PhD in Geology

MS in Hydrogeology and Environment

BS (Honors) in Geology

1. Post-Doctoral Fellow at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, USA from 1 Jul 2016 to 31 Dec 2016 under Lamont-Doherty Earth Observetory, Columbia University and Dhaka University Joint Research Project on Groundwtaer Arsenic Contaminaiton.

2. Environmental Fellow at Delaware Environmental Institute, University of Delaware, USA from 1 Sep 2014 to 31 May 2016. The DENIN Environmental Fellows Program supports doctoral students carrying out environmentally relevant research at the University of Delaware. The goal of the program is to help prepare students whose scientific research and interests demonstrate a clear link to societal needs and benefits.

3. Hydrogeologist at Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Bangladesh from 1 Jun 2009 to 31 Jul 2010. Deep aquifer database inventory project with Department of Public Health Engineering. An online database of more than 3000 deep (>150m) borehole logs all over Bangladesh has been created under this project.

4. Research Assistant at Department of Geology, University of Dhaka between 1 Dec 2012 and 30 Jun 2009 under a World Bank funded project titled 'Implications of Climate Change on Fresh Groundwater Resources in Coastal Aquifers in Bangladesh'.

Student Research Supervision

MPhil and PhD

1. Vulnerability Assessment of Groundwater Resource in Cox's Bazar District, Bangladesh due to Influx of Displaced Rohingya Population. Ongoing MPhil research of Md. Al-Amin. The student is being co-supervised by Prof. Kazi Matin Ahmed.

2. Groundwater Resource Potenitality Assessment in Goainghat, Sylhet. Ongoing MPhil research of Mohammad Jahid Alam. The student is being co-supervised by Prof. Kazi Matin Ahmed.

MS

1. Estimation of Groundwater Recharge Potential in Ukhia-Cox's Bazar Region, Bangladesh. MS research conducted by Sumiya Sadeak in 2019.

2. Assessing the aquifer sustainability in Patuakhali-Barguna District for the Development Pyra Port. MS Research completed in 2019 by Asim Roy.

3. Assessment of Groundwater Resource Potential for BEZA in Mirasharai Upazila. MS Research carried out by Majedul Islam Rony in 2018. Jointly supervised with Prof. Kazi matin Ahmed.

4. Groundwater resource evaluation and management in St. Martin Island. MS Research carried out by Md. Al-Amin in 2018. Jointly supervised with Prof. Kazi matin Ahmed.

Funded Projects

1. Establishment of groundwater monitoring programme and creation of groundwater model of the Tipam Sandstone Aquifer, Ukhia, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. This research project was funded by the International Organization for Migration. Project started in June 2019 and completed in February 2020. It is a collaborative research work with Prof. Kazi Matin of Geology Department, Dhaka University and Groundwater Relief, an international consulting agency.

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. Ongoing research project, funded by UNICEF. This research is carried out in collaboration with Prof. Kazi matin, Prof. Bodruddoza Mia, and Md. Jahangir Alam of Geology Department, Dhaka University.

Journal Articles

1. 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 .

2. M.R. Khan, 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 : High‐arsenic groundwater in the southwestern Bengal Basin caused by a lithologically controlled deep flow system, Geophysical Research Letters (impact factor:4.58) , 2019

3. Shamsudduha, M., Joseph, G., Haque, S., Khan, M.R., Zahid, A. and Ahmed K.M. : Multi-hazard Groundwater Risks to Water Supply from Shallow Depths: Challenges to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Bangladesh, Exposure and Health (impact factor:4.532) , pp.1-14 , 2019 .

4. Rahman, M., Khan, M.R., Ahmed, K.M. and Hasan M.A. : Relationship of Physiography and Groundwater Chemistry along an East-West Transect on the Ganges Delta in Southwst Bangladesh, Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences , vol.6&7 , pp.31-40 , 2018 .

5. Rahman, M, Khan, M.R., Ahmed, K.M., Zahid, A. and Siddique M.A.M. : AN ASSESSMENT OF NITRATE CONCENTRATION IN THE GROUNDWATER OF THE CENTRAL COASTAL REGION OF BANGLADESH, The Journal of NOAMI , vol.35 , no.1-2 , pp.107-116 , 2018 .

6. Choudhury R, Nath B, Khan MR, Mahanta C, Ellis T and van Geen A : The Impact of Aquifer Flushing on Groundwater Arsenic Across a 35-km Transect Perpendicular to the Upper Brahmaputra River in Assam, India, Water Resoures Research (impact factor:4.36) , vol.54 , no.10 , 2018 .

7. Khan, M. R., Koneshloo, M., Knappett, P. S. K., Ahmed, K. M., Bostick, B. C., Mailloux, B. J., Mozumder, R.H., Zahid, A., Harvey, C.F., van Geen, A. and Michael H. A. : Mega-city pumping and preferential flow threaten groundwater quality, Nature Communications (impact factor:11.88) , vol.7 , no.12833 , 2016 .

8. Michael, H.A. and Khan M.R. : Impacts of physical and chemical aquifer heterogeneity on basin-scale solute transport: vulnerability of deep groundwater to arsenic contamination in Bangladesh, Advances in Water Resources (impact factor:4.49) , vol.98 , pp.147-158 , 2016 .

