Muhammed Azizul Huque

Professor

Department of GeologyFaculty of Earth and Environmental SciencesEmail: azizulhq@du.ac.bd Phone: +880 155242396

Research Interest

Clastic Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Geochemistry [Environment]


Education

Ph.D. (Applied Geology)

IIT (Dhanbad; erstwhile Indian School of Mines), 2001

M.Sc. (Thesis Group)

Department of Geology, Dhaka University, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh, 1978-79 (Examination of 1976).


B.Sc. (Honours in Geology)

Department of Geology, Dhaka University, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh, 1977 (Examination of 1975).

Experiences

A. Teaching and Research:

  1. Professor, Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh; from 27 January 2010 till to date(currently working on LPR).

  2. Associate Professor, Department of Geology, Dhaka University, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh; from 16 August 2005 to 26 January 2010.

  3. Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, Dhaka University, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh; from 03 June 1985 to 15 August 2005.

  4. Lecturer, Department of Geology, Dhaka University, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh; from 08 November 1979 to 02 June 1985.

  5. Teaches Geochemistry, Regional Geology, and other interdisciplinary subjects to the B.Sc. (Honours), B.Sc. (Minor), and M.Sc. students as part of the departmental curriculum. Conducts field courses for undergraduate and graduate students. Conducts independent and group research using the resources available within the department and other geological organizations.


B. House Tutor:

Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah Hall, University of Dhaka, 2001-2006


C. Student Advisor

Department of Geology, University of Dhaka.

Research Activities

Student Research Supervision

PhD

N/A

MS (Sedimentology Thesis Group):

  1. Nur Ahmed, 2011 Sedimentology of the Tertiary Sequence as Exposed in Selected Sections of the Bandarban anticline, Bandarban, Bangladesh.

Past Research Grants:

  1. Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of the Dupi Tila Group of Sediments as exposed along the Shari River, Section Jaintiapur, Sylhet (Bangladesh). University Grant Commission, Bangladesh. 2015.

Publications

Journal Articles

  1. M.A. Huque, Heavy metals in the ultramafic lamprophyric intrusive rocks of the Jharia Coalfield, India, Dhaka Univ. Jour. Earth and Environmental Sciences , vol.1 , no.2 , pp.123-128 , 2011.

  2. Akhter, S.H. and Huque, M.A. : RIS (?) and its impact on Kaptai Hydroelectric Project: A shift in the conceptualistic model on the origin of the Barkol earthquake, Bang. Jour. Geol. , vol.23 , pp.139-146 , 2004.

  3. Huque, M.A., Rahman, M.Z., Akhter, S.H. and Bhuiyan, A.H. 2003 : Thin-section petrography of the Permian Gondwana coal-bearing sandstones of the Boropukuria basin, Dinajpur, Bangladesh., Bang. Jour. Geol , vol.22 , pp.71-82 , 2003.

  4. Shamsudduha, M., Hoque, M., Aziz, Z., Huque, M.A. and Hossain, M.S : Characterizing landforms of part of the Ganges delta through satellite imageries., Bang. Jour. Geol. , vol.21 , pp.57-64 , 2002 .

  5. Hossain, M.S, Monsoor, M.H. and Huque, M.A : Geology and aquifer condition of the area surrounding Meghna-Gumti and Titas Rivers in Comilla District, Bangladesh, Bang. Jour. Sci. Res. , vol.10 , no.1 , pp.71-78 , 1992.

  6. Huque, M.A. and Nazre Sobhan, A. : Trace fossils in environmental interpretation: a case study in the upper Miocene Kaptai shale, Kaptai, Bangladesh, Bang. Jour. Geol. , vol.7 , pp.31-49 , 1988.

Books and Reports

  1. Imam, B. and Huque, M.A. Selected Geoscience Bibliography on Bengal Delta Basin and its Surroundings. Dhaka: Delta Study Centre, University of Dhaka, 2006.

Conference Proceedings

1. Huque, M.A. "On some aspects of internal sedimentary structures of aeolian bedforms." BAAS, pp. 1-2. 1986.

Memberships and Awards

Memberships

  1. Member, Geological Society of Bangladesh.

  2. Member, Bangladesh Association for the Advancement of Science.

Awards

  1. Indian Council for Cultural Relations award to pursue PhD in Applied Geology at the Department of Applied Geology, Indian School of Mines (IIT, Dhanbad), India (1993).