies for Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh. Client: Department of Public Health Engineering, 1999.

  21. Deputy Team Leader/Hydrogeologist. Groundwater Studies for Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh. Client: Department of Public Health Engineering, 1998.

  22. Water Quality Consultant. Water Quality of Bangladesh Rivers. A component of a multinational and multisectoral study on the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river systems, Nepal, India and Bangladesh. 1997-98. Client: Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad.

  23. Junior Hydrogeologist. Geophysical Survey for Fresh Water Mapping in Lakshmipur. Groundwater Hydrology, Bangladesh Water Development Board. 1994-95.

  24. Field Geologist. Hard Rock Survey for the Jamuna Bridge. Client: Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge Authority, 1989-90.

  25. Field Geologist. Water Survey for the Barind Integrated Area Development Project - Inventory of Irrigation Equipment in the Barind Tract. Client: Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation and Bangladesh Water Development Board, 1989-90.

Research Activities

Student Research Supervision

PhD

  1. Mohammd Risalat Rafique: Working on impacts of MAR on arsenic mobilization and immobilization in SW Bangladesh. Jointly with Dr. Boris, Department of Drinking Water, Technical University Delft

  2. Mohammad Imran Zaman: Working on modeling for improving designs of ASTR systems in coastal Bangladesh. Jointly with , Technical University of Delft, the Netherlands.

  3. Madhumita Chakraborty: Working on the Factors controlling distribution of arsenic in the transboundary Bengal Aquifer System; Jointly supervised with Dr. Abhijit Mukherjee, Department of Geology and Geophysics, IIT Khargpur, India.

  4. Sean Feist: working on Screening of tubewell arsenic in Bangladesh using technology. Jointly with Dr. Mohammad Abdul Hoque, School of the Environment Geography and Geosciences, University of Portsmouth, UK

  5. Joawher Raza: working on the Impact of Industrialization on groundwater system of Gazipur District, Bangladesh. Jointly with Prof. M Q Hassan, Department of Geology, University of Dhaka

MPhil (2019-2020)

  1. Jahid Alam: working on Enhancing local capability for sustainable arsenic mitigation in Bangladesh. Jointly with Dr. Mahfuzur Rahman Khan, Department of Geology, University of Dhaka.

  2. Md. Al-Amin: working on Vulnerability Assessment of Groundwater Resource in Cox's Bazar District, Bangladesh due to Influx of Displaced Rohingya Population. Jointly supervised with Dr. Mahfuzur Rahman Khan, Department of Geology, University of Dhaka.

MPhil (2019-2020)

  1. Ms Anarkali working on Evaluation of Hydrogeological Conditions of the Islands in and around the Meghna Estuary as Evidences for Occurrences of Offshore Groundwater Reserve. Jointly supervised with Dr. Mahfuzur Rahman Khan, Department of Geology, University of Dhaka.

MS (2018-2019):

  1. Mohtasim Shahajad: working on Mapping of aquifer properties using Surface and Downhole Geophysical methods in order to assess impacts of excessive pumping on the aquifers of Ukhiya-Teknaf region. Jointly supervised with Prof. Dr. A S M Woobaidullah.

  2. Ishrat Rahman: working on the Delineation of safe water aquifer using geo-electric survey and hydrochemical analysis in Daudkandi upazila, Bangladesh. Jointly supervised with Prof. Dr. A S M Woobaidullah.

  1. Md Montasir Arafat Akif: working on Deciphering Aquifer Condition, Integrating Geophysical, Geological, Hydrochemical Data in Gowainghat Upazila, Sylhet. Jointly supervised with Prof. Dr. A S M Woobaidullah.

  2. Mamun Morshed Bishal: working on Evaluation of hydrogeological conditions through vertical electrical sounding (VES) survey at Assasuni Upazila, Satkhira, SW Bangladesh. Jointly supervised with Prof. Dr. A S M Woobaidullah.

MS (2019-2020):

  1. Md. Opu Sarkar: working on Assessment of spatial and vertical distribution patterns of major and trace elements in the aquifer systems of coastal regions of Bangladesh for inferring fresh-saline water interfaces. Jointly supervised with Dr. Anwar Zahid of BWDB.

  2. Ms Liza Akhter working on Assessment of Hydrogeological Conditions of the Brahmaputra-Jamuna Flood Plain in Bangladesh. Jointly supervised with Prof. Dr. M Aziz Hasan.

  3. Mohammad Rahat Hasan: working on Integrated Geoelectrical and Hydrogeological Assessment of Patharghata Upazila of Barguna District for Mapping Safe Water Sources.

  4. Md. Mosaddek Sadik: working on Geophysical and Hydrogeological Investigations to Jointly supervised with Prof. Dr. A S M Woobaidullah.Identify Fresh Water Zones in Dumuria Upazila, Khulna District, Bangladesh. Jointly supervised with Prof. Dr. A S M Woobaidullah

Current/Recently Concluded Funded Research Projects

  1. Enhancing private sector capacity for scaling up access to safe drinking water- policy, systems strengthening and sustainable service delivery. Jointly with KTH, Sweden, 2019-21. Funded by UNICEF Bangladesh.

  2. Water Resources Zoning Using Existing Data and Ongoing Programme Information for Assessing Water Resources Potential and Suitable Technology within Refugee Camps and Adjacent Host Community Areas in Cox’s Bazar, UNICEF, 2019-2020. Funded by UNICEF Bangladesh.

  3. Capacity Building for implementing Managed Aquifer Recharge in Coastal Bangladesh. Funded by NOW-WOTRO, the Netherlands.

  4. Geochemistry and Health Effects of Arsenic in Araihazar Upazila, Bangladesh. Jointly with Columbia University.

  5. Developing a Groundwater Monitoring Programme and groundwater management plan For the Tipam Sandstone Aquifer, Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh. Funded by International Organization for Migration (IOM). Ended in 2020.

  6. DeltaMar: Technical Improvement and Governance of Managed Aquifer Recharge in Coastal Bangladesh. Jointly with the University of Utrecht and Technical University of Delft, the Netherlands. Funded by NOW-WOTRO, the Netherlands. Ended in 2020.

  7. Implications of aquifer poroelasticity for groundwater levels in coastal Bangladesh. Jointly with University College London, UK. Funded by the EPRC, UK. Ended in 2020.

Past Research Grants:

  1. Electrical resistivity and hydrogeological study for saline groundwater investigation in Manda thana, Naogaon district, 1996. Funded by Bangladesh University Grants Commission.

  2. Electrical resistivity and hydrogeological study for saline groundwater investigation in Manda thana and surroundings, Lower Atrai Valley of Naogaon district, 1997. Funded by Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Bangladesh.

  3. Sedimentological and Mineralogical Studies on Arsenic Contaminated Aquifers within Bangladesh, 1997-99. Funded by Ground Water Circle, Bangladesh Water Development Board.

  4. The causes of arsenic contamination in groundwater and its remediation for safe water: a case study in Lakshmipur Thana, Lakshmipur district, 2001. Funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Bangladesh.

  5. The status of arsenic transport in the deep wells at Manikganj district town, 2002. Funded by WES Section, UNICEF Bangladesh.

  6. Study on groundwater salinity and its effect of soil and the crop productivity in and around Manda Upazila, Naogaon, Bangladesh, 2002. Funded by the Ministry of Science and Information & Communication Technology, Government of Bangladesh.

