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Dr. Md. Akhter Hossain Khan, a Grade One Professor of the Department of Soil, Water and Environment, was born in Rangunia of Chattagram district. Dr. Khan passed SSC Examination from Muradnagar High School of Cumilla in 1974 and HSC from Chittagong College in 1976. He was awarded Primary, Junior and SSC merit scholarships. He started pursuing his under graduate degree in English at Chittagong College. However, after completing 1^st year in English department, he got admitted in the Department of Soil Science at the University of Dhaka. He passed B. Sc. (Hons.) in 1981 securing 1^st Class and M. Sc. in 1982 securing 1^st Class with 1^st position in order of merit.

After his graduation, Prof. Khan started working as a Scientific Officer in a Research Project of BARC funded by the World Bank. At the end of 1989 he left the country to pursue higher study in USA. He earned the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Agronomy at Kansas State University. Dr. Khan also did his Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Kansas State University, USA. During his tenure at KSU he was awarded prestigious scholarships like Neal and Florence E Morehouse Graduate Scholarship (in 1992 and in 1994), and Roscoe Ellis, Jr. Graduate Scholarship (in 1993).

Dr. Khan was very much involved in social and political activities at Kansas State University. He was elected as a Graduate Senator at the Student Senate of Kansas State University. He also served as the elected Vice President of the International Coordinating Council, President of the Bangladesh Student Association, and President of the Islamic Center of Manhattan, KS.

In 1997, Dr. Khan came back home and joined as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Soil Science, at the University of Dhaka. He became a Selection Grade (Grade One) Professor in 2017. He has supervised a number of Graduate students. He has published research articles in internationally renowned journals like Agronomy Journal, Journal of Plant Physiology, Journal of Soil Science Society of America, and Transections of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. Dr. Khan also served as the Executive Editor of the Bangladesh Journal of Soil Science.

Prof. Khan served the University of Dhaka as an elected Senate member. He was the Provost of Amar Ekushey Hall for more than six years. He served as the President of the Dhaka University Club. Prof. Khan was also elected as the Vice President of Dhaka University Teachers Association (DUTA) for two consecutive terms.

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Degree Name	Group/Major Subject	Board/Institute	Country	Passing Year
Ph.D.	Agronomy	Kansas State University	United States	1996
Masters	Soil Science	Dhaka University	Bangladesh	1982
Bachelor	Soil Science	Dhaka University	Bangladesh	1981

Title	Organization	Location	From Date	To Date
Professor	Department of Soil, Water and Environment, University of Dhaka	Dhaka, Bangladesh	01, Dec 2004	Currently Working
Provost	Amar Ekushey Hall, University of Dhaka	Dhaka, Bangladesh	09, Oct 2001	26-11-2007
House Tutor	Amar Ekushey Hall, University of Dhaka	Dhaka, Bangladesh	18, Sep 2001	08-10-2001
Associate Professor	Department of Soil, Water and Environment, University of Dhaka	Dhaka, Bangladesh	15, Apr 2000	30-11-2004
Assistant Professor	Department of Soil Science, University of Dhaka	Dhaka, Bangladersh	09, Jul 1997	14-04-2000
Research Associate	Department of Agronomy, and Department of Grain Science and Industries, Kansas State University	Manhattan, Kansas, USA	01, May 1996	31-05-1997
Research Assistant	Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University	Manhattan, Kansas, USA	01, May 1990	30-04-1996
Scientific Officer	Department of Soil Science, University of Dhaka	Dhaka, Bangladesh	01, Dec 1988	31-12-1989
Research Assistant	Department of Soil Science, University of Dhaka	Dhaka, Bangladesh	01, Apr 1986	31-03-1988

Research Interest

Subject	Description	Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator)
Soil and Environmental Science	Agronomy, Soil Physics, Soil Water Management

