Professor
Dr. Md. Jobaer Alam
Department of Oceanography
Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Research profiles & links
| Degree Name | Group/Major Subject | Board/Institute | Country | Passing Year |
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| Ph.D. | Environmental Science | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2023 |
| Masters | Business Administration | Keller Graduate School of Management | United States | 2011 |
| Post Graduate Diploma | Aquaculture Technology (DD) | Vancouver Island University | Canada | 2008 |
| Masters | Fisheries | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2007 |
| Bachelor | Fisheries | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2005 |
| H.S.C | Science | Rajshahi | Bangladesh | 1999 |
| S.S.C | Science | Rajshahi | Bangladesh | 1997 |
| Title | Organization | Location | From Date | To Date |
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| Professor | Department of Oceanography, DU | Dhaka | Feb 2024 | Present |
| Chairman & Associate Professor | Department of Oceanography, DU | Dhaka | Apr 2018 | Jan 2024 |
| Assistant Professor | Department of Oceanography, DU | Dhaka | Sep 2013 | Sep 2018 |
| Assistant Professor | Department of Fisheries, DU | Dhaka | Sep 2012 | Sep 2013 |
| Lecturer | Department of Fisheries, DU | Dhaka | Sep 2009 | Sep 2012 |
| Teaching Assistant | Department of GCE, NSU | Dhaka | May 2006 | Dec 2007 |
Research Interest
| Subject | Description | Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator) |
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| Oceanography | Blue Economy, Physical Oceanography, Biological Oceanography, Chemical Oceanography |
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| Biology | Phytoplankton Diversity, Zooplankton Diversity, Benthos Diversity |
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| Fisheries | Marine Fish, Estuarine Fish, Freshwater Fish, Crustaceans, Fish Biology, Fish Marketing |
Project/Research Supervision
| Level of Study | Title | Supervisor | Co-Supervisor(s) | Name of Student(s) | Area of Research | Current Completion |
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| Masters | Climate Change Impacts on the Sundarbans Landscape of Bangladesh: Time Series Analysis of Climatic Parameters from Satellite Images | Dr. Md. Jobaer Alam | Hasibul Hasan | 2022 | ||
| Masters | A Chemometric Approach of Groundwater Quality for Domestic and Agricultural Use and Health Risks Assessment in Sitakunda Coastal Area, Chattogram, Bangladesh. | Dr. Md. Jobaer Alam | A. Hamid Khan Vasani | 2022 | ||
| Masters | Social Impacts of Ship-breaking Industry on the Local People of Sitakunda, Chattogram | Dr. Md. Jobaer Alam | Md. Rajib Hossain Sufi | 2022 | ||
| Masters | Exploring Ocean Literacy among Coastal Communities in Cox's Bazar | Dr. Md. Jobaer Alam | Md. Foysal | 2022 | ||
| Masters | Biological and Phytochemical Investigations of Four Marine Macro Algae Sargassum wightii, Padina tetrastromatica, Spatoglossum aperum and Hypnea boergesenii Collected from the Saint Martin’s Island | Dr. Md. Jobaer Alam | Md. Mushfiqur Rahman | 2021 | ||
| Masters | Occurrence and Abundance of Plankton Communities at Maheshkhali Channel, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh | Dr. Md. Jobaer Alam | Tamanna Jahan | 2021 | ||
| Masters | Assessing Chlorophyll-a, Total Suspended Matter, and Turbidity in Coastal Waters of Bhola and Hatiya Islands: A Remote Sensing Approach with Sentinel-2 Imagery | Dr. Md. Jobaer Alam | Jannatul Ferdoush | 2021 | ||
| Masters | Analysis of Chattogram Fishery Ghat, BFDC Fishery Ghat, Cox’s Bazar and Boro Bazar, Cox’s Bazar markets and recommendations to enhance the existing marketing system | Dr.Md. Jobaer Alam | Zesan Ahmed | 2021 | ||
| Masters | Fishers' Livelihood in the Saint Martin Island: Present Status, Threats and Recommendation | Dr. Md. Jobaer Alam | Iftekhar Bin Ali | 2020 | ||
| Masters | Feasibility Study of Cage Culture and Involvement of local Communities at Saint Martin's Island, Bangladesh | Dr. Md. Jobaer Alam | Md. Rasel Mia | 2020 | ||
| Masters | Abundance and Distribution of Marine Zooplankton during Post Monsoon in the Coastal Water adjacent to Saint Martin's Island, Bangladesh | Dr. Md. Jobaer Alam | Md Mohiuddin | 2020 | ||
| Masters | Vertical and horizontal distribution of major nutrients and physio-chemical parameters during winter season in the coastal water adjacent to Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh | Dr. Md. Jobaer Alam | Md. Shahriar Sheam | 2020 | ||
| Masters | Abundance and Distribution of Marine Plankton Adjacent to the Saint Martin's Island, Bangladesh | Dr. Md. Jobaer Alam | Bijoy Mondal | 2019 | ||
| Masters | Suitable Site Selection for Eco Friendly Sustainable Tourism of an Ecologically Critical Area Using AHP and GIS Application: A Case Study of Saint Martin Island in Bangladesh | Dr. Md. Jobaer Alam | Md. Habibur Rahman Habib | 2019 | ||