  7. The assessment of deeper aquifer as a sustainable option for arsenic mitigation in Daulatpur village, Muradnagar, Comillla, 2003. Funded by the SEMP, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of Bangladesh.

  8. Assessment of consequences of saline water intrusion and land erosion on the coastal ecosystem of Bangladesh, 2004. Funded by the SEMP, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of Bangladesh.

  9. NST Manda and Surroundings, 2005. Funded by the Ministry of Science and Information & Communication Technology, Government of Bangladesh.

  10. Geophysical investigation for locating deep aquifer in Hajiganj, Chandpur, 2005. Funded by University of Dhaka.

Previous Collaborative Research:

  1. Assessment of Risk to Groundwater from Onsite Sanitation (ARGOSS). Research and Development Project of the Hydrogeology Group, British Geological Survey, UK - Local Collaborator (1998-99).

  2. Tools for Assessing and Managing Groundwater Pollution Threats in Urban Areas. Research and Development Project of the Hydrogeology Group, British Geological Survey, UK - Local Collaborator (1998-2000).

  3. Groundwater Protection and Management for Developing Cities. Research and Development Project of the Hydrogeology Group, British Geological Survey, UK - Local Collaborator (1998-2001).

  4. High Arsenic Groundwater in the Alluvial Aquifers of Bengal Delta Plains in Bangladesh: Genesis and low-cost Remediation. Joint Research Project with KTH, Sweden funded by SIDA-SAREC – Local Collaborator (1999-2001).

  5. Geochemistry and Health Affect of Arsenic in Groundwater. Jointly with Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, New York Funded by NIHS – Local Collaborator (2000-2005).

  6. Evolution of arsenic rich groundwater in Sonargaon, Narayanganj, Bangladesh. Jointly with Osaka City University, Japan Funded by JSPS – Local Collaborator (2003-2005).

  7. Bioremediation of arsenic contaminated groundwater in Bangladesh. Jointly with Auburn University, Alabama, USA Funded by NSF – Local Collaborator (2005).

  8. Ecology of Infectious Disease (EID) Jointly with CU, UNC, UTK (USA) and ICDDR,B, Bangladesh. Local Coordinator (2008-09).

  9. Sustainable Arsenic Mitigation (SASMIT) jointly with KTH, Sweden and NGO Forum, Bangladesh. Principal Investigator (2008-2012).

  10. Subsurface Arsenic Removal (SAR). Jointly with Technical University of Delft, Free University of Amsterdam, Wageningen University, and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. Funded by WOTRO, Netherlands (2011-2015).

Publications

Journal Articles

  1. Madhumita Chakraborty, Soumyajit Sarkar, Abhijit Mukherjee, Mohammad Shamsudduha , Kazi Matin Ahmed, Animesh Bhattacharya, Adway Mitra, 2020. Modeling regional-scale groundwater arsenic hazard in the transboundary Ganges River Delta, India and Bangladesh: Infusing physically-based model with machine learning. Science of The Total Environment, Volume 748, 141107; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141107.

  2. Sara Nowreen, R. G. Taylor, M. Shamsudduha, M. Salehin, A. Zahid, & K. M. Ahmed, 2020. Groundwater recharge processes in an Asian mega-delta: hydrometric evidence from Bangladesh. Hydrogeology Journal, 28:2917–2932. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-020-02238-3.

  3. Mozumder, M.R.H., Michael, H.A., Mihajlov, I., Khan, M.R., Knappett, P.S.K, Bostick, B.C., Mailloux, B.J., Ahmed, K.M., Choudhury, I., Koffman, T., Ellis, T., Whaley-Martin, K., San Pedro, R., Slater, G., Stute, M., Schlosser, P. and van Geen, A. : Origin of groundwater arsenic in a rural Pleistocene aquifer in Bangladesh depressurized by distal municipal pumping, Water Resources Research (impact factor:4.36) , no.e2020WR027178, 2020.

  4. Abu Mohd Naser, Mahbubur Rahman, Leanne Unicomb, Sarker Masud Parvez, Shariful Islam, Solaiman Doza, Golam Kibria Khan, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Shuchi Anand, Stephen P. Luby, Mohammad Shamsudduha, Matthew O. Gribble, K. M. Venkat Narayan and Thomas F. Clasen, 2020. Associations of drinking rainwater with macro-mineral intake and cardiometabolic health: a pooled cohort analysis in Bangladesh, 2016–2019. npj Clean Water 3:20; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-020-0067-5

  5. Floris Loys Naus, Kennard Burer, Frank van Laerhoven, Jasper Griffioen, Kazi Matin Ahmed and Paul Schot, 2020. Why Do People Remain Attached to Unsafe Drinking Water Options? Quantitative Evidence from Southwestern Bangladesh. Water, 12, 342; doi:10.3390/w12020342.

  6. Ivan Mihajlov, M. Rajib H. Mozumder, Benjamín C. Bostick, Martin Stute, Brian J. Mailloux, Peter S. K. Knappett, Imtiaz Choudhury, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Peter Schlosser & Alexander van Geen, 2020. Arsenic contamination of Bangladesh aquifers exacerbated by clay layers. Nature Communications,11:2244,https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16104-z

  7. Mohammad Shamsudduha, George Joseph, Sabrina S. Haque, Mahfuzur R. Khan, Anwar Zahid and Kazi Matin U. Ahmed, 2020. Multi‑hazard Groundwater Risks to Water Supply from Shallow Depths: Challenges to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Bangladesh. Exposure and Health, Exposure and Health, 12:657–670, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12403-019-00325-9.

  8. Floris Loys Nausa, Paul Schot, Kazi Matin Ahmed and Jasper Griffioen, 2019. Influence of landscape features on the large variation of shallow groundwater salinity in southwestern Bangladesh. Journal of Hydrology X 5 (2019) 100043.

  9. Masuma Chowdhury, Sarmin Sultana, Md. Atikul Islam, Aziz Hasan And Kazi Matin Uddin Ahmed, 2019. Hydrogeochemical Properties Providing Links to Methanogenesis in Deep Aquifer of Bhola Island, Bangladesh. J. Asiat. Soc. Bangladesh, Sci. 45(2): 217-228.

  10. Khan, M. R., H. A. Michael, B. Nath, B. L. Huhmann, C. F. Harvey, A. Mukherjee, I. Choudhury, M. Chakraborty, M. S. Ullah, K. M. Ahmed, S. L. Goodbred, P. Schlosser, B. C. Bostick, B. J. Mailloux, T. Ellis, and A. van Geen (2019). High‐arsenic groundwater in the southwestern Bengal Basin caused by a lithologically controlled deep flow system. Geophysical Research Letters, 46. https://doi.org/10.1029/ 2019GL084767.

  11. M. A. Islam, M. A. Hoque, K. M. Ahmed, and A. P. Butler, 2019. Impact of Climate Change and Land Use on Groundwater Salinization in Southern Bangladesh—Implications for Other Asian Deltas. Environmental Management, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-019-01220-4.

  12. Abu Mohd Naser, Solaiman Doza, Mahbubur Rahman, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Mohammed Shahid Gazi, Gazi Raisul Alam, Mohammed Rabiul Karim, Golam Kibria Khan, Mohammed Nasir Uddin, Mohammed Ilias Mahmud, Ayse Ercumen, Julia Rosenbaum, Jonathan Annis, Stephen P. Luby, Leanne Unicomb, and Thomas F. Clasen, 2019. Sand Barriers around Latrine Pits Reduce Fecal Bacterial Leaching into Shallow Groundwater: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Coastal Bangladesh. Environmental Science & Technology 2019 53 (4), 2105-2113, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b04950.