Project/Research Supervision

Level of Study	Title	Supervisor	Co-Supervisor(s)	Name of Student(s)	Area of Research	Current Completion
Ph.D.	Impact of Jute cultivation on crop performances and soil properties	Prof. Sirajul Hoque, PhD	Prof. Md. Akhter Hossain Khan, PhD and Syed Alauddin Ahmed, PhD	Md. Monjurul Alam	Agronomy, Soil Science
Masters	Interactive effects of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sulphur and Water stress on nutrient content and growth of Red Amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor L.)	Prof. Md. Akhter Hossain Khan, Ph.D.		Tanbir Ahamad		2020
Masters	Growth and nutrient content of Indian Spinach (Basella alba L.) as influenced by different doses of Potassium fertilizer under different soil moisture regimes	Prof. Md. Akhter Hossain Khan, Ph.D.		Sadia Israt	Plant nutrition and soil water management	2020
Masters	Synthesis of Nano-Silver particles and an assessment of their potency as anti-microbial agent	Prof. Md. Akhter Hossain Khan, PhD	Prof. Sirajul Hoque, PhD	Maimuna Qazi	Environmental Chemistry	2015
Masters	Probable Acidification of some calcareous soils of Bangladesh	Prof. Md. Akhter Hossain Khan, PhD	Tazeen Fatima Khan and Manzurul Hoque	Sifat Tahziba	Soil Science	2015
Masters	Assessment of metal contamination in water of Bangshi river and in nearby soil, plant and air.	Prof. Md. Akhter Hossain Khan, PhD	Prof. Abdus Salam, PhD	Sadia Alam Shammi	Environmental pollution	2014
Masters	Efficiency of Bio-absorbants in the removal of heavy metal from contaminated water	Prof. Md. Akhter Hossain Khan, PhD	Prof. Abdus Salam	Shahinur Akter	Environmental pollution	2012
Masters	Effect of Tea residue on nutrient uptake and growth of Red Amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor L.) and Indian Spinach (Basella alba)	Prof. Md. Akhter Hossain Khan, PhD	Prof. Sirajul Hoque, PhD	Banozir Shabnam	Agronomy, Plant nutrition	2012
Masters	Effect of salt stress on the growth and mineral contents of spinach plant	Prof. Md. Akhter Hossain Khan, PhD	Prof. Sirajul Hoque, PhD	Md. Imran	Agronomy	2010
Masters	Effect of Tillage on the germination, growth, and yield of jute and on some soil properties	Prof. Md. Akhter Hossain Khan, PhD	Md. Monjurul Alam	Md. Iqbal Hossen Khan	Agronomy, Soil Science	2005
Masters	Effect of organic fertilizer on the growth of Jute plant and yield of Jute seed	Prof. Md. Akhter Hossain Khan, PhD	Md. Monjurul Alam, PhD	Hossne Ara Ferdoushi	Agronomy	2005
Masters	The effect of water stress and N-fertilization on growth and nutrient uptake of Mint (Mentha arvensis L.)	Prof. Md. Akhter Hossain Khan, PhD		Tanjia Shormin	Agronomy	1999
Masters	Effects of Puddling and water regimes on soil properties and yield of rice	Prof. Md. Akhter Hossain Khan, PhD		Anisur Rahman	Agronomy, Soil Science	1997

Project/Research Work

Subject	Project Name	Source of Fund	From Date	To Date	Collaboration
No project/research work is found

Invited Talk

SL	Invited Talk
No invited talk is found

SL	Collaboration & Membership Name	Type	Membership Year	Expire Year
1	Soil Science Society of Bangladesh	Life Member	2000	Life Time

Book
1	Stone, L.R., O.H. Buller, A.J. Schlegel, M.C. Knapp, J-I. Perng, A.H. Khan, H.L. Manges and D.H. Rogers Description and use of KS Water Budget v. T1 software. Resource Manual. Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA, 1995 .

Book Section
1	Shammi, S.A., A. Salam and A.H. Khan "Enrichment of Nutrient Status of Water-Soil Systems Caused by Industrial Effluents." Governance and Development: Changing Dynamics and Shifting Agendas. Osder Publication, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2016, pp. 207-218 .

