Faculty Profile

Dr. Mohammad Redowan

Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Department of Forestry & Environmental Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801818465634
  • Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Biography

Dr. Mohammad Redowan is a faculty member in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Science (FES) at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet, Bangladesh. With 20 years of teaching and research experience in forestry, he specializes in geoinformation science and earth observation, focusing on spatial analysis and distributed modelling. He holds a PhD from The University of Queensland, Australia, and has a good publication record on applying remote sensing and GIS technologies to forestry and environmental issues. His work advances the understanding of climate-resilient ecosystems and supports information-based forest management and conservation. He is also committed to mentoring students and fostering interdisciplinary collaborations for sustainable environmental solutions.

Education

  • Post-Doc in Spatial Analysis (2020-2023), Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, QLD 4701, Australia (https://staff-profiles.cqu.edu.au/home/view/25183)
  • PhD in Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis (2013-2018), School of Earth and Environmental Science, The University of Queensland, Australia (https://sees.uq.edu.au/profile/4602/mohammad-redowan)
  • MSc in Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation for Environmental Modelling and Management (GEM) (2008-2010), University of Southampton, England; Lund University, Sweden; University of Warsaw, Poland; and ITC, University of Twente, The Netherlands
  • MSc in Forestry (2005), Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences (IFES), University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
  • BSc (Hons) in Forestry (2004), Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences (IFES), University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
  • Dip/Cert. in Computer Application, Networking and Hardware (2004), TTC, Chittagong, Bangladesh
  • Dip/Cert. in Arabic Language (2023), Sibawayh Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Dip/Cert. in German Language (2004), University of Chittagong, Bangladesh

Research Interests

  • Broadly: applying remote sensing (RS) and GIS technologies to address various forestry and environmental issues;
  • In particular: satellite image processing using RSGIS software including ArcGIS, Erdas Imagine, eCognition, Bilko, Global Mapper, MapInfo, DIVA-GIS, Geomatica, ENVI, LCM and TerrSet-IDRISI;
  • spatial analysis;
  • REDD+ activity data (AD) preparation and emission factor (EF) estimation;
  • REDD+ project design;
  • species distribution modelling;
  • distributed environmental modelling;
  • forest and landuse change analysis, deforestation and forest degradation analysis;
  • forest sampling and inventory planning;
  • forest spatial planning;
  • forest biomass and carbon estimation;
  • biophysical remote sensing;

Previous Research Project

  • 1. Principal investigator (PI) of a two-year duration research project entitled ‘Mapping and predictive modelling of invasive weed Sungrass (Imperata cylindrica) infestation in the protected areas of Habiganj district and identifying areas at risk’, funded by the Research Centre of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet during 2021-2023.
  • 2. Principal investigator (PI) of one-year duration research project entitled 'Industrial urbanization and forest degradation at Bhawal national park Gazipur: an analysis using remote sensing and geospatial techniques', funded by the The University Grants Commission of Bangladesh during 2019-2020
  • 3. Principal investigator (PI) of one-year duration research project entitled 'Analysis of forest fragmentation and its impact on species diversity using remote sensing and GIS techniques', funded by the Research Center of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology during 2018-2019
  • 4. Principal investigator (PI) of one-year duration research project entitled ‘Comparative assessment of remote sensing forest canopy gaps using hemispherical photography and canopidigi methods’, funded by the Research Center of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology during 2012-2013
  • 5. Principal investigator (PI) of the one-year duration research project entitled ‘Estimation of above ground biomass using satellite data’, funded by the Research Center of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology during 2010-2011