  13. Abu Mohd Naser, Mahbubur Rahman, Leanne Unicomb, Solaiman Doza, Mohammed Shahid Gazi, Gazi Raisul Alam, Mohammed Rabiul Karim, Mohammad Nasir Uddin, Golam Kibria Khan, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Mohammad Shamsudduha, Shuchi Anand, K. M. Venkat Narayan, Howard H. Chang, Stephen P. Luby, Matthew O. Gribble, Thomas F. Clasen, 2019. Drinking Water Salinity, Urinary Macro-Mineral Excretions, and Blood Pressure in the Southwest Coastal Population of Bangladesh, J Am Heart Assoc. 2019; 8:e012007. DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.119.012007.

  14. Floris Loys Naus, Paul Schot, Koos Groen, Kazi Matin Ahmed, and Jasper Griffioen, 2019. Groundwater salinity variation in Upazila Assasuni (southwestern Bangladesh), as steered by surface clay layer thickness, relative elevation and present-day land use. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 23, 1431–1451.

  15. Woodman, N. D., Burgess, W. G., Ahmed, K. M., and Zahid, A, 2019.: A partially-coupled hydro-mechanical analysis of the Bengal Aquifer System under hydrological loading, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 23, 2461–2479.

  16. Nadia B. Jamil, Huan Feng, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Imtiaz Choudhury, Prabhat Barnwal, and Alexander van Geen, 2019. Effectiveness of Different Approaches to Arsenic Mitigation over 18 Years in Araihazar, Bangladesh: Implications for National Policy. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2019, 53, 5596−5604.

  17. Thomas H. Osborne, Seamus A. Ward, Kazi M. Ahmed and Joanne M. Santini, 2019. Reservoirs of faecal indicator bacteria in well-head hand pumps in Bangladesh. Journal of Water and Health, 16.3: 487-490.

  18. Faruk Ahmed, Moududur Rahman Khan, Najma Shaheen, Kazi Matin Uddin Ahmed, Aziz Hasan, Ireen Akhtar Chowdhury, Rafiqul Chowdhury, 2018. Anemia and iron deficiency in rural Bangladeshi pregnant women living in areas of high and low iron in groundwater. Nutrition 51-52 (2018) 46–52.

  19. Michelle Berube, Katrina Jewell, Kimberly D. Myers, Peter S. K. Knappett, Pin Shuai, Abrar Hossain, Mehtaz Lipsi, Sadam Hossain,Alamgir Hossain, Jacqueline Aitkenhead-Peterson, Kazi M. Ahmed and Saugata Datta, 2018. The fate of arsenic in groundwater discharged to the Meghna River, Bangladesh. Environ. Chem.

  20. Lapworth, D. J., Zahid, A., Taylor, R. G.,Burgess, W. G., Shamsudduha, M.,Ahmed, K. M., et al. (2018). Security of deep groundwater in the coastal Bengal Basin revealed by tracers. Geophysical Research Letters, 45. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL078640.

  21. A. K. M. M. Rahman, K. M. Ahmed, A. P. Butler, M. A. Hoque, 2018. Influence of surface geology and micro-scale land use on the shallow subsurface salinity in deltaic coastal areas: a case from southwest Bangladesh. Environmental Earth Sciences (2018) 77: 423; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-018-7594-0.

  22. Edwin T. Gnanaprakasam, Jonathan R. Lloyd, Christopher Boothman, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Imtiaz Choudhury, Benjamin C. Bostick, Alexander van Geen, Brian J. Mailloux: Microbial Community Structure and Arsenic Biogeochemistry in Two Arsenic-Impacted Aquifers in Bangladesh. mBio 12/2017; 8(6):e01326-17., DOI:10.1128/mBio.01326-17

  23. Md Annaduzzaman Kajol, Prosun Bhattacharya, Ashis Biswas, Mohammed Hossain, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Doris van Halem: Arsenic and manganese in shallow tubewells and statistical validation of platform color as a screening tool. DOI:10.1016/j.gsd.2017.11.008

  24. Ezazul Haque, Brian J Mailloux, Daisy de Wolff, Sabina Gilioli, Colette Kelly, Ershad Ahmed, Christopher Small, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Alexander van Geen, Benjamin C Bostick: Quantitative drinking water arsenic concentrations in field environments using mobile phone photometry of field kits. Science of The Total Environment 10/2017;, DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.123

  25. Anwar Zahid, Khan, M., Koneshloo, M., Knappett, P., Ahmed, K. M., Bostick, B., Mailloux, B., Mozumder, R., Zahid, A., Harvey, C., van Geen, A.: Mega-city pumping and preferential flow threaten groundwater quality. Nature Communications 10/2017;

  26. Brittany Lynn Huhmann, Charles F Harvey, Anjal Uddin, Imtiaz Choudhury, Kazi M. Ahmed, John M Duxbury, Benjamin C. Bostick, Alexander Van Geen: Field Study of Rice Yield Diminished by Soil Arsenic in Bangladesh. Environmental Science and Technology 09/2017; 51(20)., DOI:10.1021/acs.est.7b01487

  27. Abu Mohd Naser, Leanne Unicomb, Solaiman Doza, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Mahbubur Rahman, Mohammad Nasir Uddin, Shamshad B Quraishi, Shahjada Selim, Mohammad Shamsudduha, William Burgess, Howard H Chang, Matthew O Gribble, Thomas F Clasen, Stephen P Luby: Stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial to assess the cardiovascular health effects of a managed aquifer recharge initiative to reduce drinking water salinity in southwest coastal Bangladesh: Study design and rationale. BMJ Open 09/2017; 7(9):e015205., DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015205

  28. Md. Ilias Mahmud, Sarmin Sultana, M. Aziz Hasan, Kazi Matin Ahmed: Variations in hydrostratigraphy and groundwater quality between major geomorphic units of the Western Ganges Delta plain, SW Bangladesh. Applied Water Science 06/2017;, DOI:10.1007/s13201-017-0581-x

  29. W. G. Burgess, M. Shamsudduha, R. G. Taylor, A. Zahid, K. M. Ahmed, A. Mukherjee, D. J. Lapworth, V. F. Bense: Terrestrial water load and groundwater fluctuation in the Bengal Basin. Scientific Reports 06/2017; 7(1)., DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-04159-w

  30. Naser AM, Rahman M, Unicomb L, Doza S, Ahmed K. M, Uddin M. N, Selim S, Gribble M. O, Anand S, Clasen T. F, Luby S. P.: Drinking water salinity and kidney health in southwest coastal Bangladesh: baseline findings of a community-based stepped-wedge randomised trial.. The Lancet 04/2017; 389(s):15.

