Faculty Profile

Dr. Mahmuda Islam

Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Professor Institute of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801712172658
  • Email: mahmuda-fes@sust.edu, mahmudafor@yahoo.com

Biography

I am a denroclimatologist. My main research goal is to understand the underlying causes of forest tree growth and the wood anatomy of the tree species in relation to climate and extreme climatic events (drought, flood) and provide solutions that help mitigate the effects of climate change on forests. To fulfill this purpose, I use and combine different disciplines and techniques such as dendrochronology, and wood anatomy, isotopes with a geographical perspective. I am interested in how tree-rings wood anatomy can be used to improve forest management actions.

Education

  • Postdoc at the School of Biological Sciences of the Washington State University, USA.
  • PhD in Natural Science, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
  • MSc in Forestry, Dept. of Forestry and Env. Science, SUST, Sylhet, Bangladesh
  • BSc in Forestry, Dept. of Forestry and Env. Science, SUST, Sylhet, Bangladesh

Research Interests

  • Dendrochronology, Wood anatomical time series, Hydraulic conductivity, Extreme climatic events analysis, Drought analysis, Tree-ring study

Active Research Project

  • 2023-2024: The net impact of rising CO2 versus rising vapor pressure deficit on tree mortality, funded by National Science Foundation (NSF), USA.
  • 2022-2023: “Conservation of the critically endangered forest tree species: Investigating early establishment failure by retrospective dendroecological analysis in a climate change context” under the Sustainable forests and livelihoods Innovation Grant (SIG) of the Bangladesh Forest Department (BFD).
  • 2020-2023: CResTBAN: Climate smart trees for Bangladesh. Funded by BANBEIS, Ministry of Education, Bangladesh.
  • 2021-2022: Hydraulic traits variation along the height gradient of three functionally different tree species in Bangladesh. Funded by SUST Research Center, SUST, Bangladesh.

