Dr. Mohammad Shamsudduha ("Shams")Lecturer in Physical Geography (Water)
Department of Geography | School of Global Studies | University of Sussex | Falmer, Brighton BN1 9SJ, UK Senior Research Associate (Honorary) UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction | Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Email: [email protected] | Tel: +44(0) 797 578 7113 |
Summary:
I am a geoscientist by academic training with special interests in global water resources, geospatial hydrology, groundwater resources, water pollution and quality, statistical and numerical modelling, geostatistics, GIS and remote sensing, earth observation satellites, hydroinformatics and programming in R language. My specific research interests include groundwater arsenic contamination, spatial and temporal dynamics in groundwater storage and recharge processes, surface water-groundwater interactions, and impacts of climate change and rising sea levels on freshwater storage in the Bengal Basin and other South and Southeast Asian Mega-deltas, Sub-Saharan Africa as well as globally.
Education:
- 2007 – 2011: Ph.D. (Hydrogeology) - Groundwater Dynamics and Arsenic Mobilisation in Bangladesh: a National-Scale Characterisation, Department of Geography, University College London (UCL), London, UK. Supervisor: Professor Richard Taylor.
- 2005 – 2007: M.Sc. (Geology), Groundwater arsenic contamination in Bangladesh, Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA. Supervisor: Professor Ashraf Uddin.
- 2003 – 2004: M.Sc. (Hydrogeology and Groundwater Management), Geostatistical modelling of arsenic in Bangladesh, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia. Supervisor: Professor Bryce Kelly.
- 1998 – 2000: M.Sc. (Geology), Geomorphology and Remote Sensing of the Ganges Delta, Bangladesh, Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh. Supervisor: Professor Monirul Hoque.
- 1994 – 1998: B.Sc. (Geology) - subsidiary subjects: Physics and Mathematics, Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
Academic Awards:
- 2010 – 2011: Wingate Scholarship (£9,963), The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation, London, UK (Grant No. 4387)
- 2008 – 2009: Chadwick Trust Travelling Fellowship (£4,863), University College London, UK
- 2007 – 2010: EPSRC Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award (£90,000), University College London, UK (Ref. GR/AKFX-DHPA 2007-2011)
- 2006 – 2007: Sigma Xi Outstanding M.S. Research Award, Auburn University Chapter, USA
- 2006 – 2007: Dean’s Research Award 2007, Auburn University, Auburn, USA
- 2005 – 2006: Geological Society of America (GSA) Research grant ($3,000), GSA Outstanding Thesis Proposal Award (Hydrogeology Division)
- 2003 – 2004: AusAID – Australian Development Scholarship (Research fund for MSc degree), Australia
Research Grants:
- 2020 (currently in review): Innovate UK [60k], co-PI: Building climate-resilient water supply in the UK by raising public awareness of water resources through internet and mobile technology.
- 2018–2019: UCL Global Engagement Funds [£2k], co-I: Assessing environmental and societal impacts of the Aral Sea crisis in Uzbekistan.
- 2017–2018: UCL Regional Partnership Fund [£3.3k], co-I: New UCL-Sapienza University of Rome Collaborative in Applications of Ground Penetrating Radar for Civil Engineering and Archaeology.
- 2015–2019: UK NERC-ESRC-DFID [£1,911k], named Postdoctoral Research Associate: GroFutures: Groundwater Futures in Sub-Saharan Africa [UPGro No. NE/M008932/1].
- 2016–2017: UK Wellcome Trust: Sustaining Health [£360k], co-I: Health impacts of a climate change adaptation strategy to address drinking-water salinity in coastal Bangladesh.
- 2015–2016: UCL Grand Challenges [£10k], co-PI: Food, water, policy and people: evaluating the impacts of climate change and groundwater limitation on food security in NW Bangladesh.
- 2014–2015: British Council [£35k], co-PI: International Workshop on Resilience of Groundwater Systems to Climate Change and Human Development, Bangkok, Thailand.
- 2013–2014: UCL Grand Challenges [£3k], co-PI: UCL Grand Challenges Award: Exploring Relationships among Groundwater Arsenic and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Bangladesh.
