Professor Dr.
S.M. Imamul Huq graduated in Soil Science from the University
of Dhaka and
obtained M.Sc. degree in 1971. He did a second M.Sc. in the year 1980
from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok,
Thailand
in Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering. He obtained his D. Engg. from
the University
of Nancy I, France
in 1984 with specialization in stress metabolism in higher plants.
Prof. Imamul Huq joined the University
of Dhaka in 1973 as
a Lecturer in Soil Science. He is now a selection grade Professor since
1992 in the Department of Soil, Water and Environment of the University
of Dhaka. Prof.
Imamul Huq is a bilingual. He teaches French language as a part-time
teacher in the Institute
of Modern Languages
of the University
of Dhaka.
As a leading scientist of the country, Prof. Dr. S.M. Imamul Huq is involved
in research on transfer of Arsenic from groundwater to the food chain. He
has a well equipped laboratory with all facilities to work on problems
related to Arsenic as well as different heavy metals. Prof. Imamul
Huq is the founder director of the Bangladesh-Australia
Centre for Environmental Research at the University
of Dhaka.
Prof Imamul Huq has been the Chairman, Bangladesh Council for Scientific
and Industrial Research (BCSIR) from August 09, 2009 to August 08, 2011 .
He has been chairing the Department of Soil, Water and Environment
of the University
of Dhaka from 18 August 2005 to 17 August 2008.
With more than 220 publications
to his credit in various International and National Journals, Prof. Dr.
S.M. Imamul Huq has been awarded the prestigious Bangladesh Academy of
Sciences Gold Medal for his outstanding contribution to the
Agricultural and Biological Sciences. He has been awarded the 2007 Bangladesh UGC Award in the
Physical & Biological Science/Agricultural Science for his work on Bioremediation
of arsenic toxicity by algae in rice culture. He has also been
honored as the best educationist by a local monthly magazine
"Protifolon" in 2007.He has been elected as a "Distinguished
Alumni" by the AITAA 2008. He has been awarded the "Bangabandhu
Krishi Padak 2008" (Bangabandhu Agriculture Trophy) in the
discipline of Soil and Environment and the "Bangabandhu
Swadhinata Padak 2009" (Bangabandhu Independence Award 2009) in
the discipline of Environment by the Bangabandhu Diploma Agriculture
Association of Bangladesh. He has been awarded the "Soil Scientist of the year 2010"
and the "Valiant
Son of Soil Science" by EDAPHOS, the Ex-students'
association of the Soil Science Department, University of Dhaka.
Prof. Imamul Huq has
been the Chief Editor of Dhaka University Journal of Biological
Sciences, Joint Editor of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of
Bangladesh (Science), member of the editorial board of the Journal
of Soil Science Society of Bangladesh and reviewer of many national
and international scientific journals. He is the President of the Soil
Science Society of Bangladesh (SSSB) and the President of the Bangladesh
Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS).
Prof. Imamul Huq has
excellent supervisory and managerial experience in various Local and
international projects funded by World
Bank, ACAIR (by Australian
and Bangladesh Govt.) and many other prestigious agencies. With
excellence in conceptual thinking, problem-solving skills and common
sense/pragmatism, Prof Imamul Huq has good communication skills, able to
communicate effectively in writing and verbally and to explain complex
concepts and analytic techniques.