External Affiliations

  • Casual International Tutor (2016), The University of Queensland, Australia
  • Guest Lecturer (2005-2008), Forestry Science and Technology Institute, Sylhet
  • Assistant News Editor and Transliterator (2004), The Weekly Shams (published from Chittagong, Bangladesh)
  • Activist, Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (Bangladesh Environment Movement)-BAPA
  • Life Member, Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS), an international humanitarian aid organization
  • Consultant, Neaji Tree Plantation, Habigonj, Bangladesh
  • Adviser, USHA- University Students' Association of Habigonj at SUST
  • Member, Erasmus Mundus Students’ Association Worldwide
  • Adviser, Khowi Bondon, a students’ association of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
  • Adviser, Theater SUST, a theater organization
  • Fellow, Australia Wide FIrst Aid, providing basic training on CPR, First Aid and emergency life support
  • Senior Vice-president and Founder, Jalalabad Students' Association (JSA), Chittagong University, 2005
  • Parliament Election Observer, under Fair Election Monitoring Alliance (FEMA), Bangladesh
  • Member, International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
  • Member, World Association of Young Scientists
  • General Member, Institution of Foresters Bangladesh (IFB), a collaborative platform of forestry professionals in Bangladesh
  • Member, Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences (IFESCU) Alumni Association (IAA)
  • Member, Foresters’ BD, a online network of Bangladeshi foresters
  • Reviewer, Trees, Forests and People (Elsevier)
  • Reviewer, Journal of Forestry and Environmental Science
  • Reviewer, Journal of Remote Sensing and GIS
  • Reviewer, The International Forestry Review- (Commonwealth Forestry Association)
  • Reviewer, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, SPIE
  • Editorial Board Member, Current Environment, an open-access journal
  • Editorial Board Member, Plants and Ecosystems, an open-access journal
  • Trainer, blended teaching and learning approaches, in the higher educational institutions
  • Life Member, Chittagong University Alumni Association (CU-Alumni)
  • Ex Dean, School of Agriculture and Mineral Sciences, SUST
  • Editorial Board Member, SUST Journal of Science and Technology (SUST JST), a bi-annual, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal published by Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST)
  • Country travelled: England, Sweden, Netherlands, Poland, Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Australia, Singapore, Malayasia, Thailand, and Vietnam