- 2012–2014: UK DFID [£565k], Research co-I: Groundwater resources in the Indo-Gangetic Basin: resilience to climate change and pumping [Led by BGS; Ref: GA/11F/099/S2, 2012-2013].
Professional Affiliations:
- American Geophysical Union (AGU), since 2005
- Bangladesh Geological Society (BGS), since 2002
- British Hydrological Society (BHS), 2011-2015
- Geological Society of America (GSA), since 2005
- International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH), since 2004
Publications: (downloadable PDFs are available below)
2020:
- Nowreen, S., Taylor, R.G., Shamsudduha, M., Salehin, M., Zahid, A. and Ahmed, K.M. (accepted, 2020). Groundwater recharge processes in an Asian Mega-Delta: hydrometric evidence from Bangladesh. Hydrogeology Journal.
- Shamsudduha, M. and Taylor, R.G. (2020). Groundwater storage dynamics in the world’s large aquifer systems from GRACE: uncertainty and role of extreme precipitation. Earth System Dynamics, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-2019-43.
- Opie, S., Taylor, R.G., Brierley, C.M., Shamsudduha, M., and Cuthbert, M.O. (2020). Climate-groundwater dynamics inferred from GRACE and the role of hydraulic memory. Earth System Dynamics, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-2019-83.
- Chakraborty, M., Sarkar, S., Mukherjee, A., Shamsudduha, M., Ahmed, K.M., Bhattacharya, A., Mitra, A. (2020). Predicting groundwater arsenic in the transboundary Ganges River Delta, India and Bangladesh: infusing physically-based model with machine learning. Science of the Total Environment, 748, 141107, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141107.
- Naser, A.M., Rahman, M., Unicomb, L., Parvez, S., Islam, S., Doza, S., Khan, G.K., Ahmed, K.M., Anand, S., Luby, S.P., Shamsudduha, M., Gribble, M.O., Narayan, K.M.V. Clasen, T.F. (2020). Longitudinal associations of drinking rainwater with macro-mineral intake and cardiometabolic health: a pooled cohort analysis in Bangladesh, 2016-2019. Nature npj Clean Water, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-020-0067-5.
- Naser, A.M., Wang, Q., Shamsudduha, M., Joseph, G., and Chellaraj, G. (2020). Modeling groundwater salinity and neonatal and infant mortality from the Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey 2000–2014. GeoHealth, doi:10.1029/2019GH000229.
2019:
2018:
2017:
- Ahmed, B., Kelman, I., Raja, D.R., Islam, M.R., Das, S., Shamsudduha, M., Fordham, M. (2019). Livelihood impacts of flash floods in Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters 37(3), 306-326.
- Pinchoff, J., Shamsudduha, M., Hossain, S.M.I, Shohag, A.A.M., and Warren, C. (2019). Spatio-temporal patterns of pre-eclampsia/eclampsia (PE/E) and low birthweight births in relation to drinking water salinity at the district level in Bangladesh from 2016-2018. Population and Environment, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11111-019-00331-8.
- Cuthbert, M.O., Taylor, R.G., Guillaume, F., Todd, M., Shamsudduha, M., Villholth, K, MacDonald, A., Scanlon, B.G., and twenty-four others (2019). Observed controls on resilience of groundwater to climate variability in Africa, Nature, doi/;10.1038/s41586-019-1441-7.
- Naser, A.M., Clasen, T.F., Luby, S.P., Rahman, M., Unicomb, L., Ahmed, K.M., Doza, S., Ourshalimian, S., Chang, H.H., Stowell, J.D., Narayan, K.M.V., Shamsudduha, M., Patel, S.A., O'Shea, B., Gribble, M.O. (2019). Groundwater Chemistry and Blood Pressure: A Cross-Sectional Study in Bangladesh. International J of Environ. Research and Public Health 16(13), E2289, doi:10.3390/ijerph16132289.
- Naser, A.M., Shamsudduha, M., Clasen, T., Narayan, K.M.V. (2019). Letter to the Editor Regarding, “The Unintended Consequences of the Reverse Osmosis Revolution”. Environmental Science & Technology 53(13), 7173-7174, doi:10.1021/acs.est.9b02917.