  31. K.J. Whaley-Martin, B.J. Mailloux, A Van Geen, B.C. Bostick, K.M. Ahmed, I Choudhury, G.F. Slater: Human and livestock waste as a reduced carbon source contributing to the release of arsenic to shallow Bangladesh groundwater. Science of The Total Environment 04/2017; 595:63-71., DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.234

  32. Abu Mohd Naser, Mahbubur Rahman, Leanne Unicomb, Solaiman Doza, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Mohammad Nasir Uddin, Shahjada Selim, Matthew O Gribble, Shuchi Anand, Thomas F Clasen, Stephen P Luby: Drinking water salinity and kidney health in southwest coastal Bangladesh: baseline findings of a community-based stepped-wedge randomised trial. The Lancet 04/2017; 389:S15., DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31127-3

  33. Mohammad A Hoque, W. G. Burgess, K. M. Ahmed: Integration of aquifer geology, groundwater flow and arsenic distribution in deltaic aquifers - A unifying concept. Hydrological Processes 03/2017;, DOI:10.1002/hyp.11181

  34. A. Pfaff, A. Schoenfeld, K. M. Ahmed, A. van Geen: Reduction in exposure to arsenic from drinking well-water in Bangladesh limited by insufficient testing and awareness. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development 03/2017; 7(2): Washdev 2017136., DOI:10.2166/washdev.2017.136

  35. Pin Shuai, Peter S K Knappett, Saddam Hossain, Alamgir Hosain, Kimberly Rhodes, Kazi Matin Ahmed, M Bayani Cardenas: The Impact of the Degree of Aquifer Confinement and Anisotropy on Tidal Pulse Propagation. Ground Water 03/2017; 55(5)., DOI:10.1111/gwat.12509

  36. H. C. Bonsor, A. M. MacDonald, K. M. Ahmed, W. G. Burgess, M. Basharat, R. C. Calow, A. Dixit, S. S. D. Foster, K. Gopal, D. J. Lapworth, M. Moench, A. Mukherjee, M. S. Rao, M. Shamsudduha, L. Smith, R. G. Taylor, J. Tucker, F. van Steenbergen, S. K. Yadav, A. Zahid: Hydrogeological typologies of the Indo-Gangetic basin alluvial aquifer, South Asia. Hydrogeology Journal 02/2017; 25:1377-1406., DOI:10.1007/s10040-017-1550-z

  37. K J Whaley-Martin, B J Mailloux, A Van Geen, B C Bostick, K M Ahmed, I Choudhury, G F Slater: Human and livestock waste as a reduced carbon source contributing to the release of arsenic to shallow Bangladesh groundwater. Science of The Total Environment 01/2017; 595:63-71.

  38. Mahfuzur R Khan, Mohammad Koneshloo, Peter S K Knappett, Kazi M Ahmed, Benjamin C Bostick, Brian J Mailloux, Rajib H Mozumder, Anwar Zahid, Charles F Harvey, Alexander van Geen, Holly A Michael: Megacity pumping and preferential flow threaten groundwater quality. Nature Communications 09/2016; 7:12833., DOI:10.1038/ncomms12833

  39. A. M. MacDonald, H. C. Bonsor, K. M. Ahmed, W. G. Burgess, M. Basharat, R. C. Calow, A. Dixit, S. S. D. Foster, K. Gopal, D. J. Lapworth, R. M. Lark, M. Moench, A. Mukherjee, M. S. Rao, M. Shamsudduha, L. Smith, R. G. Taylor, J. Tucker, F. van Steenbergen, S. K. Yadav: Groundwater quality and depletion in the Indo-Gangetic Basin mapped from in situ observations. Nature Geoscience 08/2016; 9(10)., DOI:10.1038/ngeo2791

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  51. Hun Bok Jung, Yan Zheng, Mohammad W. Rahman, Mohammad M. Rahman, Kazi M. Ahmed: Redox Zonation and Oscillation in the Hyporheic Zone of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta: Implications for the Fate of Groundwater Arsenic during Discharge. Applied Geochemistry 09/2015; 63. DOI:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2015.09.001

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  53. Natalie Mladenov, Yan Zheng, Bailey Simone, Theresa M Bilinski, Diane Marie McKnight, Diana Reid Nemergut, Kathleen Ann Radloff, M Moshiur Rahman, Kazi Matin Uddin Ahmed: Dissolved Organic Matter Quality in a Shallow Aquifer of Bangladesh: Implications for Arsenic Mobility. Environmental Science & Technology 07/2015; DOI:10.1021/acs.est.5b01962

  54. Abhijit Mukherjee, Dipankar Saha, Charles F. Harvey, Richard G. Taylor, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Soumendra N. Bhanja: Groundwater systems of the Indian Sub-Continent. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 04/2015; 19. DOI:10.1016/j.ejrh.2015.03.005

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  59. Mohammed Hossain, Prosun Bhattacharya, Shaun K. Frape, Gunnar Jacks, M. Mainul Islam, M. Moklesur Rahman, Mattias von Brömssen, M. Aziz Hasan, Kazi Matin Ahmed: Sediment color tool for targeting arsenic-safe aquifers for the installation of shallow drinking water tubewells. Science of The Total Environment 06/2014; 493:615–625. DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.064

  60. Mattias von Brömssen, Lars Markussen, Prosun Bhattacharya, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Mohammed Hossain, Gunnar Jacks, Ondra Sracek, Roger Thunvik, M. Aziz Hasan, M. Mainul Islam, M. Moklesur Rahaman: Hydrogeological investigation for assessment of the sustainability of low-arsenic aquifers as a safe drinking water source in regions with high-arsenic groundwater in Matlab, southeastern Bangladesh. Journal of Hydrology 06/2014; In press(Corrected Proof). DOI:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.05.055

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  67. Andrew S Ferguson, Alice C Layton, Brian J Mailloux, Patricia J Culligan, Daniel E Williams, Abby E Smartt, Gary S Sayler, John Feighery, Larry D McKay, Peter S K Knappett, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Talia Arbit, Michael Emch, Veronica Escamilla, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Md Jahangir Alam, P Kim Streatfield, Mohammad Yunus, Alexander van Geen, 2012. Comparison of fecal indicators with pathogenic bacteria and rotavirus in groundwater. Science of The Total Environment 06/2012; 431:314-22

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  69. Peter S K Knappett; Larry D McKay; Alice Layton; Daniel E Williams; Md J Alam; Md R Huq; Jacob Mey; John E Feighery; Patricia J Culligan; Brian J Mailloux; Zhuang J, Escamilla V, Emch M, Perfect E, Sayler GS, Ahmed K M, van Geen A.2012., Implications of fecal bacteria input from latrine-polluted ponds for wells in sandy aquifers., Environ. Sci. Technol. 46, 1361 (2012).

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  74. Prosun Bhattacharya, Mohammed Hossain, Shamsun Naima Rahman, Clare Robinson, Bibhash Nath, Marina Rahman, M. Mainul Islam, Mattias Von Brömssen, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Gunnar Jacks, Dulaly Chowdhury, Mahfuzar Rahman, Mohammed Jakariya, Lars Åke Persson & Marie Vahter, 2011. Temporal and seasonal variability of arsenic in drinking water wells in Matlab, southeastern Bangladesh: a preliminary evaluation on the basis of a 4 year study. J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng 46, 11770 (2011)

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  113. Métral, J., L. Charlet, S. Bureau, S. B. Mallik, S. Chakraborty, K.M. Ahmed, M.W. Rahman, Z. Cheng, and A.van Geen, (in press) Impact of local recharge on arsenic concentrations in shallow aquifers of Chakdaha, India, and Araihazar, Bangladesh. Geochemical Transactions. 2008:9, DOI: 10.1186/1467-4866-9-1.

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  115. Jakariya, Md, M von Bromssen, G Jacks, A M R Chowdhury, K M Ahmed and P Bhattacharya, 2007. Searching for sustainable arsenic mitigation strategy in Bangladesh: experience from two upazilas. International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 31(3/4): 415 – 430.

