Md. Golam Mahboob, PhD

Consultant (Remote Sensing & GIS)
g.mahboob@cgiar.org

Dr. Md. Golam Mahboob is a Research Scientist- Land Resources Mapping at the Geoinformatics Unit of International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), based in Amman, Jordan. He secured his Doctor of Engineering degree from the Gifu University, Japan in 2013 with support from the Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship. Title of his doctoral thesis was, “Modeling and evaluation of basin scale water balance by using airborne lidar and satellite remote sensing”. Dr. Mahboob also pursued the Gifu University Rearing Program for Basin Water Environment Leaders (BWEL) as a complementary course during his entire doctoral term, through which he received an additional certificate on International Environmental Leadership. In 2008, he attended a 10 months-long Post-Graduate Diploma in Remote Sensing and GIS with specialization in Agriculture and Soils from the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun with a mutual support from The Academy of Science for the Developing World (TWAS) and Sharing of Experience in Space (SHARES) Fellowship. He achieved his BSc in Agriculture and MS in Agroforesry from Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh. Before his joining at ICARDA, he had been working as a scientist with Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) and an officer at Bayer CropScience Ltd., Bangladesh. He collaborated with scientists from a range disciplines and authored a good number of scientific articles on diverse topics in different local and international journals. Dr. Mahboob achieved the country’s highest medal in rover scouting movement, President’s Rover Scout (PRS) during his University life in the year of 2000. He is affiliated with several local and international professional and academic societies. Recently he discharged the duties of the Program Co-Chair in the 5th International Conference on Environmental Aspects of Bangladesh (ICEAB14) held at the University of Dhaka during 4-5 September 2014. His current research interest includes application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Natural Resources Management for sustainable agriculture in the dry areas of the world.