- Kolusu, S.R., Shamsudduha, M., Todd, M.C., Taylor, R.G., Seddon, D., Kashaigili, J.J., Girma, E., Cuthbert, M., Sorensen, J.P.R., Villholth, K.G., MacDonald, A.M. and MacLeod, D.A. (2019). The El Niño event of 2015-16: Climate anomalies and their impact on groundwater resources in East and Southern Africa. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 23, 1751-1762.
- Shamsudduha, M. and Panda, D.K. (2019). Spatio-temporal changes in terrestrial water storage in the Himalayan river basins and risks to water security in the region: A review. The International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2019.101068.
- Naser, A.M., Rahman, M., Unicomb, L., Doza, S., Gazi, M.S., Alam, G.R., Karim, M.R., Uddin, M.N., Khan, G.K., Ahmed, K.M., Shamsudduha, M., and six others (2019). Drinking water salinity, urinary macro-Mineral excretions, and blood pressure in the southwest coastal population of Bangladesh. Journal of the American Heart Association, doi:10.1161/JAHA.119.012007.
2018:
- Ourshalimian, S., Naser, A.M., Rahman, M., Doza, S., Stowell, J., Narayan, K.M.V., Shamsudduha, M., Gribble, M.O. (2018). Arsenic and fasting blood glucose in the context of other drinking water chemicals: A cross-sectional study in Bangladesh. Environmental Research, doi:10.1016/j.envres.2018.12.049.
- Shamsudduha, M., Zahid, A., and Burgess, W. (2018). Security of deep groundwater against arsenic contamination in the Bengal Aquifer System: a numerical modeling study in southeast Bangladesh. Sustainable Water Resources Management, doi:10.1007/s40899-018-0275-z.
- Ahmed, B., Kelman, I., Kamruzzaman, M., Mohiuddin, H., Rahman, M.M., Das, A., Fordham, M., Shamsudduha, M. (2018). Indigenous people’s responses to drought in northwest Bangladesh. Environmental Development, doi:/10.1016/j.envdev.2018.11.004.
- Lapworth D.J., Zahid A., Taylor, R.G., Burgess, W.G., Shamsudduha, M., Ahmed, K.M., Mukherjee, A., Gooddy, D.C., Chatterjee, D., MacDonald, A.M. (2018). Security of deep groundwater in the coastal Bengal Basin revealed by tracers. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, doi:10.1029/2018GL078640.
- Kamal, A.S.M.M., Shamsudduha, M., Ahmed, B., Hassan, S.M.K., Islam, M.S., Kelman, I., Fordham, M. (2018). Resilience to flash floods in wetland communities of northeastern Bangladesh. The International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 31, 478-488.
- Burgess, W.G., Shamsudduha, M., Taylor, R.G., Zahid, A., Ahmed, K.M., Mukherjee, A., Lapworth, D.J., and Bense, V.F. (2017). Terrestrial water load and groundwater fluctuation in the Bengal Basin. Scientific Reports 7 (1), 3872.
- Bonsor, H.C., Shamsudduha, M., Marchmont, B., MacDonald, A.M., and Taylor, R.G. (2018). Seasonal and decadal groundwater changes in African sedimentary aquifers estimated using GRACE products and LSMs. Remote Sensing, 10, 904, doi:10.3390/rs10060904.
- Kelman, I., Ahmed, B., Esraz-Ul-Zannat, M., Saroar, M.M., Fordham, M., Shamsudduha, M. (2018). Warning systems as social processes for Bangladesh cyclones. Disaster Prevention and Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-12-2017-0318.
2017:
- Shamsudduha, M., Taylor, R.G., Jones, D., Longuevergne, L., Owor, M., and Tindimugaya, C. (2017). Recent changes in terrestrial water storage in the Upper Nile Basin: an evaluation of commonly used gridded GRACE products. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 21, 4533-4549, doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-4533-2017.