  116. Stute, M., Y. Zheng, P. Schlosser, A. Horneman, R.K. Dhar, M. A. Hoque, A. A. Seddique, M. Shamsudduha, K. M. Ahmed, and A. van Geen, 2007. Increase in arsenic concentrations with groundwater age in shallow Bangladesh aquifers. Water Resources Research. 43, W09417, doi:10.1029/2005WR004499, 2007

  117. Hoque, Mohammad A., M. Mozzammel Hoque & Kazi Matin Ahmed, 2007. Declining groundwater level and aquifer dewatering in Dhaka metropolitan area, Bangladesh: causes and quantification, Hydrogeology Journal, DOI 10.1007/s10040-007-0226-5

  118. Hasan, M. Aziz, K. Matin Ahmed, Ondra Sracek, Prosun Bhattacharya, Mattias von Brömssen, Sandra Broms, Johan Fogelström, M. Lutful Mazumder & Gunnar Jacks, 2007. Arsenic in shallow groundwater of Bangladesh: investigations from three different physiographic settings. Hydrogeology Journal, DOI 10.1007/s10040-007-0203-z.

  119. Radloff, K.A., Z. Cheng, M.W. Rahman, K.M. Ahmed, B.J. Mailloux, A.R. Juhl, P. Schlosser, and A. van Geen, 2007. Mobilization of arsenic during one-year incubations of grey aquifer sands from Araihazar, Bangladesh. Environmental Science and Technology, 41(10); 3639-3645. DOI: 10.1021/es062903j.

  120. M von Bromssen, M Jakariya, P Bhattacharya, K M Ahmed, M A Hasan, O Sracek, L Jonsson, L Lundell, G Jacks, 2007. Targeting low-arsenic aquifers in Matlab Upazila, Southeastern Bangladesh. Science of the Total Environment, 239(2-3):121-132.

  121. Burgess, W, K M Ahmed, A Carruthers, H Cheetham, J Cobbing, M Cuthbert, S Mather & E McCarthy, 2007. Trends in arsenic concentration at tubewells in Bangladesh: conceptual models, numerical models, and monitoring proxies. Trace Metals and other Contaminants in the Environment, Volume 9, pp. 59-80, Elsevier B.V.

  122. Alisa Opar, Alex Pfaff, A A Seddique, K M Ahmed, J H Graziano, and A van Geen, 2007. Responses of 6500 households to arsenic mitigation in Araihazar, Bangladesh. Health & Place, 13:164-172.

  123. A van Geen, M Trevisani, J Immel, Md. Jakariya, N Osman, Z Cheng, A Gelman, K M Ahmed, 2006. Targeting Low-arsenic Groundwater with Mobile-phone technology in Araihazar, Bangladesh. J Health Poplulation & Nutrition, 24(3): 282-297.

  124. van Geen, A., Z. Aziz, A. Horneman, B. Weinman, R.K. Dhar, Y. Zheng, S. Goodbred, R. Versteeg, A.A. Seddique, M. A. Hoque, K.M. Ahmed, 2006. Preliminary evidence of a link between surface soil properties and the arsenic content of shallow groundwater in Bangladesh, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 88:157-161.

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  128. Shams, S., P. Bhattacharya, S. Langaas, G. Jacks, K. M. Ahmed, E.-L. Thunkvist, D. Chen and A. Granlund, 2006. Mapping and interpretation of field data for evaluation and mitigation of groundwater arsenic contamination in Bangladesh. Journal of Hydroinformatics, 08(1):25-36.

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  130. W G Burgess & K M Ahmed, 2006. Arsenic in aquifers of Bengal Basin. In Naidu, R, et al. (Ed) Managing Arsenic in the Environment From soil to human health. pp. 31-56. CSIRO PUBLISHING, Australia.

  131. Prosun Bhattacharya, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Sandra Broms, Johan Fogelström, Gunnar Jacks, Ondra Sracek, Mattias von Brömssen & Joyanto Routh, 2006. Mobility of arsenic in groundwater in a part of Brahmanbaria district, NE Bangladesh. In Naidu, R, et al. (Ed) Managing Arsenic in the Environment From soil to human health. pp. 95-116. CSIRO PUBLISHING, Australia.

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  133. Peter Ravenscroft, William G Burgess, K M Ahmed, Melanie Burren and Jerome Perrin, 2005. Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater in the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh: Distribution, Field Relations, Origins and Mitigation, Hydrogeology Journal, 13:727-751.

  134. Cheng, Z, van Geen, A, Ahmed, K.M, Seddique, A.A, Zheng, Y, and Stute, M, 2005. Temporal variability of tube-well arsenic in Bangladesh: results from a 3-year monitoring effort. Environmental Science & Technology. Environ. Sci. Technol., 39(13): 4759 -4766.

  135. van Geen, A, Z.Cheng, A. A. Seddique, M. A. Hoque, A. Gelman, J. H. Graziano, H. Ahsan, F. Parvez & K.M. Ahmed, 2005. Reliability of a Commercial Kit to Test Groundwater for Arsenic in Bangladesh. Environmental Science & Technology, 39: 299-303.

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  139. Woobaidullahm, A S M, K M Ahmed, U Karmakar, D K Biswas, K S Arafin, 2005. Geoelectric and Hydrochemical studies groundwater development in Ramgati Upazila of Laxmipur District, Bangladesh. In Mathur, G N & Chawla, A S (eds.) Development and Management of Water and Energy Resources. Proceeding of Fifth International R&D Conference, Bangalore, India, Vol. 1 (Water Resources), pp. III-1-III-13.

  140. A van Geen, T Protus, Z Cheng, A Horneman, A A Seddique, M A Hoque, K M Ahmed. 2004. Testing Groundwater for Arsenic in Bangladesh before Installing a Well. Environ. Sci. Technol. 38: 6783-6789.

  141. Horneman, A, van Geen, A, Kent, D., Mathe, P. E., Zheng, Y, Dhar, R. K, O’Connell, S, Hoque, M, Aziz, Z, Shamsudduha, M, Seddique, A and K. M. Ahmed, 2004. Decoupling of arsenic and iron release to Bangladesh groundwater under reducing conditions. Part I: Evidence from sediment profiles. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 68 (17): 3459–3473.

  142. Seddique, A A, K M Ahmed, M Shamsudduha, A Aziz and M A Hoque, 2004. Heavy metal pollution in groundwater in and around Naryanganj Town. Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Geology, 23:1-12.

  143. Cheng, Z van Geen, A, Jing, C, Meng, X, Seddique, A, Ahmed, K M, 2004.Performance of a Household-Level Arsenic Removal System During 4-Month Deployments in Bangladesh, Environ. Sci. Technol. 38: 3442-3448.

  144. Y. Zheng, M. Stute, A. van Geen, I. Gavrieli, R. Dhar, H. J. Simpson, P. Schlosser, and K. M. Ahmed, 2004. Redox Control of Arsenic Mobilization in Bangladesh Groundwater. Applied Geochemistry, 19(2): 201-214.

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  146. A A Seddique & K M Ahmed, 2004. Urban and Industrial Pollution to the Aquifers of Narayanganj Town, Bangladesh. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 63: 61-70.

  147. K M Ahmed, 2003. Geological and Hydrogeological Controls on Occurrence and Distribution of Arsenic in Bangladesh Groundwater. ITN, BUET Dhaka.

  148. van Geen, A, K M Ahmed, A A Seddique & M Shamsudduha, 2003. Community wells to mitigate arsenic crisis in Bangladesh. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 81(9): 632-638.

