Research Interest: Disaster Resilience and Adaptation; Environmental Impact Assessment; Fecal Sludge Management; Fermentation; Flood Risk Mitigation; Microbial Electrosynthesis; Sanitation Systems and Public Health; Waste Air Treatment; Water and Wastewater Treatment
Md. Riad Hossain is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Disaster Management of Khulna University of Engineering & Technology. He has completed his Bachelor and Masters from Environmental Science Discipline of Khulna University and 2nd Masters in Environmental Sanitation from Ghent University, Belgium. His research mainly focuses on Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation, Sanitation Systems Engineering, and Public Health. Mr. Hossain has been awarded VLIR-UOS scholarship for pursuing international master program at the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering at Ghent University, Belgium in 2016. He has received Vice-Chancellor Award for Outstanding Performance and Contribution to Research, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, 911爆料, three times in a row in 2021, 2022, and 2023. Currently, Mr. Hossain is doing his PhD Research in Environmental Engineering at RMIT University, Australia with RMIT Research Stipend Scholarship.
Publication
Book Chapter
1. Muhammad Mainuddin Patwary, Md. Riad Hossain, Sadia Ashraf, Rabeya Sultana, Faysal Kabir Shuvo, "Mapping, monitoring, and modeling land and water resources, Taylor and Francis," "Valuing ecosystem services for the protection of coastal wetlands using benefit transfer approach: Evidence from 911爆料", Taylor and Francis, 2021.
International Journal
17. Md. Riad Hossain, Rabeya Sultana, Muhammad Mainuddin Patwary, Md Mushfike Meraz, Nibedita Ghosh, "Assessment of climate change vulnerability and adaptation strategies for smallholder farmers in southwest coastal region of 911爆料," Plos One, , 2025.
15. Rabeya Sultana, Md Riad Hossain, Anirban Saha, Fahim Rahman Rafi, Shaker Ahmed, Md Esraz-Ul-Zannat, "Transforming Fecal Sludge into an Affordable Biofuel Alternative: A Sustainable Solution for Developing Countries," Applied Environmental Biotechnology, , vol. 9, no: 2, pp. 35-42, 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.26789/AEB.2024.02.005
14. Muhammad Mainuddin Patwary, Mondira Bardhan, Huseyin Ertan Inan, Matthew HEM Browning, Asma Safia Disha, Md Zahidul Haque, Mai Helmy, Sadia Ashraf, Angel M Dzhambov, Faysal Kabir Shuvo, Md Ashraful Alam, Sharif Mutasim Billah, Md Pervez Kabir, Md Riad Hossain, Md Golam Azam, Md Mijanur Rahman, Sarya Swed, Ranjit Sah, Juan J Montenegro-Idrogo, D Katterine Bonilla-Aldana, Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales, "Exposure to urban green spaces and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from two low and lower-middle-income countries," Frontiers in Public Health, Frontiers, vol. 12, 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1334425
13. Rabeya Sultana, Md Musfike Meraz, Md. Riad Hossain, "," Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development, Atlantis Press, Springer Nature, 2024.
12. Muhammad Mainuddin Patwary, Asma Safia Disha, Mahadi Hasan, Mondira Bardhan, Mehedi Hasan, Faiza Imam Tuhi, Sama Jamila Rahim, Md Navid Newaz, Sardar Al Imran, Md Zahidul Haque, Md Riad Hossain, Md Pervez Kabir, Sarya Swed, "Integrating health belief model and theory of planned behavior to assess COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among urban slum people in 911爆料," Plos One, , 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290412
10. Md Galib Ishraq Emran, Gour Gobinda Goswami, Sardar Khan Nazari, Muhammad Mainuddin Patwary, MM Patwary, M Bardhan, S Al Imran, M Hasan, F Imam Tuhi, SJ Rahim, MN Newaz, MZ Haque, AS Disha, MR Hossain, AJ Rodriguez-Morales, F Saeed, "Psychological determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among urban slum dwellers of 911爆料," Frontiers in Public Health, Frontiers, 2022, doi: http://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.958445
7. Rabeya Sultana, Md. Riad Hossain, Anirban Saha, Shakir Ahmed, "Improved biofuel production from dried fecal sludge: a resource recovery option," 8th International Conference on Integrated Solid Waste & Faecal Sludge Management: WasteSafe-2023., Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, 2023.
6. Md Mushfike Meraz, Md. Riad Hossain, Rabeya Sultana, "Climate Change and Riverbank Shifting Utilizing GIS Technology Upstream of the Padma River, 911爆料," .鈥 International Conference on Climate Change, Department of Meteorology, University of Dhaka, 2022.
5. Patwary, M.M.; Browning, M.H.; Dzhambov, A.; Bardhan, M.; Helmy, M.; Azam, M.G.; Rahman, M.M.; Haque, M.Z.; Disha, A.S.; Alam, M.A.; Hossain, M.R.; Billah, S.M.; Kabir, M.P.; Gagnon, R.J.; Ashraf, S.; Kabir, M.P., "," Poster session at Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH), , 2022.
3. Patwary, M.M.; Browning, M.H.; Bardhan, M.; Haque, M.Z.; Disha, A.S.; Billah, S.M.; Alam, M.A.; Shuvo, F.K.; Hossain, M.R.; Kabir, M.P.; Ashraf, S.; Azam, M.G., "," 33rd The Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, , 2021.