- Naser, A.M., Unicomb, L., Doza, S., Ahmed, K.M., Rahman, M., Uddin, M.N., Quraishi, S.B., Selim, S., Shamsudduha, M., Burgess, W., Chang, H.H., Gribble, M.O., Clasen, T.F. and Luby, S.P. (2017). Stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial to assess the cardiovascular health effects of a managed aquifer recharge initiative to reduce drinking water salinity in southwest coastal Bangladesh: study design and rationale. BMJ Open 7(9), e015205, doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015205.
- Burgess, W.G., Shamsudduha, M., Taylor, R.G., Zahid, A., Ahmed, K.M., Mukherjee, A., Lapworth, D.J., Bense, V.F. (2017). Terrestrial water load and groundwater fluctuation in the Bengal Basin. Scientific Reports, 7, 3872, doi:10.1038/s41598-017-04159-w.
- Bonsor, H.C., MacDonald, A.M., Ahmed, K.M., Burgess, W.G., Basharat, M., Calow, R.C., Dixit, A., Foster, S.S.D., Gopal, K., Lapworth, D.J., Moench, M., Mukherjee, A., Rao, M.S., Shamsudduha, M., Smith, L., Taylor, R.G., Tucker, J., Steenbergen, F., Yadav, S.K., Zahid, A. (2017). Hydrogeological typologies of the Indo-Gangetic basin alluvial aquifer, South Asia. Hydrogeology Journal, 25(5), 1377-1406.
2016:
- MacDonald, A.M., Bonsor, H.C., Ahmed, K.M., Burgess, W.G., Basharat, M., Calow, R.C., Dixit, A., Foster, S.S.D., Gopal, K., Lapworth, D.J., Lark, R.M., Moench, M., Mukherjee, A., Rao, M.S., Shamsudduha, M., Smith, L., Taylor, R.G., Tucker, J., van Steenbergen, F., Yadav, S.K. (2016). Groundwater quality and depletion in the Indo-Gangetic Basin mapped from in situ observations. Nature Geoscience, doi:10.1038/ngeo2791.
- Knappett, P.S.K., Mailloux, B.J., Choudhury, I., Khan, M.R., Michael, H.A., Barua, S., Mondal, D.R., Steckler, M.S., Akhter, S.H., Ahmed, K.M., Bostick, B., Harvey, C.F., Shamsudduha, M., Shuai, P., Mihajlov, I., Mozumder, R., van Geen, A. (2016). Vulnerability of low-arsenic aquifers to municipal pumping in Bangladesh. Journal of Hydrology, 539, 674-686.
2015:
- Papa, F., Frappart, F., Malbeteau, Y., Shamsudduha, M., Vuruputur, V., Sekhar, M., Ramillien, G., Prigent, C., Aires, F., Pandey, R.K., Bala, S., Calmant, S. (2015). Satellite-derived surface and sub-surface water storage in the Ganges–Brahmaputra River Basin. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 4, 15-35, doi:10.1016/j.ejrh.2015.03.004.
- Shamsudduha, M., Taylor, R.G., and Chandler, R.E. (2015). A generalized regression model of arsenic variations in the shallow groundwater of Bangladesh. Water Resources Research, 51, 685-703, doi:10.1002/2013WR014572.
2014:
- Shamsudduha, M., Zahid, A., Burgess, W.G., and Ahmed, K.M. (2014). Security of deep groundwater against ingress of arsenic and salinity in Bangladesh, in: Litter, M.I., Nicolli, H.B., Meichtry, M., Quici, N., Bundschuh, J., Bhattacharya, P., Naidu, R. (Eds.). One Century of the Discovery of Arsenicosis in Latin America (1914-2014) As2014, Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment, May 11-16, 2014, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 891-893.
- Taylor, R.G., Burgess, W.G., Shamsudduha, M., Zahid, A., Lapworth, D.J., Ahmed, K., Mukherjee, A., and Nowreen, S. (2014). Deep groundwater in the Bengal Mega-Delta: new evidence of aquifer hydraulics and the influence of intensive abstraction. British Geological Survey, Open Report No. OR/14/070, Keyworth, Nottingham, 24p.