  149. van Geen, A., Y. Zheng, R. Versteeg, M. Stute, A. Horneman, R. Dhar, M. Steckler, A. Gelman, C. Small, H. Ahsan, J. H. Graziano, I. Hussain, K. M. Ahmed, 2003. Spatial variability of arsenic in 6000 tube wells in a 25km2 area of Bangladesh. Water Resources Research, 39(5).

  150. B L Morris, A A Seddique, K M Ahmed, 2003. Response of the Dupi Tila aquifer to intensive pumping. Hydrogeology Journal, 11(4): 496-503.

  151. K M Ahmed, 2003. Arsenic Contamination in Groundwater and a review of the situation in Bangladesh. In A Rahman & P Ravenscroft (Eds.) Groundwater Resources and Development in Bangladesh. University Press Limited, Dhaka. In A A Rahman & P Ravenscroft (Eds.) Groundwater Resources and Development in Bangladesh. University Press Limited, Dhaka, pp. 393-418.

  152. K M Ahmed & W G Burgess, 2003. Surface water groundwater interaction in Bangladesh Hydrogeology. In A A Rahman & P Ravenscroft (Eds.) Groundwater Resources and Development in Bangladesh. University Press Limited, Dhaka, pp. 275-296.

  153. K M Ahmed, 2003. Constraints and issues of sustainable groundwater exploitation in Bangladesh. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Safe and Sustainable Exploitation of Soil & Groundwater Resources in Asia, Okayama University, Japan, pp. 44-52.

  154. D G Kinniburgh, P L Smedley, J Davies, C J Milne, I Gaus, J M Trafford, S Burden, S M I Huq, N Ahmed & K M Ahmed, 2003. The Scale and Causes of Groundwater Arsenic Problem in Bnagladesh. In A H Welch and K G Stollenwerk (Eds.) Arsenic in Groundwater, pp. 211-257, Kluwer Academic Publishers.

  155. K M Ahmed, A van Geen, Y Zheng, M Stute, M Shamsudduha, R Dhar, A Horneman, M Steckler, R Versteeg, I Gavrieli, A A Seddique, Z Aziz, M A Hoque, 2002. Arsenic in Groundwater of Araihazar: Occurrence, Distribution and Mitigation. Bangladesh Environment 2002, Vol. I, pp. 134-145.

  156. K M Ahmed, A S M Woobaidullah, M A Hasan, Z Aziz, U Karmaker, M Shamsudduha, M S Islam, 2002. Impact of Saline Groundwater on Environment in Manda Upazila, Naogaon. Bangladesh Environment 2002, Vol. II, pp. 845-856.

  157. Burgess W.G., Ahmed K. M., Cobbing J., Cuthbert M.O., Mather S.E., McCarthy E. & Chaterjee D. 2002. Anticipating changes in arsenic concentration at tubewells in alluvial aquifers of the Bengal Basin. In: Bocanegra E., Martinez D. & Massone H. (eds) Groundwater and Human Development. Proceedings of the XXXII IAH and VI ALHSUD Congress, Mar del Plata, Argentina, October 2002, pp. 365-371. (ISBN 987-544-063-9)

  158. P. Bhattacharya, G. Jacks, K. M. Ahmed, A.A. Khan,and J. Routh. 2002. Arsenic in Groundwater of the Bengal Delta Plain Aquifers in Bangladesh. Bull. Env. Cont. Toxicol. 69(4): 538-544.

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  162. K M Ahmed, 2002. Groundwater Development and Management in the Semiarid Barind Tract, NW Bangladesh. In Sherif et al., Eds. Groundwater Hydrology Volume 2, Proceedings of the International Conference on Water Resources Management in the Arid Regions (WaRMAR), Kuwait, pp. 363-384, March 2002.

  163. W G Burgess, M Burren, J Perrin & K M Ahmed, 2002. Constraints on sustainable development of arsenic-bearing aquifers in southern Bangladesh. Part 1: A conceptual model of arsenic in the aquifer. In Hiscock, K M, M O Rivett & R M Dovson (eds) Sustainable Groundwater Development, Geological Society Special Publications No. 193, pp. 145-163, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath.

  164. K M Ahmed, M B Imam, S H Akhter, M A Hasan & A A Khan, 2001. Sedimentology and Mineralogy of arsenic contaminated aquifers in the Bengal Delta of Bangladesh. Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in the Bengal Delta Plains of Bangladesh. Proceedings of the KTH-Dhaka University Seminar, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Jacks, G, Bhattcharya, P and Khan, A A (Eds). KTH Special Publication TRITA-AME 3084, pp. 97-108.

  165. A A Khan, S H Akhter, M A Hasan, K M Ahmed & M B Imam, 2001. Etiology of arsenic in Bengal Delta Plain – Constraints from geological evidences. Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in the Bengal Delta Plains of Bangladesh. Proceedings of the KTH-Dhaka University Seminar, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Jacks, G, Bhattcharya, P and Khan, A A (Eds). KTH Special Publication TRITA-AME 3084, pp. 97-108.

  166. M Shahnewaz, K M Ahmed & A I Kazi, 2001. Occurrence and distribution of arsenic in groundwater of Singair Thana, Manikganj District, Bangladesh. Dhaka Univ. J. Sci., 49(1): 37-45.

  167. M Hoque, M T Uddin, M D Alam & K M Ahmed, 2000. Hydrogeology and Geochemistry of the Coastal Aquifers of Noakhali-Lakshmipur-Chandpur Regions, SE Bangladesh. The Journal of NOAMI, 17(1&2): 61-70).

  168. G Jacks, P Bhattachrya, K M Ahmed, & D Chatterjee, 2000. Arsenic in groundwater and redox conditions in the Bengal delta - possible in situ remediation. ICIWRM-2000, Proceedings of International Conference on Integrated Water Resources Management for Sustainable Development, Vol. I, pp. 413-418, 19-21 December 2000, New Delhi, India.

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  172. K M Ahmed, & W G Burgess, 1999. Hydraulic Parameters of the Barind Aquifers, NW Bangladesh. Dhaka University Journal of Science, 47(2): 189-200.

  173. D Macdonald, K M Ahmed, M S Islam, A Lawrence & Z Z Khandker, 1999. Pit latrines – a source of contamination in peri-urban Dhaka? Water Lines, 17(4): 6-8.

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Books Chapters

1. Ahmed, K.M., (2020). Challenges of Sustainable Groundwater Development and Management in Bangladesh: Vision 2050. In Mukherjee, A., Scanlon, B., Aureli, A., Langan, S., Guo, H., and McKenzie, A., (Eds) “Global groundwater: Source, scarcity, sustainability, security and solution”, Chapter 31, 425-438pp, Elsevier Paperback ISBN: 9780128181720.

2. Chakraborty, Madhumita, Abhijit Mukherjee and K M Ahmed, 2020. Transboundary groundwater of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna River delta systm. In Mukherjee, A., Scanlon, B., Aureli, A., Langan, S., Guo, H., and McKenzie, A., (Eds) “Global groundwater: Source, scarcity, sustainability, security and solution”, Chapter 10, 129-141pp, Elsevier Paperback ISBN: 9780128181720.