Journal Publications

  • 1. Abir, K. A. M., Dey, B., Redowan, M., Ahmed, R. 2025. Predicting suitable habitats for Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) in Tropical Asia under climatic scenarios. Geography and Sustainability. ScienceDirect Elsevier (2025)
  • 2. Parvej, M., Masum, K. M., Fahim, M. S. I., Redowan, M. 2024. Three Decades of River Bank Erosion and Accretion Appraisal Along Bank Line Shifting Trend in A Transboundary River, Teesta Floodplain of Bangladesh. Geoplanning: Journal of Geomatics and Planning, 11 (1), 1-16. DOI: 10.14710/geoplanning.11.1.1-16 (2024)
  • 3. Dey, B., Abir, K. A. M., Ahmed, R., Salam, M. A., Redowan, M., Miah, M. D., and Iqbal, M. A. 2023. Monitoring groundwater potential dynamics of north-eastern Bengal Basin in Bangladesh using AHP-Machine learning approaches. Ecological Indicators, 154: 110886. Elsevier. (2023)
  • 4. Redowan, M., Phinn, S., Roelfsema, C., and Aziz, A. A. 2022. Modeling forest cover dynamics in Bangladesh using multilayer perceptron neural network with Markov chain. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 16(3), 034502. SPIE (2022)
  • 5. Mahmud, S., Redowan, M., Ahmed, R., Khan, A. A., & Rahman, M. M. 2022. Phenology-based classification of Sentinel-2 data to detect coastal mangroves, Geocarto International (Taylor & Francis), DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2022.2087754 (2022)
  • 6. Redowan, M., Phinn, S., Roelfsema, C., and Aziz, A. A. 2021. Satellite estimation of emission factors and emissions of biomass-carbon due to deforestation and forest degradation in Bangladesh for a REDD+ program. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 15(1), 014510-28 (2021)
  • 7. Redowan, M., Phinn, S., Roelfsema, C., and Aziz, A. A. 2020. CLASlite unmixing of Landsat images to estimate REDD+ activity data for deforestation in a Bangladesh forest. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 14(2): 0245051-19. (2020)
  • 8. Redowan, M. 2019. Mapping forest dynamics in Bangladesh from satellite images: implications for the global REDD+ program. PhD Thesis, elibrary - The University of Queensland, Australia. (2019)
  • 9. Redowan, M., Phinn, S., Roelfsema, C., and Abdul-Aziz, A. 2019. REDD+ project design study for quantifying activity data for historic forest degradation in a Bangladesh forest using Landsat data. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 13(4): 0465181-26 (2019)
  • 10. Redowan, M., Akter, R., Islam, M., Masum, K.M., and Chowdhury, M.S.H. 2015. Estimating growing stock volume in a Bangladesh forest site using Landsat TM and field-measured data. International Journal of Geomatics and Geosciences, 6 (2): 1607-1619. (2015)
  • 11. Redowan, M. 2015. Spatial pattern of tree diversity and evenness across forest types in Majella National Park, Italy. Forest Ecosystems, 2: 24. A SpringerOpen journal (2015)
  • 12. Chowdhury M. S. H., Gudmundsson C., Izumiyama S., Koike M., Rana M. P., Mukul S. A., Muhammed N., and Redowan M. 2014. Community attitudes toward forest conservation programs through collaborative protected area management in Bangladesh. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 16: 1235-1252. Springer. (2014)
  • 13. Kanon A. H., Marine S. S., Raihan F., Redowan M., and Miah M. D. 2014. Textile Effluents Changes Physiochemical Parameters of Water and Soil: Threat for Agriculture. African Journal of Agronomy, 2(10): 219-223. (2014)
  • 14. Riadh S. M., and Redowan M. 2014. Effect of slope on estimating tree biomass using satellite data in Belasitsa Mountain Forest, Bulgaria. Journal of Remote Sensing and GIS, 5(3): 17-29 (2014)
  • 15. Redowan M., Akter S., and Islam M. 2014. Analysis of forest cover change at Khadimnagar National Park, Sylhet, Bangladesh, using Landsat TM and GIS data. Journal of Forestry Research, 25 (2): 393-400. Springer (2014)
  • 16. Masum K. M., Mamum A. A., Rahman Z. M. M., Rahman M. M., Newaz M. S., and Redowan M. 2013. Ecotourism Carrying Capacity and the Potentiality of the Safari Park of Bangladesh. Journal of Forest Science, 29 (4): 292-299. (2013)
  • 17. Redowan M., Kanan A. H., Kamal M. M., and Miah M. D. 2013. An assessment of the potential of ecotourism in Sylhet forest division, Bangladesh from visitors’ profile study. International Journal of Forest Usufructs Management. 14 (1): 59-74. (2013)
  • 18. Redowan M., and Kanon, A. H. 2013. A study on maximization of land use with associated crops other than tea and management. International Journal of Ecology & Development (IJED), 25 (2): 57-70. (2013)
  • 19. Redowan M. and Riadh, S. M. 2013. Effect of image band number and band multicollinearity on mapping accuracy of tree diversity and evenness. Journal of remote sensing & GIS, 4 (2): 2230-7990. STM Journal. (2013)
  • 20. Redowan M. 2013. Tree diversity detection with mid-resolution images and environmental data in a neural network. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 41 (3): 567-576. Springer. (2013)
  • 21. Miah M. D., Chowdhury H., and Redowan M. 2012. Role of income and literacy on the environmental degradation at the rural household of Lohagara Upazila, Chittagong, Bangladesh. The Chittagong University Journal of Science, 35:143-158. (2012)
  • 22. Redowan M., and Kanan, A H. 2012. Potentials and limitations of NDVI and other Vegetation Indices (VIs) for monitoring vegetation parameters from remotely sensed data. Bangladesh Research Publications Journal, 7 (3): 291-299. (2012)
  • 23. Redowan, M. 2010. Woody species diversity using remote sensing and environmental data with a neural network. MSc Thesis - published by Faculty ITC, University of Twente, The Netherlands. (2010)
  • 24. Ahmed R., Redowan M., Uddin, M. S., and Hossain, M. K. 2007. Eucalyptus as agroforestry component in the homestead and agricultural field of Sitakunda, Bangladesh. International Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Technology, 3(3): 46-51. (2007)
  • 25. Ahmed R., Redowan M., Uddin M. S., and Hossain, M. K. 2007. A pot experiment to evaluate the allelopathic potential of leaf extracts of Eucalyptus camaldulensis on five common agricultural crops. Journal of Subtropical Agricultural Research and Development, 5(3): 280-285. (2007)

Teaching

  • Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (RSGIS)
  • Remote Sensing and GIS in Natural Resource Management
  • Advanced Research Methodology
  • Geology and Soil Science

Awards & Recognition

  • Dr. A. B Temu Award 2002 (Money and Certificate), University of Chittagong, for securing highest marks in 'Aerial Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing'
  • Travel and living allowance award 2007 from VC, SUST, to attend the month-long ‘Advanced Certificate Course in Geographic Information System (GIS) held at Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh
  • Chittagong University Merit Scholarship (Science Faculty) in 2004
  • Habiganj Zilla Parishad (District Council) Government Merit Scholarship in 1997 and 1999
  • European Commission's/Union's Erasmus Mundus Scholarship in 2008
  • The Dutch government ‘Netherlands Fellowship Program (NFP)’ in 2008 under Nuffic- the Dutch organization for internationalization of education
  • The Australian Government 'International Post-graduate Research Scholarship- IPRS' in 2014
  • The University of Queensland (UQ) Centennial Scholarship (UQCent) in 2014

Graduate Supervision

  • 1. BSc Research Projects
  • 2. MSc Projects/Theses

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