| Masters | Bioavailability of trace metals in water, sediments, fish and crustaceans from Sundarbans and its human health risk assessment. | Dr. Md. Jobaer Alam | Dr. Mohammad Raknuzzaman | Shimu Akter | 2017 | |
| Masters | Marketing channel of commercially important marine fish species and livelihood assessment of marine fish sellers in Khulna, Bangladesh | Dr. Md. Jobaer Alam | Dr. Mohammad Shamsur Rahman | Taniza Islam Munia | 2017 | |
| Masters | Assessment of fishers’ livelihood and fish diversity in the Baleshwari-Haringhta river estuary: Present status, threats and recommendations | Dr. Md. Jobaer Alam | Dr. Md. Habibullah-Al-Mamun | Farhana Haque | 2017 | |
| Masters | Zooplankton ordination in the eastern Bay of Bengal | Dr. Md. Jobaer Alam | Dr. Md. Moniruzzaman Khondker | Nusrat Zakia Chowdhury | 2017 | |
| Masters | Plankton diversity in the Bay of Bengal and adjacent areas of Hatiya island . | Dr.Md. Jobaer Alam | Dr.Md. Moniruzzaman Khondokar | Sathi Rani Dey | 2017 | |
| Masters | Phytoplankton composition in northeastern part of Bay of Bengal with special reference to diatom assemblage | Dr. Md. Jobaer Alam | Dr.Md. Moniruzzaman Khondokar | Sahnela Rahman Sajin | 2017 |
Project/Research Work
| Subject | Project Name | Source of Fund | From Date | To Date | Collaboration |
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| Geological Oceanography | Spatial Distribution of Nutrients and Physico-Chemical Properties of Seawater in the Adjacent Area of the Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh | Bangladesh Bank | 01-01-1970 | ||
| Geological Oceanography | GIS-based Zoning Plan for Saint Martin Island using Spatial and Multi-Criteria Evaluation Techniques | Ministry of Science and Technology | 01-01-1970 | ||
| Biological Oceanography | Exploration of the Possibility of Commercially important Seaweed Culture in the adjacent Seawater of the Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh. | Ministry of Science and Technology | 01-01-1970 | ||
| Biological Oceanography | Evaluation of the Prospect of Cage Culture to improve the livelihood of the local people of Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh | University Grants Commission of Bangladesh | 01-01-1970 | ||
| Biological Oceanography | Diversity and Distribution of Plankton in the Coastal Seawater of the St. Martin’s Island, Bangladesh | University Grants Commission of Bangladesh | 01-01-1970 | ||
| Physical Oceanography | Assessment of chlorophyll a variability with respect to changing physical conditions in the north-eastern part of Bay of Bengal | National Science and Technology | 01-01-1970 |
Invited Talk
| SL | Invited Talk |
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| 1 | International Conference on Sustainable Blue Economy for the Development of Bangladesh, Dept of Oceanography, University of Dhaka |
| 2 | Seminar on Revealing the Potentials of Blue Economy organized by International Centre for Ocean Governance (ICOG) |
| 3 | Round Table Pre Budget-Discussion on Blue Economy of Bangladesh organized by Blue Economy Cell, Bangladesh |
| 4 | International Conference on Environmental Science and Green Energy (Online), Paris, France |
| 5 | Round Table Discussion on Blue Economy: Prospects and Challenges organized by Save Our Sea, A Non-Government Organization, Bangladesh |
| 6 | Webinar on Regional Legal Framework for Sustainable Ocean Governance in the Bay of Bengal organized by Gujrat National University, India |
| 7 | The Ocean Sciences Meeting 2024, organized by American Geophysical Union, USA |
| 8 | Seminar on Saving the Bengal Delta: A Local Challenges, A Global Issue, Organized by Alliance Francaise de Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| 9 | Seminar on Blue Economy and Maritime Security: Bangladesh Organized by Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) |
| 10 | Webinar on Marine Pollution: A Growing Peril to Marine and Coastal Zone of Bangladesh organized by Bangladesh Institute of Marine Research Development (BIMRAD) |
| 11 | Round Table Discussion on Marine Protected Area Management and Exploring further opportunities in Bangladesh organized by IUCN |
| 12 | Policy Dialogue on The Global Agreement on Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution organized by United Nations Environmental Assembly |
| 13 | International Conference on Sustainable Blue Economy for the Development of Bangladesh, Dept of Oceanography, University of Dhaka. |
| 14 | Independent Dialogue on Transformation and Future of Aquatic Food System in Bangladesh Organized by Food |
| 15 | International Conference on Earth and Atmospheric Science organized by Endling Conference Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad, India |
| 16 | Annual International Congress on Renewable Energy 2024 (Online), United Kingdom |