2013:
- Shamsudduha, M., 2013. Groundwater-fed Irrigation and Drinking Water Supply in Bangladesh: Challenges and Opportunities, in: Zahid, A., Hassan, M.Q., Islam, R., Samad, Q.A. (Eds.), Adaptation to the Impact of Climate Change on Socio-economic Conditions of Bangladesh. Alumni Association of German Universities in Bangladesh, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Dhaka, pp. 150-169.
- Shamsudduha, M. (2013). Groundwater resilience to human development and climate change in South Asia. GWF Discussion Paper 1332, Global Water Forum, Canberra, Australia.
2012:
- Taylor, R.G., Scanlon, B.R., Doell, P., Rodell, M., van Beek, L., Wada, Y., Longuevergne, L., LeBlanc, M., Famiglietti, J.S., Edmunds, M., Konikow, L., Green, T., Chen, J., Taniguchi, M., Bierkens, M.F.P., MacDonald, A., Fan Y., Maxwell, R., Yechieli, Y., Gurdak, J., Allen, D., Shamsudduha, M., Hiscock, K., Yeh, P., Holman, I. and Treidel, H. (2012). Groundwater and climate change. Nature Climate Change, doi:10.1038/nclimate1744.
- Shamsudduha, M., Taylor, R.G., and Longuevergne, L. (2012). Monitoring groundwater storage changes in the highly seasonal humid tropics: validation of GRACE measurements in the Bengal Basin. Water Resources Research, 48, W02508, doi:10.1029/2011WR010993.
2011:
- Shamsudduha, M., Taylor, R.G., Ahmed, K.M., and Zahid, A. (2011). The impact of intensive groundwater abstraction on recharge to a shallow regional aquifer system: evidence from Bangladesh. Hydrogeology Journal, 19, 901–916, doi: 10.1007/s10040-011-0723-4.
- Uddin, A., Shamsudduha, M., Saunders, J.A., Lee, M.-K., Ahmed, K.M., and Chowdury, M.T. (2011). Mineralogical profiling of arsenic-enriched alluvial sediments in the Ganges-Brahmaputra floodplain in central Bangladesh. Applied Geochemistry, 26, 470–483.
- Hoque, M.A., Burgess, W.G., Shamsudduha, M., and Ahmed, K.M. (2011). Delineating low-arsenic groundwater environments in the Bengal Basin. Applied Geochemistry, 26, 614–623.
2010:
- Taylor, R., Longuevergne, L., Harding, R., Todd, M., Hewitson, B., Lall, U., Hiscock, K., Treidel, H., Dev Sharma, K., Kukuric, N., Struckmeier, W. and Shamsudduha, M. (2010). Groundwater and global hydrological change – current challenges and new insight. In: Hydrocomplexity: New Tools for Solving Wicked Water Problems, Proceedings of the Xth Kovacs Colloquium, edited S. Khan and H. Savenije. IAHS Publication No. 338, pp. 48-58.
2009:
- Richard Taylor, Callist Tindimugaya, Michael Owor & Mohammad Shamsudduha (2009). Groundwater and Climate in Africa. Proceedings of a meeting held at Kampala (Uganda), June 2008. IAHS Publication. 334, ISBN 978-1-907161-05-6, 276p.
- Shamsudduha, M., Chandler, R.E., Taylor, R.G., and Ahmed, K.M. (2009). Recent trends in groundwater levels in a highly seasonal hydrological system: the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 13, 2373–2385.
- Shamsudduha, M., Marzen, L. J., Uddin, A., Lee, M.-K., and Saunders, J.A. (2009). Spatial relationship of groundwater arsenic distribution with regional topography and water-table fluctuations in shallow aquifers in Bangladesh. Environmental Geology, 57, 1521–1535.
- Hoque, M.A., Khan, A.A., Shamsudduha, M., Hossain, M.S., Islam, T., and Chowdhury, S.H. (2009). Near surface lithology and spatial variations of arsenic in the shallow groundwater: southeastern Bangladesh. Environmental Geology, 56(8), 1687-1695.
