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Bio

Md. Riad Hossain is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Disaster Management of Khulna University of Engineering & Technology. He has completed his Bachelor and Masters from Environmental Science Discipline of Khulna University and 2nd Masters in Environmental Sanitation from Ghent University, Belgium. His research mainly focuses on Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation, Sanitation Systems Engineering, and Public Health. Mr. Hossain has been awarded VLIR-UOS scholarship for pursuing international master program at the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering at Ghent University, Belgium in 2016. He has received Vice-Chancellor Award for Outstanding Performance and Contribution to Research, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh, three times in a row in 2021, 2022, and 2023. Currently, he is doing his PhD Research in Environmental Engineering at RMIT University, Australia with RMIT Research Stipend Scholarship.

Publication

Books

Patwary,M. M. , Hossain,M. R. , Ashraf,S. , Sultana,R. and Shuvo,F. K. , 2021, "Mapping, monitoring, and modeling land and water resources, Taylor and Francis, ", "Valuing ecosystem services for the protection of coastal wetlands using benefit transfer approach: Evidence from Bangladesh" , ISBN:9781003181293, , Taylor and Francis

Journal

17. Hossain,M. R. , Sultana,R. , Patwary,M. M. , Meraz,M. M. and Ghosh,N. ,2025 , "Assessment of climate change vulnerability and adaptation strategies for smallholder farmers in southwest coastal region of Bangladesh", Plos One,

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15. Sultana,R. , Hossain,M. R. , Saha,A. , Rafi,F. R. , Ahmed,S. and Esraz-Ul-Zannat,M. E. ,2024 , "Transforming Fecal Sludge into an Affordable Biofuel Alternative: A Sustainable Solution for Developing Countries", Applied Environmental Biotechnology, , vol. 9, no.2, pp.35-42, DOI:https://doi.org/10.26789/AEB.2024.02.005

14. Patwary,M. M. , Bardhan,M. , Inan,H. E. , Browning,M. H. , Disha,A. S. , Haque,M. Z. , Helmy,M. , Ashraf,S. , Dzhambov,A. M. , Shuvo,F. K. , Alam,M. A. , Billah,S. M. , Kabir,M. P. , Hossain,M. R. , Azam,M. G. , Rahman,M. M. , Swed,S. , Sah,R. , Montenegro-Idrogo,J. J. M. , Bonilla-Aldana,D. K. B. and Rodriguez-Morales,A. J. R. ,2024 , "Exposure to urban green spaces and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from two low and lower-middle-income countries", Frontiers in Public Health, , Frontiers, vol. 12, DOI:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1334425

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12. Patwary,M. M. , Disha,A. S. , Hasan,M. , Bardhan,M. , Hasan,M. , Tuhi,F. I. , Rahim,S. J. , Newaz,M. N. , Imran,S. A. , Haque,M. Z. , Hossain,M. R. , Kabir,M. P. and Swed,S. ,2023 , "Integrating health belief model and theory of planned behavior to assess COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among urban slum people in Bangladesh", Plos One, , DOI:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290412

11. Meraz,M. , Hossain,M. , Sultana,M. , Esraz-Ul-Zannat,R. E. and M.,M. ,2023 , "Flood prediction and vulnerability assessment at the south-western coastal Bangladesh", Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, , Springer Nature, vol. 195, pp.794

10. Emran,M. G. I. , Goswami,G. G. , Nazari,S. K. , Patwary,M. M. , Patwary,M. , Bardhan,M. , Imran,S. A. , Hasan,M. , Tuhi,F. I. , Rahim,S. , Newaz,M. , Haque,M. , Disha,A. , Hossain,M. , Rodriguez-Morales,A. R. and Saeed,F. ,2022 , "Psychological determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among urban slum dwellers of Bangladesh", Frontiers in Public Health, , ISBN:2296-2565, Frontiers, DOI:http://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.958445

9. Patwary,M. M. , Hossain,M. R. , Sultana,R. , Dazhamyar,A. R. , Parsa,A. D. , Kabir,R. and Shoib,S. ,2022 , "Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of healthcare professionals toward the novel coronavirus during the early stage of COVID-19 in a lower-and-middle income country, Bangladesh", Frontiers in Public Health, , Frontiers

