Curriculum Vitae of Zakia Sultana
PERSONAL INFORMATION Zakia Sultana Home Address: 524, Fire Service Road, Bedgram-8100, Gopalganj Sadar, Gopalganj- 8100, Bangladesh Work Address: Department of Environmental Science and Disaster Management, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Gopalganj- 8100, Bangladesh
+8801710016589
[email protected] Skype ID: zakia.tori
Sex: Female Date of Birth: 09 January 1990 Nationality: Bangladeshi
EDUCATION AND TRAINING October 2015 to September Master of Science (MSc) in Tropical Hydrogeology and Environmental Engineering 2017 Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany Hydrogeology, GIS, Remote Sensing, Hydrology, IWRM Result: CGPA 1.72 (Best 1), equivalent to 85%
March 2009 to December Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Environmental Science 2013 Khulna University, Bangladesh Result: CGPA 3.80 (Best 4), equivalent to 76% Ranked: 1st (distinction awarded)
August 2005 to August 2007 Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) Government Bangabandhu College, Gopalganj, Bangladesh Dhaka Board Result: GPA 4.50 (Best 5)
January 2003 to July 2005 Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Binapani Government Girls‟ High School, Gopalganj, Bangladesh Dhaka Board Result: GPA 5.00 (Best 5)
WORK EXPERIENCE
February 27, 2019 to date Lecturer Department of Environmental Science and Disaster Management Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University Gopalganj-8100, Bangladesh Type: Academic and Research Institution
March 2018 to February 2019 Research Assistant Chair of Environmental Development and Risk Management at TU-Dresden Project: Non-migration of the People at Risks Principal Investigator: Dr. Bishawjit Mallick, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany Responsibilities: Literature review, creating maps of land use change using satellite images, qualitative and quantitative survey data analyses Type: Academic and Research Institution
October 2017 to March 2018 Project Manager NSF SEES Project: Linking rural smallholder soil and water management practices in tropical deltas to sea level rise vulnerability. Principal Investigator: Dr. Kimberly RG. Rogers, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA Responsibilities: Site selection for social survey in Bangladesh, guiding the field team and conducting experts interview, reporting
Type: Academic and Research Institution
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April 2017 to September Master Thesis 2017 Section 5.4 Hydrology, GFZ, Potsdam, Germany Responsibility: Data analysis, writing thesis on “Assessment of Business Interruption Due to Floods in Germany Using Random Forest Algorithm” Supervision: Dr. Heidi Kreibich Type: Research Institution
August 2016 to September Internship 2016 Section 5.4 Hydrology, GFZ, Potsdam, Germany Data analysis, Report writing on “Flood Risk Assessment of Dhaka City, Bangladesh” under the supervision of Dr. Animesh Kumar Gain Type: Research Institution
January 2015 to August 2015 Field Office Coordinator Project: “Environmental stress and human migration in a low-lying developing nation: A comparison of co-evolving natural and human landscapes in the physically and culturally
diverse context of Bangladesh”, A joint research project of Vanderbilt University, USA;
Columbia University, USA; Dhaka University, Khulna University, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh; Funded by Office of Naval Research (ONR), USA Responsibilities: Management of project office in Bangladesh, guiding the field team and conducting experts interview, reporting Type: Academic and Research Institution
August 2014 to December Research Assistant 2014 Project: „Innovation of a Simple and Appropriate Sanitary Inspection Tool for Rainwater Harvesting Systems‟, Project Director: Dr. Md. Atikul Islam, Donor: University Grants Commission of Bangladesh Responsibilities: Conducting household survey, guiding the field team and reporting.
March 2014 to May 2014 Research Assistant Project: “Environmental stress and human migration in a low-lying developing nation: A comparison of co-evolving natural and human landscapes in the physically and culturally diverse context of Bangladesh” A joint research project of Vanderbilt University, USA; Columbia University, USA; Dhaka University, Khulna University, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh; Funded by Office of Naval Research (ONR), USA Responsibilities: Conducting key informants‟ interviews and reporting
PERSONAL SKILLS Mother tongue Bengali Other Language UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING Listening Reading Spoken Spoken interaction Production English C1 C1 B2 B2 C2 German A1 A2 A1 A1 A1 Levels: A1/A2: Basic user - B1/B2: Independent user - C1/C2 Proficient user
Communication skills Gained communication skills and ability to team work through working in different difficult environments (e.g., ISEE Vanderbilt project, SEES Project) and with different people (e.g., Social scientists, physical scientists, engineers etc.) in collaborative research projects
Operationalization and Leading a field team (6 people) in an international social research project led by Vanderbilt competencies university, USA. Also participated in several research projects.
Computer skills Capable of handling Microsoft Office Package (MS word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Access and, Groove). Geographic Information System (GIS) Software Arc View, Arc info, Arc GIS &
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Arc Reader and Remote Sensing (RS). SPSS and R.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Scientific Articles and Sultana, Z.; Sieg, T.; Kellermann, P; Mueller, M. & Kreibich, H. (2018) Assessment of Monographs Business Interruption of Flood-Affected Companies Using Random Forest, Water, Vol. 10, No. 8, doi 10.3390/w10081049, http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/10/8/1049
Mallick, B. & Sultana, Z. (2018): “Is risk revisited in relocated settlements? Empirical evidence of “Guchcha Gram” projects in coastal Bangladesh”, in Mallick, B., et al. (eds). Resilient Communities - Water Management, Rural Development and Adaptation to Climate Consequences, under UC Berkeley Environmental Leadership Program – Buck Kingman Initiative
Mallick, B & Sultana, Z. (2017) Livelihood after Relocation—Evidences of Guchchagram Project in Bangladesh. Soc. Sci. 6, 76.