| 17 | International Conference on Smart Bangladesh of Tomorrow is the Science of Today organized by Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Bangladesh |
| 18 | Blue Talk, organized by Embassy of the Republic of France, Bangladesh |
| 19 | Webinar on SDG 14: Life Below Water, organized by G17 UAC Bangladesh |
| 20 | International Conference on Blue Economy for Sustainable Development 2019 |
| SL | Collaboration & Membership Name | Type | Membership Year | Expire Year |
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| 1 | Oceanographic Society of Bangladesh | Executive Member | 2021 | Life Time |
| 2 | International Centre for Ocean Governance | Executive Member | 2018 | Life Time |
| Journal Article | |
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| 1 |
Arnob Ghosh a, Md. Kamal Hossain b, Kowshik Das Karmaker a, Md. Zuel Rana a, Md. Jobaer Alama, Abu Hena Muhammad Yousufa, Shamiha Shafinaz Shreyaa, Mahfujur Rahman c, Afsana Hamid a, Afroza Parvin b, Mohammad Moniruzzaman b, Mohammad Abdul Momin Siddique d,e,*, Mahmudul Hasan : Heavy metal pollution in the sundarbans mangrove ecosystem: a growing environmental concern,
Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances (impact factor:7.7) , 2025
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Tamanna Jahan, Md. Jobaer Alam, Moniruzzaman Khondker, Swachsa Rahman, Rafid Fayyaz : Plankton Biodiversity and Spatial Variation in the Moheshkhali Channel, Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh,
The Dhaka University Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences , vol.13 , no.1 , 2024
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Alam, M. J., M. K. Ahmed, R. Fayyaz and M. Hasan : Analyzing the potential for Padina gymnospora cultivation in the coastal waters of St. Martin’s Island, Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh: Determining the fluctuations of physicochemical property across seasons and locations,
Journal of Biodiversity Conservation and Bioresource Management , vol.10(1) Banglajol , 2024
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Md Habibur Rahman Habib, Mahfujur Rahman, Md Mahin Uddin, Nusrat Jahan Shimu, Mahmudul Hasan, Md Jobaer Alam and Mir Shariful Islam : Application of AHP and geospatial technologies to assess ecotourism suitability: A case study of Saint Martin's Island in Bangladesh,
Regional Studies in Marine Science , vol.70 Elsevier , pp.103357 , 2024
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| 5 |
Bipasha Sur, Md. Kawser Ahmed, Seema Rani, Latiful Bari, Md Jobaer Alam, Abdullah Siddiqui and Rupak Loodh : Isolation, Characterization, Evaluation and Comparative Study of Beneficial Microorganisms among the Agricultural Soil, Saline Intruded Soil and Commercial Biofertilizers,
The Dhaka University Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences , vol.12 , pp.29-40 , 2024
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Md Jobaer Alam, ASM Maksud Kamal, Md Kawser Ahmed, Mahfujur Rahman, Mahmudul Hasan and Shad Al Rezwan Rahman : Nutrient and heavy metal dynamics in the coastal waters of St. Martin’s island in the Bay of Bengal,
Heliyon Elsevier , 2023
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Md Jobaer Alam, A.S.M. Maksud Kamal, Md. Kawser Ahmed, Moniruzzaman Khondker and Rafid Fayyaz : Spatial Distribution and Diversity of Marine Zooplankton Adjacent to the St. Martin's Island, Bangladesh,
Journal of Ecological Engineering , vol.23 , 2022
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Kamrun Nahar Chowdhury, Md Kawser Ahmed, Kazi Turjaun Akhter, Md Jobaer Alam, Seema Rani and Makidul Islam Khan : Proximate Composition of Some Selected Seaweeds from Coastal Areas of Cox’s Bazar and the St. Martin’s Island, Bangladesh,
The Dhaka University Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences , pp.113--122 , 2022
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| 9 |
Nurany Sadia, Md Kawser Ahmed, Md Moniruzzaman Khondkar, Seema Rani, Md Jobaer Alam, Ahmad Al Karim and Makidul Islam Khan : Horizontal and Vertical Distribution and Abundance of Zooplankton around the Swatch-of-No-Ground of Northern Bay of Bengal,
The Dhaka University Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences , 2022
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| 10 |
Md Jobaer Alam, A.S.M. Maksud Kamal, Md. Kawser Ahmed, Moniruzzaman Khondker, Bijoy Mondal and Rafid Fayyaz : Abundance, Diversity and Distribution of Phytoplankton in Coastal Water Adjacent to St. Martin’s Island, Bangladesh,
The Dhaka University Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences , 2022
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Muhammad Shahinur Rahman, Md. Kawser Ahmed, Md. Jobaer Alam, Most Israt Jahan Mili and Seema Rani : Intra-annual variability of Chlorophyll-a and Sea Surface Temperature (SST) in the Northern Bay of Bengal,
A Scientific Joumal of Meteorology and Geo-Physics , 2019
