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Research Areas
45+
Total Projects
20+
Publications
8+
Study Countries
11+
Partner Institutions
Core Disciplines
Our Research Areas
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Coastal &
Marine Science
Marine Science
Study of shoreline dynamics, mangrove ecology, estuarine processes, marine biodiversity, and coastal zone management across the Bay of Bengal and Bangladesh's 710 km coastline.
Projects: 13
Papers: 5
Active: 3
Research Topics
Microplastic distribution in coastal sediments and water column
Mangrove ecology, biomass, and carbon sequestration
Shoreline change detection and coastal erosion/accretion
Estuarine hydrodynamics and salinity intrusion
Marine spatial planning for the Bay of Bengal EEZ
Coastal vulnerability and community-based adaptation
Intertidal and subtidal biodiversity surveys
Environmental
Pollution
Pollution
Assessment of microplastics, heavy metals, industrial effluents, water and soil contamination — including source apportionment, ecological risk indices, and remediation priority mapping.
Projects: 12
Papers: 6
Active: 2
Research Topics
Heavy metal (Pb, Cd, As, Cr, Hg) analysis in water, sediment, and soil
Microplastic characterisation using FTIR and visual sorting
Industrial effluent monitoring and discharge compliance
Ecological risk indices: geo-accumulation, contamination factor, PLI
Agricultural soil contamination near industrial zones
Pollution source apportionment using multivariate statistics
Geospatial &
Remote Sensing
Remote Sensing
Land use mapping, coastal monitoring, environmental change detection, and spatial data analysis using Landsat, Sentinel, and Google Earth Engine — producing policy-relevant maps and publications.
Projects: 10
Papers: 4
Active: 2
Research Topics
Multi-temporal LULC change analysis using supervised classification
Mangrove and vegetation mapping using NDVI, EVI, and SAR
Shoreline change detection using DSAS and multi-date imagery
Marine spatial planning and ocean zoning using GIS
Flood inundation mapping using Sentinel-1 SAR
Urban growth and impervious surface analysis
Ground-truth validation and accuracy assessment
Climate Change
& Adaptation
& Adaptation
Flood vulnerability modelling, sea-level rise impacts, coastal erosion dynamics, and community resilience strategies in climate-exposed regions of southern Bangladesh and beyond.
Projects: 6
Papers: 3
Active: 1
Research Topics
Coastal flood vulnerability index development at union level
Sea-level rise scenarios and inundation modelling for Bangladesh coast
Climate-driven shoreline change and coastal erosion risk
Community-based climate adaptation strategies
Machine learning for disaster risk prediction
Blue carbon and mangrove contribution to climate mitigation
Aquatic
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Plankton community ecology, fish biodiversity, benthic macroinvertebrate surveys, and biodiversity indices across freshwater, estuarine, and marine ecosystems of Bangladesh.
Projects: 8
Papers: 4
Active: 2
Research Topics
Phytoplankton and zooplankton community composition and diversity
Seasonal plankton dynamics and trophic relationships
Benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages as bioindicators
Fish species diversity and abundance in riverine systems
Biodiversity indices: Shannon, Margalef, Simpson, Pielou
eDNA sampling for species detection and biodiversity assessment
AI &
Computational Research
Computational Research
Machine learning models, deep learning for environmental image analysis, NLP for research data, and AI-assisted pattern recognition applied to complex environmental and social science datasets.
Projects: 5
Papers: 2
Active: 1
Research Topics
ML models for environmental vulnerability prediction (flood, drought, contamination)
CNN-based satellite image classification for land cover mapping
Random Forest and XGBoost for multi-variable environmental prediction
NLP for automated literature review and research synthesis
AI-assisted microplastic image classification from microscope photos
Time-series forecasting for environmental monitoring data
Research Portfolio at a Glance
Projects by area · Active and completed combined
Coastal & Marine Science
13 projects
Environmental Pollution
12 projects
Geospatial & Remote Sensing
10 projects
Aquatic Biodiversity
8 projects
Climate Change & Adaptation
6 projects
AI & Computational Research
5 projects
How Our Areas Connect
Interdisciplinary Research Strengths
Our six research areas are not isolated — they intersect and strengthen each other, enabling integrated approaches to complex environmental and social challenges.
Remote Sensing + Pollution
Combining satellite imagery with ground-truth pollution data to map contamination spread and risk across large study areas.
GISPollution
AI + Coastal Risk
Machine learning models trained on coastal data to predict flood vulnerability, erosion risk, and climate change impacts at fine spatial scales.
AIClimateCoastal
Biodiversity + Water Quality
Using biological indicators (plankton, benthos) to assess ecological health, validated against physicochemical water quality parameters.
BiodiversityPollution
Coastal Science + GIS
Integrating field ecological data with satellite mapping to produce spatially explicit conservation and management recommendations.
CoastalGIS
Climate + Biodiversity
Assessing how climate change alters plankton community structure, fish distribution, and ecosystem productivity across seasons and years.
ClimateBiodiversity
AI + Lab Analysis
Applying computer vision and deep learning to automate microplastic classification, plankton identification, and microscope image analysis.
AIPollutionBiodiversity
Expertise That Matches
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