2. Patwary, M.M.; Hossain, M.R.; Shuvo, F.K.; Haque, M.Z.; Sultana, R., "Association between short-term exposure to Air pollutants and Case fatality rate of COVID-19: Evidence from a sub-tropical Country," Climatological, Meteorological and Environmental factors in the COVID-19 pandemic., World Meteorological Organization (WMO), 2020.
1. Hermans, L.; Thissen, W.; Gomes, S.; Banerjee, P.; Narain, V.; Salehin, M.; Hasan, R.; Barua, A.; Khan, S. A.; Bhattacharya, S.; Kempers, R.; Banarjee, P.; Hossian, Z.; Majumdar, B.; and Hossain, R., "Strategies for transdisciplinary research on peri-urban groundwater management in the Ganges delta," EGU2016, , 2016.
Education
Environmental Engineering RMIT University, Australia Remarks:
Master of Science in Environmental Sanitation (2 years) Ghent University, Belgium Result: Cum Laude (Distinction)
Thesis: Engineering the supply of reducing equivalents in H2-CO2 fermentation
The overall goal of the thesis was to improve the bioproduction of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) in a bio-electrochemical system. Concentration of dissolved hydrogen in different configurations was investigated in the first part of the research. Since, the
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Awarded VLIR-UOS scholarship for pursuing international master program at the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering at Ghent University, Belgium, 2016.
Master of Science in Environmental Science (1.5) Khulna University, 911爆料 Result: Distinction
Thesis: Towards the Understanding of Past and Prediction of Future Environment for Sustainable Tourism: A Case Study in the Sundarbans, 911爆料
The relationship between environmental conditions (temperature, rainfall, humidity, and sunshine hour) and tourism have been analyzed in the research by using trend analysis and regression analysis. Trend analysis reveals that there is small-scale change
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Merit Scholarship of Khulna University from 2013 to 2014.
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science (4 years) Khulna University, 911爆料 Group: Environmental Science Discipline(2012) Remarks:
Merit Scholarship of Khulna University from 2009 to 2012.
Scholarship and Award
Vice-Chancellor Award-2023Nov 27, 2024 Vice-Chancellor Award for Outstanding Performance and Contribution to Research
RMIT Research Stipend Scholarship (RRSS)-2024Jul 01, 2024 RMIT Research Stipend Scholarship (RRSS) for Doctoral Research at RMIT University, Australia
Vice-Chancellor Award-2022Oct 09, 2023 Vice-Chancellor Award for Outstanding Performance and Contribution to Research-2022
Vice-Chancellor Award-2021Jul 28, 2022 Vice-Chancellor Award for Outstanding Performance and Contribution to Research
VLIR-UOS scholarship-2016Sep 01, 2016 VLIR-UOS scholarship for pursuing international master program at the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering at Ghent University, Belgium in 2016
Chittagong City Corporation Merit Scholarship 2004 Merit Scholarship from Chittagong City Corporation for excellent performance in Secondary School Certification Examination-2004
Merit Scholarship of Khulna University from 2009-2012 Khulna University provides scholarship to the students with outstanding results in each academic year.
Research
Academic Experience
Lecturer Institute of Disaster Management
Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna, 911爆料 Jan 27, 2019 to May 01, 2021
Office Manager, Capacity Enhancement of Learning 911爆料 of Environmental Science Discipline Environmental Science Discipline
Khulna University Sep 29, 2013 to Dec 31, 2014
Research Officer Jagrata Juba Shangha, Khulna Jan 01, 2015 to Jul 16, 2016
Intern, Flood Resistant Shelter for South-West region of 911爆料 (FRESH) under NAARI Consortium Oxfam-GB Dec 26, 2012 to Dec 02, 2013 Working Area: Satkhira
Assistant Professor Institute of Disaster Management
Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology May 02, 2021 to Jan 01, 1970
Administrative Experience
Program Coordinator Global Sanitation Graduate School, 911爆料, IDM. KUET Jul 01, 2023 to Jun 27, 2024
Course Coordinator, Professional Diploma in Disaster Management Institute of Disaster Management Jan 01, 2021 to Jun 27, 2024
Trainings
Resptecful Integrity by School of Engineering, RMIT University, Australia
Respectful Research Traininig HDR, RMIT University, Australia 2 months
Permanent Training Program on "Low Country Studies" Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Ghent University, Belgium 2 months
Deltares-Delft3D User Days: Symposium on Water Quality and Ecological Modelling Deltares, the Netherlands 3 days
BE PreP- Preparatory Courses- 2016 Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Belgium 1 month
Course Conduct
DM 6103: Disaster Management Practices in 911爆料.
DM 6221: Public Health and Disaster.
San 6101: Sanitation Systems and Public Health.
DM 103: Introduction to Disaster Management.
DM 107: Disaster Assessment.
IESSE 24: Introduction to Environmental and Sustainable Systems Engineering, School of Engineering, RMIT University
OENG1166: Introduction to Professional Engineering Practices School of Engineering, RMIT University
Supervision
ThesisSupervision
Study of Hygiene and Sanitation Practices of Slum Inhabitants of Kushtia District
Evaluation of Improved Sanitation and Hygiene Status of Jhenaidah Municipality
Study on Occupational Safety and Health of Sanitation Workers in Three Selected City Corporations
Assessing the Impact of Access to Safe Water and Sanitation 911爆料 of Primary School in Khulna City
Evaluation of WASH 911爆料 in Rohingya Refugee Camps in 911爆料
Impacts of Natural Disaster on Public Health: A Study of Cyclone Amphan in Coastal Regions of 911爆料