9. Michael, H.A., Scott, K.C., Koneshloo, M., Yu, X., Khan, M.R. and Li K. : Geologic influence on groundwater salinity drives large seawater circulation through the continental shelf: Geology drives seawater circulation, Geophysical Research Letters (impact factor:4.339) , vol.43 , no.20 , pp.10,782–10,791 , 2016 .

10. Knappett, P. S. K., Mailloux, B. J., Choudhury, I., Khan, M. R., Michael, H. A., Mondal, D. R. and van Geen A. : Vulnerability of Low-Arsenic Aquifers to Municipal Pumping In Bangladesh, Journal of Hydrology (impact factor:3.727) , vol.539 , pp.674-686 , 2016 .

11. Khan, M.R., Voss, C. I., Yu, W. and Michael H. A. : Water Resources Management in the Ganges Basin: A Comparison of Three Strategies for Conjunctive Use of Groundwater and Surface Water, Water Resources Management (impact factor:3.537) , vol.28 , no.5 , pp.1235–1250 , 2014 .

Books and Reports

1. Yu, W., Voss, C., Michael, H., Ahmed, K., Feinson, L. and Khan M. R. Implications of Climate Change for Fresh Groundwater Resources in Coastal Aquifers in Bangladesh. Washington DC: World Bank, 2010 .

2. M. S. Islam and M. R. Khan Department of Public Health Engineering, Local Government Division, Ministry of LGRD and Co-operatives, Government of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh. Dhaka: Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) and JICA Bangladesh, 2010 .

3. K. Ahmed, K. Hasan, T. Hasan and M. Khan Situation Analysis of Arsenic Mitigation 2009. Dhaka: Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) and JICA Bangladesh, 2010 .

Conference Proceedings

1. Michael, H., Scott, K. C., Koneshloo, M., Khan, M. R. and Katie L. "The Influence of Geologic Heterogeneity on Groundwater Salinity and Aquifer-Ocean Exchange on the Scale of the Continental Shelf." AGU Fall Meeting San Francisco, California: American Geophysical Union, 2015 .

2. van Geen, A., Khan, M., Nath, B., Huhmann, B., Choudhury, I, Chakraborty, M., Harvey, C. and Ahmed, K.M. "Young High-Arsenic Groundwater Confirmed to 250 M Depth Across the India-Bangladesh Border." Goldschmidt Prague, CZ: 2015 .

3. Nath, B., Khan, M. R., Huhmann, B., Chowdhury, I., Mukherjee, A., Ahmed, K.M., Micahel, H.A. and van Geen A. "Groundwater Chemistry of Deep (>300 Feet) High-As Aquifers across the India-Bangladesh Border." GSA Annual Meeting , pp. Vol. 47, No. 7, p.841. Baltimore: Geological Society of America, 2015 .

4. Khan M. R. and Michael H. A. "Vulnerability of Deep Groundwater in the Bengal Basin to Contamination: the Role of Physical and Chemical Aquifer Heterogeneity and Pumping." AGU Fall meeting 2015 San Francisco, CA: American Geophysical Union, 2015 .

5. Khan, M. R., Nath, B., Huhmann, B, Chowdhury, I., Mukherjee, A., Ahmed, M., van Geen, A. and Michael H.A. "Origin of Arsenic Rich, Young Groundwater in Deep Tubewells in the Central Southwestern Bengal Basin." GSA Annual Meeting , pp. Vol. 47, No. 7, p.841. Baltimore, USA: Geological Society of America, 2015 .

6. Khan, M. R., Koneshloo, M., Knappett, P. S. K., Ahmed, K. M., Bostick, B. C., Mailloux, B. J., ... and Michael H. A. "Effect of Aquifer Heterogeneity on the Sustainability of Deep Groundwater Resources in the Bengal Delta near a Mega-City Pumping Center." GSA Annual Meeting Vancouver, Canada: Geological Society of America, 2014 .

7. Knappett, P., Choudhury, I., Barua, S., Mondal, D. R., Steckler, M. S., Ahmed, K.M., Khan, M. R., Michael, H.M. and Mozumder R. H. "Deep Pumping In Dhaka Favors Intrusion of River Water into Rural Drinking Water Aquifers." 125th GSA Anniversary Annual Meeting & Exposition Denver, Colorado: Geological Society of America, 2013 .

8. Khan, M. R., Michael, H. A. and Voss, C. I. "Water Resources Management in the Ganges Basin: A Comparison of Three Strategies for Conjunctive Use of Groundwater and Surface Water." GSA Annual Meeting Charlotte, North Carolina: Geological Society of America, 2012 .

Memberships

1. Member, International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) from 2012 to 2014

2. General Member, Geological Society of America (GSA) from 2012 to 2015

3. General Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU) from 2015 to 2016

Awards

1. Professional Development Award, 2015, University of Delaware, United States

2. Delaware Environmental Institute Fellowship, 2014-2016, University of Delaware, United States

3. University Grant Commission of Bangladesh Merit Award-2009 for Securing 1st position in 2005 BS (Honors) Final Examination in the Faculty of Earth & Environmental Sciences