8. Patwary,P. , M.M.,M. , Bardhan,B. , M.,M. , Disha,D. , A.S.,A. , Kabir,K. , M.P.,M. , Hossain,H. , M.R.,M. , Alam,A. , M.A.,M. , Haque,H. , M.Z.,M. , Billah,B. , S.M.,S. , Browning,B. , M.H.E.M.,M. , Kabir,K. , R.,R. , Swed,S. , S.,S. , Shoib,S. and S.,S. ,2022 , "Mental Health Status of University Students and Working Professionals during the Early Stage of COVID-19 in Bangladesh", International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, , MDPI, vol. 19, no.6834

7. Patwary,P. , Disha,M. , Bardhan,A. , Haque,M. , Kabir,M. , Billah,M. , Hossain,S. , Alam,M. , Browning,M. , Shuvo,M. , Piracha,F. , Zhao,A. , Swed,B. , Shah,S. , Shoib,J. and S.,S. ,2022 , "Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Toward Coronavirus and Associated Anxiety Symptoms Among University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study During the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh", Front. Psychiatry , , vol. 13

6. Hossain,H. , Sultana,M. , Patwary,R. , Khunga,M. , Sharma,N. , Shaker,P. and S.J.,S. ,2022 , "Self-healing concrete for sustainable buildings. A review", Environmental Chemistry Letters, , Springer, no.20, pp.1265芒鈧€�127

5. Patwary,P. , Bardhan,M. , Browning,M. , Disha,M. , Haque,A. , Billah,M. , Kabir,S. , Hossain,M. , Alam,M. , Shuvo,M. , Salman,F. and A.,A. ,2021 , "Association between Perceived Trusted of COVID-19 Information Sources and Mental Health during the Early Stage of the Pandemic in Bangladesh", Healthcare, , vol. 10(1), no.24

4. Patwary,P. , Bardhan,M. , Disha,M. , Hasan,A. , Haque,M. , Sultana,M. , Hossain,R. , Browning,M. , Alam,M. , Sallam,M. , M.,M. and ,,2021 , "Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among the Adult Population of Bangladesh Using the Health Belief Model and the Theory of Planned Behavior Model", Vaccines, , MDPI, pp.9(12):1393

3. Hossain,H. , Patwary,M. , Sultana,M. , Browning,R. and M.H,M. ,2021 , "Psychological distress among healthcare professionals during the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak in low resource settings: A cross-sectional study in Bangladesh.", Frontiers in Public Health, , Frontiers, vol. 9

2. Patwary,P. , M.M.,M. , Hossain,H. , Shuvo,M. , F.K.,F. , Ashraf,A. , Alam,S. , M.A.,M. , Sultana,S. and R.,R. ,2021 , "Protecting Sanitation Workers in Low-Middle Income Countries Amid COVID-19", Annals of Work Exposures and Health, , Oxford University Press, pp.1-2

Letter to Editor

1. Tasnuva,T. , A,A. , Hossain,;. , Salam,M. , Islam,R. , Patwary,A. , Ibrahim,M. and Ibrahim,M. ,2020 , "Employing Social Vulnerability Index to Assess Household Social Vulnerability of Natural Hazards: An Evidence from Southwest Coastal Bangladesh.", Environment, Development and Sustainability., , Springer Nature, DOI:10.1007/s10668-020-01054-9

Conference

8. Sultana,R. , Meraz,M. M. , Ahmmed,M. , Hossain,M. R. , Maksud,M. A. , Khan,S. R. , Alam,M. N. E. and Alam,M. N. E. , 2024 , "Baseline assessment of heavy metal contamination and ecological risk of coastal top-soil in Dakshin Bedkashi union under Koyra upazila Bangladesh," 7th International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development, ICCESD2024., , Khulna University of Engineering and Technology

7. Sultana,R. , Hossain,M. R. , Saha,A. and Ahmed,S. , 2023 , "Improved biofuel production from dried fecal sludge: a resource recovery option," 8th International Conference on Integrated Solid Waste & Faecal Sludge Management: WasteSafe-2023., , ISBN:978-984- 35-4034-8, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology

6. Meraz,M. M. ,Hossain,M. R. and Sultana,R. , 2022 , "Climate Change and Riverbank Shifting Utilizing GIS Technology Upstream of the Padma River, Bangladesh," .鈥� International Conference on Climate Change, , Department of Meteorology, University of Dhaka

2. Patwary,P. , Hossain,M. , Shuvo,M. , Haque,F. , Sultana,M. and R.,R. , 2020 , "Association between short-term exposure to Air pollutants and Case fatality rate of COVID-19: Evidence from a sub-tropical Country," Climatological, Meteorological and Environmental factors in the COVID-19 pandemic., , World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

1. Hermans,H. , Thissen,L. , Gomes,W. , Banerjee,S. , Narain,P. , Salehin,V. , Hasan,M. , Barua,R. , Khan,A. , Bhattacharya,S. A. , Kempers,S. , Banarjee,R. , Hossian,P. , Majumdar,Z. , Hossain,B. a. and R.,R. , 2016 , "Strategies for transdisciplinary research on peri-urban groundwater management in the Ganges delta," EGU2016,

Education

Environmental Engineering

RMIT University,Australia (2024-)

Master of Science in Environmental Science

Khulna University,Bangladesh (2012-2015) Achievement: Merit Scholarship of Khulna University from 2013 to 2014.