2008:
- Shamsudduha, M., Uddin, A., Saunders, J.A., and Lee, M.-K. (2008). Quaternary stratigraphy, sediment characteristics and geochemistry of arsenic-contaminated alluvial aquifers in the Ganges-Brahmaputra floodplain in central Bangladesh. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 99, 112-136.
- Saunders, J.A., Lee, M.-K., Shamsudduha, M., Dhakal, P., Uddin, A., Chowdury, M.T., and Ahmed, K.M. (2008). Geochemistry and mineralogy of arsenic in (natural) anaerobic groundwaters. Applied Geochemistry. 23, 3205-3214.
- Aziz, Z., van Geen, A., Stute, M., Versteeg, R., Horneman, A., Zheng, Y., Goodbred, S., Steckler, M., Weinman, B., Gavrieli, I., Hoque, M.A., Shamsudduha, M., and Ahmed, K.M. (2008). Impacts of local recharge on arsenic concentrations in shallow aquifers inferred from the electromagnetic conductivity of soils in Araihazar, Bangladesh. Water Resources Research. 44, doi:10.1029/2007WR006000.
- Dhar, R.K. Zheng, Y., Stute, M., van Geen, A., Cheng, Z., Shanewaz, M., Shamsudduha, M., Hoque, M.A., Rahman, M.W., and Ahmed, K.M., (2008). Temporal variability of groundwater chemistry in shallow and deep aquifers of Araihazar, Bangladesh. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 99, 97–111.
2007:
- Stute, M., Zheng, Y., Schlosser, P., Horneman, A., Dhar, R.K., Datta, S., Hoque, M.A., Seddique, A.A., Shamsudduha, M., Ahmed, K.M., and van Geen, A. (2007). Hydrological control of As concentrations in Bangladesh groundwater. Water Resources Research, 43, doi:10.1029/2005WR004499.
- Shamsudduha, M., and Uddin, A. (2007). Quaternary shoreline shifting and hydrogeologic influence on distribution of groundwater arsenic in aquifers of the Bengal basin. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 31, 177-194.
- Shamsudduha, M. (2007). Spatial variability and prediction modelling of groundwater arsenic distributions in the shallowest alluvial aquifers in Bangladesh. Journal of Spatial Hydrology, 7(2), 33-46.
2006:
- Shamsudduha, M., Marzen, L. J., Uddin, A., Lee, M.-K., and Saunders, J.A. (2006). A GIS-based Spatial Analysis on Topographic Elevation, Slope and Groundwater Arsenic in Alluvial Aquifers of Bangladesh. 3rd annual GIS Symposium, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA.
2005:
- Zheng, Y., van Geen, A., Stute, M., Dhar, R., Mo, Z., Cheng, Z., Horneman, A., Gavrieli, I., Simpson, H. J., Versteeg, R., Steckler, M., Grazioli-venier, A., Goodbred, S., Shahnewaz, M., Shamsudduha, M., Hoque, M.A., and Ahmed, K.M. (2005). Geochemical and hydrogeological contrasts between shallow and deeper aquifers in two villages of Araihazar, Bangladesh: implications for deeper aquifers as drinking water sources. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69(22), 5203-5218.
2004:
- Horneman, A., van Geen, A., Kent, D.V., Mathe, P.E., Zheng, Y., Dhar, R.K., O’connell, S., Hoque, M. A., Aziz, Z., Shamsudduha, M., Seddique, A.A., and K.M., Ahmed. (2004). Decoupling of As and Fe release to Bangladesh groundwater under reducing conditions, Part I: Evidence from sediment profiles. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 68(17), 3459-3473.
- Siddique, A.A., Ahmed, K.M., Shamsudduha, M., Aziz, Z., and Hoque, M.A. (2004). Heavy mineral pollution in groundwater in and around Narayanganj Town, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Geology, 23, 1-12.
2003:
- van Geen, A., Ahmed, K. M., Seddique, A. A., and Shamsudduha, M. (2003). Community wells to mitigate the current arsenic crisis in Bangladesh. Bulletin of World Health Organization, 81(9), 632-638.
2002:
- Shamsudduha, M., Hoque, M., Aziz, Z., Huque, M. A., and Hossain, M. S., 2002. Characterising landforms of part of the Ganges Delta through satellite imageries. Bangladesh Journal of Geology, 21, 57-64.