Journal Publish

  • 1. 2022....Rahman AAS, Rahman M, Shimanto MH, Kibria MG, Islam M (2022) Stomatal size and density trade-off varies with leaf phenology and species shade tolerance in a South Asian moist tropical forest. Functional Plant Biology. 49(3) 307-318. (Impact Factor: 2.81)
  • 2. 2022....Zuidema PA, ….. Islam M,….et al. (2022) Tropical tree growth driven by dry-season climate variability. Nature Geoscience. 15: 269-276. (Impact Factor: 21.53).
  • 3. 2021...Rahman M, Billah M, Rahman MO, Datta D, Ahsanuzzaman M, Islam M (2021) Disentangling the role of competition, light interception, and functional traits in tree growth rate variation in South Asian tropical moist forests. Forest Ecology and Management (Impact Factor: 4.38).
  • 4. 2021....Rahman M, Islam M, Masood M, Gebrekirstos A, Bräuning A (2021) Flood signals in tree-ring δ18O and wood anatomical parameters in Lagerstoremia speciosa: Implications for developing flood management strategies in Bangladesh. Science of the Total Environment. (Impact Factor: 10.75)
  • 5. 2020......Rahman M, Islam M, Gebrekirstos A, Bräuning A (2020) Disentangling the effects of atmospheric CO2 and climate on intrinsic water-use efficiency in South Asian tropical moist forest trees. Tree Physiology. 40: 904-916. (Impact Factor: 4.56)
  • 6. 2020....Rahman M, Islam M, Shimanto MH, Ferdous J, Rahman AAS, Sagor PS, Chowdhury T (2020) A global analysis on the effect of temperature, socio‑economic and environmental factors on the spread and mortality rate of the COVID‑19 pandemic. Environment, Development and Sustainability (Impact Factor: 3.21)
  • 7. 2020....Islam M, Rahman M, Gebrekirstos A, Bräuning A (2020) Tree-ring δ18O climate signals vary among tree functional types in South Asian tropical moist forests. Science of the Total Environment. 143939. (Impact Factor: 10.75)
  • 8. 2019..... Rahman M, Islam M, Gebrekirstos A, Bräuning A (2019) Trends in tree growth and intrinsic water use efficiency in the topics under elevated CO2 and climate change. Trees: Structure and Function. 33: 623-640. (Impact Factor: 2.89)
  • 9. 2019....Rahman M, Islam M, Bräuning A (2019) Species-specific growth resilience to drought in a mixed semi-deciduous tropical moist forest in South Asia. Forest Ecology and Management, 433: 487–496. (Impact Factor: 4.38)
  • 10. 2019....Islam M, Rahman M & Bräuning A (2019) Long-term wood anatomical time series of two ecologically contrasting tropical tree species reveal differential hydraulic adjustment to climatic stress. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 265: 412-423. (Impact Factor: 6.42)
  • 11. 2019....Islam M, Rahman M & Bräuning A (2019) Impact of extreme drought on tree-ring width and vessel anatomical features of Chukrasia tabularis. Dendrochronologia, 63: 63-72. (Impact Factor: 3.07)
  • 12. 2018....Rahman M, Islam M, Wernicke J, Bräuning A (2018) Changes in Sensitivity of Tree-Ring Widths to Climate in a Tropical Moist Forest Tree in Bangladesh. Forests, 9(12), 761. (Impact Factor: 3.28)
  • 13. 2018....Islam M, Rahman M & Bräuning A (2018) Long-term hydraulic adjustment of three tropical moist forest tree species to changing climate. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9: 1761. (Impact Factor: 6.62)
  • 14. 2018....Rahman M, Islam M & Bräuning A (2018) Tree radial growth is projected to decline in South Asian moist forest trees under climate change. Global and Planetary Change, 170: 106-119. (IF: 4.96)
  • 15. 2018....Islam M, Rahman M & Bräuning A (2018) Xylem anatomical responses of diffuse porous Chukrasia tabularis to climate in a South Asian moist tropical forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 412: 9-20. (Impact Factor: 4.38)
  • 16. 2018....Islam M, Rahman M & Bräuning A (2018) Growth-ring boundary anatomy and dendrochronologiccal potential in a moist tropical forests in Northeastern Bangladesh. Tree-Ring Research, 74(1): 76-93. (Impact Factor: 1.63)
  • 17. 2017....Rahman M, Islam M & Bräuning A (2017) Local and regional climatic signals in tree-rings of Chukrasia tabularis in Bangladesh. Dendrochronologia, 45: 1-11. (Impact Factor: 3.07)
  • 18. 2017....Rahman M, Islam M, Islam R, Sobuj NA (2017) Towards sustainability of tropical forests: Implications for enhanced carbon stock and climate change mitigation. Journal of Forest and Environmental Science, 33(4): 281-294.
  • 19. 2017....Islam M, Dey G, Rahman M (2017), Forest fragmentation reduced carbon storage in a moist tropical forest in Bangladesh: Implications for policy development. Land Use Policy, 65: 15-25. (Impact Factor: 6.19)
  • 20. 2017....Rahman M, Islam R, Islam, M (2017) Long-term growth decline in Toona ciliata in a moist tropical forest in Bangladesh: Impact of global warming. Acta Oecologica. 80: 8-17. (Impact Factor: 1.93)
  • 21. 2016....Islam M, Salim SH, Kaosar MH & Rahman M (2016) The effect of soil moisture content and forest canopy openness on the regeneration of Garjan Dipterocarpus turbinatus C.F. Gaertn. (Dipterocarpaceae) in a protected forest area of Bangladesh. Tropical Ecology. 57(3): 455-464. (Impact Factor: 1.33)
  • 22. 2015....Rahman M, Nath NM, Sarker S, Adnan M & Islam M (2015) Management and economic aspects of growing Aquilaria agallocha Roxb. in Bangladesh. Small- Scale Forestry. 14(4): 459-478. (Impact Factor: 1.33)
  • 23. 2014....Islam M, Dey A & Rahman M (2014) Effect of tree diversity on soil organic carbon content in the homegarden agroforestry system of North-Eastern Bangladesh. Small Scale Forestry. 14(1): 91–101. (Impact Factor: 1.33)
  • 24. 2011....Islam M, Saha N and Rahman M (2011) Economic activities decrease biodiversity in Hakaluki haor, the largest inland fresh-water ecosystem in Bangladesh. International Journal of Environmental Sciences. 2(2): 946-956.
  • 25. 2010....Rahman M, Das NC, Saha N and Islam M (2010) Nature, profitability and sustainability of murta (Schumannianthus dichotoma (Sal.) Willd.) based small-scale enterprises in north eastern Bangladesh. Small-Scale Forestry. 9 (3): 369–378. (Impact Factor-1.33)
  • 26. 2009....Rahman M, Rahman MM and Islam M (2009) Financial Viability and Conservation Role of Betel Leaf Based Agroforestry: An Indigenous Hill Farming System of Khasia Community in Bangladesh. Journal of Forestry Research. 20(2): 131-136. (Impact Factor: 2.36)