3. A van Geen, K Ahmed: Mitigation of the impact of groundwater arsenic on human health and rice yield in Bangladesh: Solutions for overcoming the current stagnation. Arsenic Research and Global Sustainability, 06/2016: pages 625-627; ISBN: 978-1-138-02941-5, DOI:10.1201/b20466-288

4. B Huhmann, C Harvey, J Duxbury, A Uddin, I Choudhury, K Ahmed, B Bostick, A van Geen: Replacement of arsenic-contaminated soil for improved rice yields in Bangladesh. Arsenic Research and Global Sustainability, 06/2016: pages 291-292; , ISBN: 978-1-138-02941-5, DOI:10.1201/b20466-141

5. P Knappett, K Myers, P Shuai, K Rhodes, K Jewell, J Peterson, N Dimova, S Datta, M Berube, A Hossain, M Lipsi, S Hossain, A Hosain, K Ahmed, M Cardenas: Tracking the fate of arsenic in groundwater discharged to the Meghna River. Arsenic Research and Global Sustainability, 06/2016: pages 43-44; ISBN: 978-1-138-02941-5, DOI:10.1201/b20466-21

6. M Hossain, P Bhattacharya, G Jacks, K Ahmed, M Hasan, M von Brömssen, S Frape: Enhancing the capacity of local drillers for installing arsenic-safe drinking water wells—experience from Matlab, Bangladesh. Arsenic Research and Global Sustainability, 06/2016: pages 630-631; , ISBN: 978-1-138-02941-5, DOI:10.1201/b20466-290

7. P Bhattacharya, M Hossain, G Jacks, K Ahmed, M Hasan, M von Brömssen, S Frape: Hydrogeochemical contrasts across the multi-level aquifers of Bengal basin in Matlab, Bangladesh: Implications for arsenic free and low -manganese drinking water sources. Arsenic Research and Global Sustainability, 06/2016: pages 45-46; , ISBN: 978-1-138-02941-5, DOI:10.1201/b20466-22

8. M Kibria, M Kirk, S Datta, P Bhattacharya, M Hossain, M von Brömssen, G Jacks, K Ahmed: Hydrogeochemistry and microbial geochemistry on different depth aquifer sediments from Matlab, Bangladesh: Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment, May 11-16, 2014, Buenos Aires, Argentina. One Century of the Discovery of Arsenicosis in Latin America (1914-2014) As2014, 04/2014: pages 101-103; , ISBN: 978-1-138-00141-1, DOI:10.1201/b16767-39

9. K Ahmed, P Bhattacharya: Groundwater arsenic mitigation in Bangladesh: Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment, May 11-16, 2014, Buenos Aires, Argentina. One Century of the Discovery of Arsenicosis in Latin America (1914-2014) As2014, 04/2014: pages 886-888; , ISBN: 978-1-138-00141-1, DOI:10.1201/b16767-324

10. P Bhattacharya, M Hossain, G Jacks, K Ahmed, M Hasan, M von Brömssen: Groundwater arsenic pollution: Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment, May 11-16, 2014, Buenos Aires, Argentina. One Century of the Discovery of Arsenicosis in Latin America (1914-2014) As2014, 04/2014: pages 881-885; , ISBN: 978-1-138-00141-1, DOI:10.1201/b16767-323

11. M Shamsudduha, A Zahid, W Burgess, K Ahmed: Security of deep groundwater against ingress of arsenic and salinity in Bangladesh: Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment, May 11-16, 2014, Buenos Aires, Argentina. One Century of the Discovery of Arsenicosis in Latin America (1914-2014) As2014, 04/2014: pages 891-893; , ISBN: 978-1-138-00141-1, DOI:10.1201/b16767-326

12. M Hossain, A Haque, S Alam, M Rahman, M Uddin, S Sarwar, M Kibria, R Hasan, K Ahmed, M Hasan, J Alam, P Bhattacharya, G Jacks, M von Brömssen: Potentiality of intermediate depth aquifer as a source of arsenic and manganese safe tubewells in Bangladesh: Proceedings of the 4th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment, 22-27 July 2012, Cairns, Australia. Understanding the Geological and Medical Interface of Arsenic - As 2012, 07/2012: pages 71-73; , ISBN: 978-0-415-63763-3, DOI:10.1201/b12522-29

13. N Rashid, K Ahmed, M Rahman, M Hasan, P Bhattacharya, M Hossain: Floodplain morphology and relation to the spatial distribution of arsenic in the aquifers of Matlab, Southeastern Bangladesh: Proceedings of the 4th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment, 22-27 July 2012, Cairns, Australia. Understanding the Geological and Medical Interface of Arsenic - As 2012, 07/2012: pages 50-51; , ISBN: 978-0-415-63763-3, DOI:10.1201/b12522-20

14. K M Ahmed, S Sultana, M A Hasan, P Bhattacharya, M K Hasan, W G Burgess, M A Hoque: Groundwater quality of upper and lower Dupi Tila aquifers in the megacity Dhaka, Bangladesh. IAH Red Book, Edited by M Schirmer, E Hoehn and T Vogt, 07/2011: chapter Groundwater quality Management in a rapidly changing World: pages 71-74; , ISBN: 978-1-907161-16-2

15. Kazi Matin Ahmed, Mohammad Saiful Islam, Sarmin Sultana: Changes in the Groundwater Regime of Dhaka City: A Historical Perspective. Celebration of 400 Years of Capital Dhaka, Edited by S U Ahmed and G Rabbani, 01/2010: chapter Celebration of 400 Years of Capital Dhaka: Plants, wildlife, gardens and environment of Capital Dhaka: pages 383-400; Asiatic Society of Bangladesh., ISBN: 978-984-33-1558-8

16. Jakariya, Bhattacharya, Manzurul Hassan, Matin Ahmed, Aziz Hasan, Sabiqun Nahar, J. Bundschuh: Temporal variations of groundwater arsenic concentrations in southwest Bangladesh. Geogenic Arsenic in Groundwater of Latin America, Edited by J. Bundschuh, M.A. Armienta, P. Birkle, P. Bhattacharya, J. Matschullat & A.B. Mukherjee, 01/2009: chapter Temporal variations of groundwater arsenic concentrations in southwest Bangladesh: pages 225-231; CRC Press., DOI:10.1201/b11334-27

17. David G. Kinniburgh, Pauline L. Smedley, Jeff Davies, Chris J. Milne, Irina Gaus, Janice M. Trafford, Simon Burden, S. M. Ihtishamul Huq, Nasiruddin Ahmad, Kazi Matin Ahmed: The scale and causes of the groundwater arsenic problem in Bangladesh. Arsenic in Ground Water, 08/2007: pages 211-257; , DOI:10.1007/0-306-47956-7_8

18. Sracek, Prosun Bhattacharya, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Mattias von Brömssen: Geochemistry of arsenic-enriched groundwater of Brahmanbaria district, Bangladesh: Speciation modeling and multivariate statistics. Natural Arsenic in Groundwater: Occurrences, Remediation and Management, Edited by Jochen Bundshuh, Prosun Bhattacharya, D Chandrasekharam, 01/2005: pages 133-144; A A Balkema., ISBN: 041536700X, DOI:10.1201/9780203970829.sec3

19. K.M. Ahmed: Management of the groundwater arsenic disaster in Bangladesh. Natural Arsenic in Groundwater, 01/2005: pages 283-296; , ISBN: 978-0-415-36700-4, DOI:10.1201/9780203970829.sec5