Popular articles (magazine and newspaper):
- Shamsudduha, M., 2010. Dwindling Groundwater Level: Dhaka city on the verge of subsidence. The Daily Star, 16 October 2010, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Shamsudduha, M., and Hoque, M.A., 2004. Dhaka City: decline of the groundwater levels. Holiday, 10 October 2004, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Shamsudduha, M., 2004. Hydrocarbon contamination in the groundwater of Dhaka city: a contemporary environmental concern. Holiday, 11 November 2004, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
MSc and PhD Theses:
- Shamsudduha, M., 2011. Groundwater dynamics and arsenic mobilisation in Bangladesh: a national-scale characterisation. PhD thesis, University College London, London, pp.167.
- Shamsudduha, M., 2007. Mineralogical and geochemical profiling of arsenic contaminated alluvial aquifers in the Ganges–Brahmaputra floodplain Manikganj, Bangladesh. M.Sc. Thesis, Auburn University, Auburn, pp.203.
- Shamsudduha, M., 2004. Geostatistical and multivariate statistical analyses on the widespread arsenic problem in the groundwater of Bangladesh, M.Sc. thesis, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney.
Professional History Highlights:
2019 – present: Lecturer in Physical Geography (Aug, 2015 - present). Currently teaching and leading academic research at the Department of Geography, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex (UK) on water and sustainable development in the Global South. To learn more please visit the official website here.
2015 – 2020: Project Manager (May 2015 - Mar 2020). Working on a UK-government funded research project, GroFutures: Groundwater Futures in Sub-Saharan Africa. The research project is developing the scientific basis and participatory management processes by which groundwater resources can be used sustainably for poverty alleviation. Currently, testing the viability of a range of 'Groundwater Development Pathways' using numerical models.
2012 – 2019: Research Associate (Mar 2012 - Jul 2019). I joined UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR) as a Research Associate to contribute in the field of Hydrometeorological Disasters and water-related risks to public health and food security. Worked on a number of research projects on water issues in the Bengal Basin (Bangladesh and West Bengal, India) Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Bolivian Altiplano.
2010 – 2011: Wingate Geography Fellow (Sep 2010 - Dec, 2011). I worked under a Wingate Geography Fellowship (Wingate Foundation, UK) on a piton investigation of climate change impacts (i.e. changes in monsoon rainfall intensity under warmer climate) on groundwater recharge by analysing high-resolution (sub-hourly) data on rainfall and groundwater levels measured at two geologically contrasting sites in central Bangladesh.
2007 – 2011: Doctoral Researcher (Sep 2007 to May 2011). I completed my doctoral research on groundwater dynamics and arsenic mobilisation in Bangladesh at the Department of Geography, University College London, UK. My research was supported through a Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award and a Wingate Geography Scholarship. I also briefly worked as an undergraduate teaching assistant.
2007 – 2007: Geoscience Intern Geologist (Jun 2007 to Aug 2007). I worked as an Intern Geologist with ConocoPhillips (www.conocophillips.com) – the world’s 5th largest oil company in the USA - on a potential multiwell development site in the Red Cave Formation in northern Texas and north-western Oklahoma, USA.
2005 – 2007: Graduate Teaching Assistant (Aug 2005 to May 2007). I worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University (www.auburn.edu/geology), Auburn, AL, USA. I taught undergraduate lab courses on Physical Geology and Environmental Geology as well as a graduate level course on Geographic Information System (GIS) during my tenure (2005 – 2007) at AU Geology.
2004 – 2005: EIA Field Monitoring Supervisor (Oct 2004 to Jun 2005). I worked with SMEC International Ltd. (www.smec.com.au), an Australia-based engineering consulting company, on the Phulbari Coal Mine Project for the Asia Energy, Bangladesh. My job was to monitor and supervise the environmental sampling and data collection system.