Sultana, Z. (2017). Assessment of Business Interruption Due to Floods in Germany Using Random Forests Algorithm , Master Thesis, Tropical Hydrogeology and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
Schade, J., McDowell, C., Ferris, E., Schmidt, K., Bettini, G., Felgentreff, C., Gemenne, F., Patel, A., Rovins, J., Stojanov, R., Sultana, Z. and Wright, A. (2015): Climate change and climate policy induced relocations: A challenge for social justice, Recommendations of the Bielefeld Constitution; Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Policy Brief Series, Vol. 1, Issue 10, International Organization of Migration. ISSN: 2410-4930.
Sultana, Z. & Mallick, B. (2015) Adaptation strategies after cyclone in southwest coastal Bangladesh – pro poor policy choices. American Journal of Rural Development. Vol. 3, No. 2, pp 24-33. doi 10.12691/ajrd-3-2-2
Sultana, Z. (2014). Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies in a Changing Climate: A Study at Atulia Union under Shyamnagar Upazila, Satkhira, Bangladesh, Bachelor Thesis, Environmental Science Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh
Recent conference Sultana, Z.; Sieg, T.; Kellermann, P; Mueller, M. & Kreibich, H. 2018. Using Random Proceedings, Posters Forests to assess business interruption in the commercial sector of Germany, A and Paper poster presented at “European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018”, Vienna, presentation Austria, 8-13 April 2018, Poster No: EGU2018-6860.
Sultana, Z. 2015. Adoption as Adaptation! Long-term consequences of cyclone disaster in southwest coastal Bangladesh, paper presented at “International Scientific Conference: Our Common Future under Climate Change” Paris, France, 7-10 July, 2015.
Sultana, Z. (2015). Coastal Livelihood Dynamics under Changing Climate-Examples of Pro-Poor Policy Choices in Southwest Coastal Bangladesh, in the proceedings of 5th International Conference on Water and Flood Management (ICWFM-2015), Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), 6-8 March, 2015, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Sultana, Z. & Mallick, B. 2014. Revisited Risks in Relocated Settlements - empirical evidence of “Guchcha Gram” rehabilitation project in coastal Bangladesh, paper presented at “COST Action IS1101 Climate Change and Migration - Bielefeld Workshop Social inequality and social justice in environmentally-induced relocation”, 20-21 November, 2014 – University of Bielefeld, Germany.
Sultana, Z. & Mallick, B. 2014. Revisited Risks in Relocated Settlements - empirical evidence of “Guchcha Gram” rehabilitation project in coastal Bangladesh, A poster presented at “Nansen-Bangladesh International Centre for Coastal, Ocean and Climate Studies (NABIC) International Winter School 2014”, 12-18 October, 2014- Hotel the Cox Today, Cox‟s Bazar, Bangladesh.
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Sultana, Z. 2014. Coastal Livelihood Dynamics under Changing Climate-Examples of Pro-Poor Policy Choices in Southwest Coastal Bangladesh, presented at “International Conference on Sustainable Development” at Bonn University, Germany; on 11th July, 2014.
Sultana, Z. 2014. Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies in a Changing Climate: A Study at Atulia Union under Shyamnagar Upazila, Satkhira, paper presented at “International Conference on Environment and Development” at Rajshahi University, Bangladesh; on 7th March, 2014.
Honors and awards 2019: Travel grant for participating presented at “International Conference on Environmental Non-Migration: Frameworks, Methods and Cases”, June 19-21 at Technical University of Dresden, Germany.
2017: Travel grant to participate AGEP Winter School, “The nexus of water, energy, soil and food”, 15-17 February 2017 at GSI, Bonn, Germany
2016: Travel grant for participating EDGE International Summer School – Politics of the Earth, September 4 to September 9, 2016 in Paris, France.
2015-2017: DAAD scholarship MSc in Tropical Hydrogeology and Environmental Engineering, TU- Darmstadt, Germany.
2015: Travel grant for participating presented at “International Scientific Conference: Our Common Future under Climate Change” Paris, France, 7-10 July, 2015.
2014: Travel grant for participating presented at “COST Action IS1101 Climate Change and Migration - Bielefeld Workshop Social inequality and social justice in environmentally- induced relocation”, 20-21 November, 2014 – University of Bielefeld, Germany
2014: Travel grant for participating presented at “International Conference on Sustainable Development” at Bonn University, Germany; on 9-12th July, 2014.
Memberships Alumni, Khulna University Environmental Science Discipline & Environmental Awareness Club and DAAD.
References 1. Dr. Dilip Kumar Datta, Professor, Environmental Science Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh, E-mail: [email protected], Phone: +880 1712 195 839
2. Dr. Bishawjit Mallick, Open Topic Post-Doc, Chair of Environmental Development and Risk Management, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Technical University of Dresden, Germany. Email: [email protected], Phone: +49 351 463
42590
3. Dr. Kimberly G. Rogers, Assistant Professor and Assistant Scientist, Integrated Coastal Programs, Coastal Studied Institute, East Carolina University, USA, E-mail: [email protected], Phone: +607-379-5982
4. Dr. Heidi Kreibich, Head of WG Flood risk and climate adaptation, Section 5.4, Hydrology, GFZ, Potsdam, Germany. Email: [email protected], Phone: +49 331 288 1550
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