Faculty Profile

Mohammad Golam Kibria

Associate Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Associate Professor Institute of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801716627144
  • Email: kibria-fes@sust.edu, kibria_sust29@yahoo.com

Education

  • PhD Candidate at Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia
  • MSc in Forest and Nature Conservation, Wageningen University, Netherlands
  • MSc in Forestry, Department of Forestry and Environmental Science Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
  • BSc (Hon’s) in Forestry, Department of Forestry and Environmental Science Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh

Research Interests

  • My research interests are focused on plant functional traits and their interactions with environmental and climatic factors, with a special emphasis on plant's physiological mechanisms and performance. I am also deeply interested in understanding how urban trees respond to diverse growing conditions and stressors (e.g. drought), and how these responses drive shifts in functional traits in cities worldwide.

Previous Research Project

  • Coinvestigator: Identification of Powdery Mildew Diseases in Acacia auriculiformis and its Control Measures using Natural products funded by Research Centre, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet.
  • Coinvestigator: Integrating Ecological Models and Conservation Planning Frameworks for Sustainable Protected Area Management in Bangladesh. Funded by: SUST Research Centre.
  • Plant functional composition along the environmental gradients in the North-Eastern forest of Bangladesh. Funded by: SUST Research Centre

Journal Publish

  • 1. Mohammad G. Kibria, Mark G. Tjoelker, Renée M. Marchin, Stefan K. Arndt, Paul D. Rymer (2024). Can species climate niche predict canopy growth, functional traits and phenotypic plasticity in urban trees? Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128417
  • 2. Khan, A., Karim, M. R., Mohammed, M., Kibria, M. G., Sinha, K., Sultana, F., ... & Arfin-Khan, M. A (2023). Anthropogenic disturbance modifies tree functional traits in the only remnant swamp forest of Bangladesh. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, 1062764. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1062764
  • 3. Abdullah Al-Nur Shanto Rahman, Mizanur Rahman, Mehedi Hasan Shimanto, Mohammad Golam Kibria and Mahmuda Islam (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. https://doi.org/10.1071/FP21159
  • 4. B Sinha, MM Islam, FH Bhuiyan, MN Hasan, MG Kibria, R Sultana, SH Prodhan and H Hoque (2022). Determination of genetic diversity among local Mandarine oranges (Citrus reticulata) using mature seed calli through RAPD markers. SUST J Sci Tech, 32(1), 43-53. https://journals.sust.edu/sustjst/index/download/35d300bd8586a70b3a3db6dd7f4312de.pdf/124
  • 5. Mahedi Hasan Limon, Saida Hossain Ara and Mohammad Golam Kibria (2021). Factors Influencing the Natural Forest Regeneration at Khadimnagar National Park, Bangladesh. Borneo Journal of Resource Science and Technology 11 (1), 73-83. https://doi.org/10.33736/bjrst.3437.2021
  • 6. Saida Hossain Ara, Mahedi Hasan Limon and Mohammad Golam Kibria (2020). Distributional Pattern of Tree Species in Response to Soil Variables in a Semi Natural Tropical Forest of Bangladesh. Journal of Forest and Environmental Science Vol. 36, No. 4. https://doi.org/10.7747/JFES.2021.37.1.14
  • 7. M.G. Kibria (2017). Linking environmental gradients and functional traits to understand composition and dynamics of Dutch forests (MSc thesis, Wageningen University Library, the Netherlands).
  • 8. MG Kibria, N Saha (2011). Analysis of existing agroforestry practices in Madhupur Sal forest: an assessment based on ecological and economic perspectives. Journal of Forestry Research 22 (4), 533-542. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-011-0196-2
  • 9. MAS Arfin Khan, SA Mukul, MS Uddin, MG Kibria, F Sultana (2009). The use of medicinal plants in healthcare practices by Rohingya refugees in a degraded forest and conservation area of Bangladesh. International Journal of Biodiversity Science & Management 5 (2), 76-82. https://doi.org/10.1080/17451590902978855
  • 10. MS Uddin, N Saha, MR Hassan, TM Moin, MG Kibria (2008). Hajong tribe and plants: a dependency analysis. Int. J. For. Usuf. Mngt. 9 (1), 30-38
  • 11. N Saha, TM Moin, MG Kibria, M Alamgir, MS Uddin (2008). Present status and potentiality of major non-wood forest products (NWFPs) in Sylhet Forest Division, Bangladesh. Int. J. For. Usuf. Mngt. 9 (2), 101-115. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262603494_Present_status_and_potentiality_of_major_non-wood_forest_products_NWFPs_in_Sylhet_Forest_Division_Bangladesh

External Affiliations

  • Current PhD candidate at Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia
  • Member, Institution of Foresters Bangladesh.
  • Alumni, ITC Netherlands
  • Alumni, Wageningen University and Research
  • Alumni, Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, SUST

Awards & Recognition

  • Western Sydney University Postgraduate Research Scholarship 2019
  • Netherlands Fellowship Programme 2015 (Nuffic)
  • University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh Merit Scholarship
  • University Merit Scholarship, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh

Conference

  • 1. Mohammad Golam Kibria and Paul Rymer (2020). Testing tree performance in the drier and hotter climate urban forests, Ecological Society of Australia 2020 Conference.

Teaching

  • Forest Management, Mangrove Forestry, Forest Tree Physiology, Geology and Forest soils