Md. Izazul Haq
| Degree Name | Group/Major Subject | Board/Institute | Country | Passing Year |
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| Masters | Physical Geography | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2014 |
| Bachelor | Geography and Environment | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2013 |
| Title | Organization | Location | From Date | To Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teaching Assistant | University College London | London, United Kingdom | Oct 2018 | Aug 2024 |
| PhD Candidate | University College London (UCL) | UK | Sep 2017 | Present |
| Lecturer | University of Dhaka | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Apr 2015 | Aug 2026 |
| Research Fellow | Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Oct 2014 | Jan 2016 |
Research Interest
| Subject | Description | Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator) |
|---|---|---|
| Data Science | Time Series Analysis, Machine Learning, Statistical Modeling, R, Python |
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| Geoinformatics | Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing |
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| Policy Analysis | Science-policy interaction in environment-related policies for ensuring sustainable development | |
| Migration | Climate Migration, Migration and Urbanisation |
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| Hydrology | Water risks under global change | |
| Climate Change | Physical and social aspects of climate change particularly adaptation |
Project/Research Supervision
| Level of Study | Title | Supervisor | Co-Supervisor(s) | Name of Student(s) | Area of Research | Current Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters | Assessing coastal groundwater salinity in Bangladesh using trend analysis, 3D mapping and machine learning | Professor Dr A S M Maksud Kamal | Md Izazul Haq | Md. Walid Hossen Tamim | Groundwater salinisation, trend, climate change, coastal |
2025 |
| Masters | Resilient Critical Infrastructure as an integrator between the Development Goals and Disaster Risk Reduction: A case study of Uttarakhand, India after the Kedarnath Tragedy 2013 | Professor David Alexander, UCL Risk and Disaster Reduction | Md Izazul Haq | Savin Bansal | DRR, Development |
2022 |
| Masters | Investigating the drivers of surface water salinity trends to assess food and water security in coastal Bangladesh | Professor Richard Taylor, UCL Geography | Md Izazul Haq | Katy Baker | Salinity, drivers, coastal, climate change, water and food security |
2021 |
| Research Project Report/Other | Impact of climate change on coastal freshwater resources in the Bengal Basin | Professor Richard Taylor, UCL Geography | Md Izazul Haq | Mumena Choudhury | Surface water salinisation, coastal, climate change |
2023 |
Project/Research Work
| Subject | Project Name | Source of Fund | From Date | To Date | Collaboration |
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| No project/research work is found | |||||
Invited Talk
| SL | Invited Talk |
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| 1 | What drives changes in surface water salinity in coastal Bangladesh? Lunchtime Seminar, 24th April. At UCL Department of Risk and Disaster Reduction in London, UK. (2024). |
| 2 | Risk of salinisation in an Asian Mega-delta under global change: Evidence from the Bengal Basin. IRDR PhD Student Forum 2023. At UCL Department of Risk and Disaster Reduction in London, UK. (2023) |
| 3 | Risk of groundwater in the Bengal Basin due to global change: Evidence from the Bengal Basin. MPhil to PhD Upgrade Talk. 2nd May. At UCL Department of Geography in London, UK. (2019) |
| 4 | Risk to Groundwater due to Global Change in the Bengal Basin: A Review. International Conference on Capacity Building on Research and Innovation in Disaster Resilience, 14th – 18th January. At University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. (2019) |
| 5 | The Curious Case of Climate Change and Coastal Migration in Bangladesh. Lunchtime Seminar, 15th November. At UCL Department of Risk and Disaster Reduction in London, UK. (2017) |
| 6 | Understanding the Factors of Coastal Population Dynamics in Bangladesh: A Socio- environmental Nexus. UCL-Lancet Commission Simulation Session on Responding to Forced Migration. 30th November. At UCL Department of Risk and Disaster Reduction in London, UK. (2017) |
| SL | Collaboration & Membership Name | Type | Membership Year | Expire Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) | Memebr | 2019 | 2020 |
| 2 | Aamerican Geophysical Union (AGU) | Memeber | 2018 | 2019 |
| Book | |
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| 1 |
A. S. M. Maksud Kamal, S. M. Kamrul Hassan, Abrar Hossain, Md. Selim, Nushrat Tashmin, Md. Izazul Haq and Md. Shahidul Islam
Trends of Disaster Related Public Fund Allocation in Bangladesh: An analysis of ADPs during 6th Five Year Plan Period (FY 2011- FY 2015).
Dhaka: Planning Commission, 2017 .
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| 2 |
Gavin Jones, A. Q. M. Mahbub, and Md Izazul Haq
Urbanization and Migration in Bangladesh.
Dhaka: UNFPA, 2016 .
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| 3 |
Md Izazul Haq, Meer Ahmed Tariqul Omar, Qazi Aniqua Zahra, Israt Jahan Shashi and Mohammad Rezaur Rahman
Evaluations of Adaptation Policies in GBM Delta of Bangladesh.
Dhaka: DECCMA Project, 2015 .
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| Book Section | |
| 1 |
Barkat-e-Khuda, Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir, Md. Rabiul Haque, A. Q. M. Mahbub and Md Izazul Haq "Socioeconomic Development and the Demographic Transition."
The Impact of Demographic Transition on Socio-economic Development of Bangladesh: Future Prospects and Implications for Public Policy. Geoffrey Hayes and Gavin Jones Dhaka: UNFPA, 2015 49-95 .
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| Journal Article | |
| 1 |
Bayes Ahmed, Md Izazul Haq and Roquia Salam (in press) : In search of climate migrants: a journey from crisis to opportunity,
Climate and Development (impact factor:4) Taylor and Francis , 2026
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| 2 |
Rahman, Ahmed Z., Shamsudduha, M., Haq, M.I., Hanif, Md, Islam, Md Sanaul, Islam, Syed S, Biswas, Amarendranath and Taylor, Richard G. : Soil and river water salinity dynamics in coastal Bangladesh,
Nature Scientific Reports (impact factor:4.3) Nature Portfolio , 2025
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| 3 |
Md Izazul Haq, Mohammad Shamsudduha, Anwar Zahid, Kazi Matin Ahmed, A. S. M. Maksud Kamal and Richard G. Taylor : What drives changes in surface water salinity in coastal Bangladesh?,
Frontiers in Water (Sec. Water and Climate) (impact factor:3.7) , vol.6 Frontiers Media SA , pp.1-19 , 2024
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| 4 |
Mohammad Shamsudduha, Richard G. Taylor, Md Izazul Haq, Sara Nowreen, Anwar Zahid and Kazi Matin Uddin Ahmed : The Bengal Water Machine: Quantified freshwater capture in Bangladesh,
Science (impact factor:63.71) , vol.377 American Association for the Advancement of Science , pp.1315-1319 , 2022
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| Conference Proceedings | |
| 1 |
Md Izazul Haq, Richard G. Taylor and Mohammad Shamsudduha "Risk to Groundwater due to Global Change in the Bengal Basin: A Review."
International Conference on Capacity Building on Research and Innovation in Disaster Resilience
, pp. 151-152. Colombo: ASCENT Project, 2018
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| Award Type | Title | Year | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International | Commonwealth Scholarship | 2017 | United Kingdom | Doctoral Scholarship tenable at UCL Department of Geography |
| National | Dhaka University Merit Scholarship | 2013 | Bangladesh | Based on academic results |