Thesis Title: Towards the Understanding of Past and Prediction of Future Environment for Sustainable Tourism: A Case Study in the Sundarbans, Bangladesh

Master of Science in Environmental Sanitation

Ghent University,Belgium (2016-2018) Achievement: Awarded VLIR-UOS scholarship for pursuing international master program at the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering at Ghent University, Belgium, 2016.

Thesis Title: Engineering the supply of reducing equivalents in H2-CO2 fermentation

Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science

Khulna University,Bangladesh (2008-2012) Group: Environmental Science Discipline, Achievement: Merit Scholarship of Khulna University from 2009 to 2012.

Scholarship and Award

Vice-Chancellor Award-2023
Vice-Chancellor Award for Outstanding Performance and Contribution to Research
RMIT Research Stipend Scholarship (RRSS)-2024
RMIT Research Stipend Scholarship (RRSS) for Doctoral Research at RMIT University, Australia
Vice-Chancellor Award-2022
Vice-Chancellor Award for Outstanding Performance and Contribution to Research-2022
Vice-Chancellor Award-2021
Vice-Chancellor Award for Outstanding Performance and Contribution to Research
VLIR-UOS scholarship-2016
VLIR-UOS scholarship for pursuing international master program at the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering at Ghent University, Belgium in 2016
Chittagong City Corporation Merit Scholarship 2004
Merit Scholarship from Chittagong City Corporation for excellent performance in Secondary School Certification Examination-2004
Merit Scholarship of Khulna University from 2009-2012
Khulna University provides scholarship to the students with outstanding results in each academic year.

Research

Flood Risk Mitigation
Disaster Resilience and Adaptation
Fecal Sludge Management
Sanitation Systems and Public Health
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Microbial Electrosynthesis
Fermentation
Waste Air Treatment
Environmental Impact Assessment

Experience

Service Records

Assistant Professor

Department/Section: Institute of Disaster Management
Khulna University of Engineering & Technology 02-May-2021 to Present

Intern, Flood Resistant Shelter for South-West region of Bangladesh (FRESH) under NAARI Consortium
Oxfam-GB 26-Dec-2012 to 02-Dec-2013
Working Area: Satkhira

Research Officer
Jagrata Juba Shangha 01-Jan-2015 to 16-Jul-2016

Office Manager, Capacity Enhancement of Learning Facilities of Environmental Science Discipline

Department/Section: Environmental Science Discipline
Khulna University 29-Sep-2013 to 31-Dec-2014

Lecturer

Department/Section: Institute of Disaster Management
Khulna University of Engineering & Technology 27-Jan-2019 to 01-May-2021

Administrative Experience Records

Program Coordinator, Global Sanitation Graduate School, Bangladesh
From 01-Jul-2023 to 27-Jun-2024

Course Coordinator, Professional Diploma in Disaster Management, Institute of Disaster Management
From 01-Jan-2021 to 27-Jun-2024

Teaching and Supervision

#Course Conduction

DM 6103: Disaster Management Practices in Bangladesh.

DM 6221: Public Health and Disaster.

San 6101: Sanitation Systems and Public Health.

DM 103: Introduction to Disaster Management.

DM 107: Disaster Assessment.

IESSE 24: Introduction to Environmental and Sustainable Systems Engineering, School of Engineering, RMIT University

OENG1166: Introduction to Professional Engineering Practices
School of Engineering, RMIT University

#Course Supervision

Thesis Supervision

Study of Hygiene and Sanitation Practices of Slum Inhabitants of Kushtia District
Evaluation of Improved Sanitation and Hygiene Status of Jhenaidah Municipality
Study on Occupational Safety and Health of Sanitation Workers in Three Selected City Corporations
Assessing the Impact of Access to Safe Water and Sanitation Facilities of Primary School in Khulna City
Evaluation of WASH Facilities in Rohingya Refugee Camps in Bangladesh
Impacts of Natural Disaster on Public Health: A Study of Cyclone Amphan in Coastal Regions of Bangladesh