20. Sikder A. M., M. A. Hasan M.H. Khan, K.M. Ahmed: Mineralogy of Meghna Floodplain Sediments in Relation to Arsenic Enrichment in Groundwater. Natural Arsenic in Groundwater: Occurrences, Remediation and Management, Edited by Jochen Bundschuh, Prosun Bhattacharya, D Chandrasekharam, 01/2005: pages 31-40; A A Balkema., ISBN: 041536700

21. K M Ahmed: Groundwater Development and Management in the Semiarid Barind Tract, NW Bangladesh.. Proceedings of the International Conference on Water Resources Management in Arid Regions (WaRMAR): Volume 2 - Groundwater Hydrology, Edited by V.P. Singh / M. Al-Rashed / M.M. Sherif, 03/2002: pages 363-384; , ISBN: 905809364-6

22. Khan, S H Akhter, M A Hasan, K M Ahmed: VES Signatures in Soft Rock Groundwater Exploration vis-à-vis Geoenvironmental Implications. Proceedings of the International Conference on Water Resources Management in Arid Regions (WaRMAR): Volume 2 - Groundwater Hydrology, Edited by V.P. Singh / M. Al-Rashed / M.M. Sherif, 01/2002; , ISBN: 905809364-6

23. John Chilton, Jeff Davies, Andrew Hughes, Kazi Matin Ahmed, S M Ihtishamul Huq: Hydrogeology. Arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh, Volume 2: Final Report, Edited by D G Kinniburgh, P L Smedley, 01/2001: chapter Chapter 4: pages 47-64; British Geological Survey., ISBN: 0852723849

24. W G Burgess, M Burren, M O Cuthbert, S E Mather, J Perrin, M K Hasan, K M Ahmed, P Ravenscroft, M Rahman: Field relationships and models of arsenic in aquifers of southern Bangladesh. Groundwater: Past Achievements and Future Challenges, Edited by Sillo et al, 01/2000: pages 707-712; A A Balkema.

25. K M Ahmed, M K Hasan, W G Burgess, J Dottridge, P Ravenscroft, J van Wanderen: Dupi Tila aquifer of Dhaka: hydraulic and hydrochemical response to extensive exploitation. Groundwater in the Urban Environment: Selected City Profiles, Edited by J Chilton, 01/1997: pages 19-30; A A Balkema., ISBN: 9054108371

26. K M Ahmed, W G Burgess: Bils and Barind aquifer, Bangladesh.. Geomorphology and Groundwater, Edited by A G Brown, 01/1995: chapter 8: pages 143--155; John Wiley & Sons, Chicester., ISBN: 0-471-95754-2

Manuals/Research Report

1. Alessandro Tarozzi Ricardo Maertens Kazi Matin Ahmed Alexander van Geen, 2020. Demand for Information on Environmental Health Risk, Mode of Delivery, and Behavioral Change Evidence from Sonargaon, Bangladesh. Policy Research Working Paper 9194, The World Bank.

2. MacDonald AM, Bonsor HC, Taylor R, Shamsudduha M, Burgess WG, Ahmed KM, Mukherjee A, Zahid A, Lapworth D, Gopal K, Rao MS, Moench M, Bricker SH, Yadav SK, Satyal Y, Smith L, Dixit A, Bell R, van Steenbergen F, Basharat M, Gohar MS, Tucker J, Calow RC, Maurice L: Groundwater resources in the Indo‐Gangetic Basin. Report number: OR/15/047, Affiliation: Keyworth, Nottingham. British Geological Survey 2015, DOI:10.13140/RG.2.1.3822.1524

3. Richard Taylor, William Burgess, Mohammad Shamsudduha, Anwar Zahid, Dan Lapworth, Kazi Ahmed, Abhijit Mukherjee, Sara Nowreen: Deep groundwater in the Bengal Mega-Delta: new evidence of aquifer hydraulics and the influence of intensive abstraction. Report number: Open Report OR/14/070, DOI:10.13140/RG.2.1.3864.4723

4. Prosun Bhattacharya, Gunnar Jacks, Mohammed Hossain, SMA Rashid, Kazi Matin Ahmed, M. Aziz Hasan, Mattias von Brömssen: SUSTAINABLE ARSENIC MITIGATION Community driven initiatives to target arsenic safe groundwater as sustainable mitigation strategy - Concept Note. Report number: Sida Contribution: 73000854: 1, Affiliation: KTH International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable DEdvelopment, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 76 SE-10044 Stockholm, (Sweden), DOI:10.13140/2.1.1290.3200

5. W. Yu, CI.Voss, HA. MIchael, KM. AHmed, F. Lawrence, MR. Khan: Implications of climate change for fresh groundwater resources in coastal aquifers in Bangladesh. Report number: 56556, Affiliation: World Bank, DOI:10.13140/RG.2.1.3892.3282

6. J Bruining, K M Ahmed, J Boes, C F Rammelt, J E A Storms, H Shafie, Z M Masud: Technical And Social Feasibility Of Deep Tube Wells For Arsenic Free Drinking Water In Bangladesh, Preliminary application to WOTRO's Integrated Programme. Affiliation: Delft University of Technology

7. B L Morris, B O Carteigh, K M Ahmed, M K Hasan, A A Seddique: Assessment of Groundwater Vulnerability in Narayanganj Town, Bangladesh.

8. Md Tahmidul Islam, Abdullah Al-Muyeed, Md Liakath Ali, Khairul Islam, Toufiq M Seraj, Arjen Naafs, Muhammad Ashraf Ali, Mahreen Matto, Kazi Matin Ahmed, Arnoud Keizer, Robert Meerman: Book of abstracts and convention brief. Edited by Md Tahmidul Islam, Abdullah Al-Muyeed, Md Liakath Ali, 03/2017; WaterAid Bangladesh., ISBN: 978-984-34-2455-6

9. KM Ahmed, K Hasan, T Hasan, MR Khan: Situation Analysis of Arsenic Mitigation 2009. Edited by KM Ahmed, K Hasan, T Hasan, MR Khan, 06/2010; Local Government Division, Government of Bangladesh Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) and JICA Bangladesh., ISBN: 978-984-33-1506-9

10. D G Kinniburugh and P Smedley (Eds.) Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater in Bangladesh. BGS Technical Report WC/00/19 Vol 1-4.

11. A R Lawrence, D M J Macdonald, A G Howard, M H Barrett, S Pedley, K M Ahmed & M Nalubega, 2001. Guidelines for Assessing the Risk to Groundwater from On-Site Sanitation. BGS Commissioned Report CR/01/142.

12. B L Morris, B O Carteigh, K M Ahmed, M K Hasan & A A Seddique, 2001. Assessment of Groundwater Vulnerability in Narayanganj Town, Bangladesh. BGS Technical Report WC/00/17.

Memberships and Awards

Memberships

  1. Overseas Fellow, The Geological Society of London.

  2. Member, International Association of Hydrogeologists.

  3. Life Member, Geological Society of India.

  4. Executive Board Member, International Society of Groundwater for Sustainable Development

  5. Life Member, Geological Society of Bangladesh.

  6. Life Member, Bangladesh Association for the Advancement of Science

Awards

  1. Commonwealth Scholarship Sep 1990-Sep 1994 for PhD study at the University College London, UK.

  2. Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Invitation Fellowship (2 months) at Osaka City University, Japan (Sep to Nov 2002)

  3. Linneaus-Palme Academic Exchange Fellowship Visitor (3-4 weeks per year) at KTH, Stockholm, Sweden (2003 to 2007)

  4. Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship (6 months) at UCL, UK (01/07-07/07)

  5. Dean’s Award, Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Dhaka (2019).