2001 – 2003: Research Hydrogeologist (Mar 2001 to Jan 2003). I worked as a Research Hydrogeologist under the “Health Hazard and Arsenic Mobilization in Bangladesh Groundwater” project with the “Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)” of the Columbia University, USA. My primary responsibility was to monitor environmental sampling and data collection. I oversaw the monitoring network and supervised field assistants. I also contributed in writing scientific papers for peer-reviewed journals.
2000 – 2001: Research Hydrogeologist (Jan 2001 to Mar 2001). I worked as a Research Assistant (Hydrogeology) under the “Water and Security in South Asia” project focused on water resources and flood issues in the Indian Subcontinent with the Global Environment and Energy in the 21st Century (GEE-21) of the USA in collaboration with TWEDS (Trust for Water Environment and Development Studies), Dhaka, Bangladesh. My primary responsibility was to collate water-related information on public water supplies and environmental monitoring in Bangladesh.
2015 – 2020: Project Manager (May 2015 - Mar 2020). Working on a UK-government funded research project, GroFutures: Groundwater Futures in Sub-Saharan Africa. The research project is developing the scientific basis and participatory management processes by which groundwater resources can be used sustainably for poverty alleviation. Currently, testing the viability of a range of 'Groundwater Development Pathways' using numerical models.
2012 – 2019: Research Associate (Mar 2012 - Jul 2019). I joined UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR) as a Research Associate to contribute in the field of Hydrometeorological Disasters and water-related risks to public health and food security. Worked on a number of research projects on water issues in the Bengal Basin (Bangladesh and West Bengal, India) Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Bolivian Altiplano.
2010 – 2011: Wingate Geography Fellow (Sep 2010 - Dec, 2011). I worked under a Wingate Geography Fellowship (Wingate Foundation, UK) on a piton investigation of climate change impacts (i.e. changes in monsoon rainfall intensity under warmer climate) on groundwater recharge by analysing high-resolution (sub-hourly) data on rainfall and groundwater levels measured at two geologically contrasting sites in central Bangladesh.
2007 – 2011: Doctoral Researcher (Sep 2007 to May 2011). I completed my doctoral research on groundwater dynamics and arsenic mobilisation in Bangladesh at the Department of Geography, University College London, UK. My research was supported through a Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award and a Wingate Geography Scholarship. I also briefly worked as an undergraduate teaching assistant.
2007 – 2007: Geoscience Intern Geologist (Jun 2007 to Aug 2007). I worked as an Intern Geologist with ConocoPhillips (www.conocophillips.com) – the world’s 5th largest oil company in the USA - on a potential multiwell development site in the Red Cave Formation in northern Texas and north-western Oklahoma, USA.
2005 – 2007: Graduate Teaching Assistant (Aug 2005 to May 2007). I worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University (www.auburn.edu/geology), Auburn, AL, USA. I taught undergraduate lab courses on Physical Geology and Environmental Geology as well as a graduate level course on Geographic Information System (GIS) during my tenure (2005 – 2007) at AU Geology.
2004 – 2005: EIA Field Monitoring Supervisor (Oct 2004 to Jun 2005). I worked with SMEC International Ltd. (www.smec.com.au), an Australia-based engineering consulting company, on the Phulbari Coal Mine Project for the Asia Energy, Bangladesh. My job was to monitor and supervise the environmental sampling and data collection system.
2001 – 2003: Research Hydrogeologist (Mar 2001 to Jan 2003). I worked as a Research Hydrogeologist under the “Health Hazard and Arsenic Mobilization in Bangladesh Groundwater” project with the “Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)” of the Columbia University, USA. My primary responsibility was to monitor environmental sampling and data collection. I oversaw the monitoring network and supervised field assistants. I also contributed in writing scientific papers for peer-reviewed journals.
2000 – 2001: Research Hydrogeologist (Jan 2001 to Mar 2001). I worked as a Research Assistant (Hydrogeology) under the “Water and Security in South Asia” project focused on water resources and flood issues in the Indian Subcontinent with the Global Environment and Energy in the 21st Century (GEE-21) of the USA in collaboration with TWEDS (Trust for Water Environment and Development Studies), Dhaka, Bangladesh. My primary responsibility was to collate water-related information on public water supplies and environmental monitoring in Bangladesh.