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Muhammad Shahinur Rahman, Md. Kawser Ahmed, Md. Jobaer Alam, Most Israt Jahan Mili and Seema Rani : Distribution of Satellite derived surface Chlorophyll-a and associated physical parameters in the Northern Bay of Bengal,
A Scientific Joumal of Meteorology and Geo-Physics , 2019
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Md. Monjur Hasan, B. M. Sajjad Hossain, Md. Jobaer Alam, K. M. Azam Chowdhury, Ahmad Al Karim and Nuruddin Md. Khaled Chowdhury : The Prospects of Blue Economy to Promote Bangladesh into a Middle-Income Country,
Open Journal of Marine Science , 2018
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Mosa Sanzida Sultana, Jobaer Md Alam, Shunsuke Koshio, Manabu Ishikawa, Saichiro Yokoyama and Ikemura Tomoyuki : Supplemental effects of shochu distillery by-product and some crude ingredients to improve the nutritional utilization of low fish meal diets for red sea bream, Pagrus major,
International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies , 2017
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| 15 |
Mustafa MG, Hossain MA, Alam MJ, Khan MMR, Nilla SS and Alam MZ2 : Effects of gamma irradiation on the shelf-life of frozen tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon (Fabricius, 1798),
International Journal of Natural Sciences , 2016
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Mosa Sanzida Sultana, Md. Jobaer Alam, Mosa SShunsuke Koshio, Manabu Ishikawa, Saichiro Yokoyama and Ikemura Tomoyuki : Growth, Feed Utilization, Health Condition and Immune Response by Partially and Totally Replacing Fishmeal with Shochu Distillery By-Product in the Diet of Juvinile Japanese Flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus,
World Journal of Fish and Marine Sciences , 2016
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| 17 |
Md Jobaer Alam, Mahmudul Hasan, Osammat R. Akter and M. Karim : An Infrastructural Analysis of the Selected Wholesale Fish Markets in Dhaka City, Bangladesh,
World Journal of Fish and Marine Sciences , 2014
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Mohammad Nahidul Alam and Md Jobaer Alam : A comparative study of endoparasite infestation of Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) in polluted and non-polluted water bodies of Bangladesh,
International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies , 2014
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| 19 |
Rumana Yasmin, Mehady Islam and Md Jobaer Alam : A Study on Potential Application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Fisheries and Aquaculture of Bangladesh,
World Journal of Fish and Marine Sciences , 2012
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| 20 |
Md Jobaer Alam, Rumana Yasmin, Arifa Rahman, Nazmun Nahar, Nadia Islam Pinky and Monzurul Hasan : A Study on Fish Marketing System in Swarighat, Dhaka, Bangladesh,
Journal of Nature and Science, USA , 2010
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| 21 |
Md Jobaer Alam, Md. Ghulam Mustafa and Md. Mominul Islam : Effects of some Artificial diets on the Growth Performance, Survival Rate and Biomass of the fry of climbing perch, Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792),
Journal of Nature and Science, USA , 2010
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Md Jobaer Alam, Md. Ghulam Mustafa and Md. Abdul Khaleque : Evaluations of the Effects of Different Dietary Vitamin C levels on the Body Composition, Growth Performance and Feed Utilization Efficiencies in Stinging Catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1792),
The Journal of American Science, USA , 2009
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| Conference Proceedings | |
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Md Mahmudur Rahman Khan, Saima Sharif Nilla and Md Jobaer Alam "Length-weight and length-length relationships of some small indigenous fish species from the Brahmaputra river, Bangladesh."
2014
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| Award Type | Title | Year | Country | Description |
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| National | Deans Award | 2025 | Bangladesh | Certifcate of Appreciation for Research Excellence |
| International | International Creative Arts Award 2024 | 2024 | Bangladesh | Contributin in Teaching and Journalism Development |
| International | Center for Shellfish Research | 2008 | Canada | Successful Training Completion on Shellfish Rearing |
| National | Senior Cadet | 2006 | Bangladesh | Successful completion of 2 Years Training on National Law and Civic Responsibility for emergency and non-emergency situations |
Name & designation
Dr. Md. Jobaer Alam
Professor
Department
Department of Oceanography Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Email
jobaer_alam@du.ac.bd
Phone
+880-2-9661900/, +8801757000111