Faculty Profile

Faisal Sobhan

Lecturer

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Department of Oceanography, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801674232796
  • Email: [email protected]

Education

  • MS in Oceanography (2019): Institute of Marine Sciences and Fisheries, Chittagong University
  • BSc in Marine Science (2018): Institute of Marine Sciences and Fisheries, Chittagong University

Research Interests

  • Marine Pollution (Microplastics, NPs, Heavy metal, Ocean acidification)
  • Marine Ecology
  • Hydrography
  • Antibacterial properties of marine organisms

Active Research Project

  • 1. Spatial and temporal distribution of microplastics in tiny Acetes shrimps from the Northeastern coast of the Bay of Bengal

Previous Research Project

  • 1. Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in commercial marine fishes of northeastern Bay of Bengal (Funded by: University Research Center, SUST).

Journal Publications

  • 1. Spatio-temporal analysis of land use and land cover changes in a wetland ecosystem of Bangladesh using a machine-learning approach (2024)
  • 2. The silent threat of plastics along the coastal frontiers of Bangladesh: Are we concerned enough? (2024)
  • 3. Microplastics in the River Ganga and its fishes: Study of a Himalayan River (2023)
  • 4. Seaweeds farming for sustainable development goals and blue economy in Bangladesh (2021)
  • 5. Microplastics in fishes from the Northern Bay of Bengal (2019)

Conference

  • 1. Faisal Sobhan, Subrata Sarker and M. Shahadat Hossain, October 2022. Microplastics on the dining table. ICPS 2022. School of Physical Sciences, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet, Bangladesh (2022)

Teaching

  • Hydrography
  • Estuarine Dynamics
  • Marine Ecology
  • Oceanography of the Bay of Bengal
  • Blue economy and Sustainable development
  • Paleoceanography

Graduate Supervision

  • 1. Current student: 3 (2025)

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