Credentials:
MSc. Fisheries Science, Jagannath University, Bangladesh - 2017
BSc. Zoology, Jagannath University, Bangladesh - 2016
Research/Career Interests:
My research interest is in applying interdisciplinary approaches to tackle marine conservation challenges in a changing world. Through my current and future research, I aim to use quantitative techniques to better understand the bycatch of large marine animals including whales and dolphins in small-scale fisheries and develop bycatch mitigation strategies. I am undertaking qualitative approaches to understand the socio-psychological drivers of human behavior associated with bycatch and instigate behavioral changes to balance species conservation and human needs.
Honors and Awards:
Global Marine Mammal Bycatch fund 2023, MMI Graduate Student Program Award 2022, Our Ocean Scholarship 2022 - Supported by ADB, Christensen Conservation Leaders Scholarship 2020, National Science and Technology (NST) Fellowship 2016 - 2017
Proceedings and Conference Presentations:
Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals 2022, Our Ocean Conference 2022, UN World Oceans Day 2020
Professional Preparation:
Graduate Research Assistant - Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University, 2022 - Present
Christensen Conservation Leadership Graduate Fellow, Oregon State University, 2021 - 2022
MPA Program Coordinator - Wildlife Conservation Society, Bangladesh Program, 2017 - 2021