Journal Article
1	Khan, A.H., and A. Islam, R. Islam, S. Begum, and S.M. Imamul Huq : Effect of indigenous VA-Mycorrhizal Fungi on nodulation, growth, and nutrition of lentil (Lens culinaris L.), and blackgram (Vigna mungo L.)., J. Plant Physiol. (impact factor:3.013) , vol.133 , pp.84-88 , 1988 .
2	Khan, A.H., and A. Islam, R. Islam, S. Begum, and S.M. Imamul Huq : Mycorrhizal status of some Bangladesh soils and the effect of indigenous VA-Mycorrhizal fungi on the growth of rice plants, Bangladesh J. Bot. (impact factor:0.15) , vol.17 , no.1 , pp.49-56. , 1988 .
3	Khan, A.H., and S. Begum, A. Islam and R. Mandal : The absorption of organic phosphate by rice plant from culture solution., J. Bangladesh Acad. Sci. , vol.12 , pp.121-127. , 1988 .
4	Khan, A.H., S. Begum,, A. Islam,, S.M. Imamul Huq,, T.H. Khan, and R. Mandal : Phosphate status of some sub-humid tropical soils of Bangladesh., Bangladesh J. Sci. Res. , vol.7 , no.1 , pp.11-19 , 1989 .
5	Ahmad, Z., S.G. Hussain, M. Ahmed, M.H.K. Choudhury and A.H. Khan : Effect of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, and zinc on the growth, yield, and nutrient contents of potato under rainfed condition., Dhaka Univ. Studies, Part E. , vol.4 , no.2 , pp.135-141 , 1989 .
6	Ahmad, Z., N.S. Hossain, S.G. Hossain, and A.H. Khan. : Effect of duckweed (Lemina minor) as complement to fertilizer nitrogen on the growth and yield of rice., Int. J. Trop. Agric. , vol.8 , no.1 , pp.72-79 , 1990 .
7	Lamm, F.R., H.L. Manges, L.R. Stone, A.H. Khan, and and D.H. Rogers. : Water requirement of subsurface drip-irrigated corn in northwest Kansas., Trans. ASAE (impact factor:1.156) , vol.38 , no.2 , pp.441-448 , 1995 .
8	Stone, L.R., A.J. Schlegel, R.E. Gwin, Jr. and A.H. Khan : Response of corn, grain sorghum, and sunflower to irrigation in the High Plains of Kansas., Agric. Water Manage. (impact factor:4.021) , vol.30 , pp.251-259 , 1996 .
9	Khan, A.H., L.R. Stone, O.H. Buller, A.J. Schlegel, M.C. Knapp, J-I. Perng, H.L. Manges and D.H. Rogers. : Educational software for illustration of drainage, evapotranspiration, and crop yield., J. Nat. Resour. Life Sci. Educ. (impact factor:3.708) , vol.25 , no.2 , pp.170-174 , 1996 .
10	Darusman, Akhter H. Khan, Loyd R. Stone, William E. Spurgeon and Freddie R. Lamm : Water flux below the root zone vs. dripline spacing in drip-irrigated corn., Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. (impact factor:2.311) , vol.61 , pp.1755-1760 , 1997 .
11	Darusman, Akhter H. Khan, Loyd R. Stone, William E. Spurgeon and Freddie R. Lamm : Water flux below the root zone vs. irrigation amount in drip-irrigated corn., Agron. J. (impact factor:1.683) , vol.89 , pp.375-379 , 1997 .
12	Khan, A.H., L.R. Stone and Darusman : Determination of unsaturated hydraulic conductivity as function of soil water potential., Dhaka Univ. J. Biol. Sci. , vol.9 , no.1 , pp.25-30 , 2000 .
13	Rabbi, S.M.F., T.H. Khan, A.H. Khan and S. Hoque : Effect of water stress and N-P fertilizer application on agronomic parameters of wheat., Bangladesh J. Soil Sci. , vol.26 , pp.113-120 , 2000 .
14	Khan, A.H., L.R. Stone and Darusman : Determination of drainage (soil water flux) using Wilcox technique., Bangladesh J. Soil Sci. , vol.26 , pp.121-126 , 2000 .
15	Palash, M.A.H., A. Islam, S. Hoque, A.H. Khan and S.A. Hossain : Behaviour of Soil Mn, Cu, and B under submerged condition., Bangladesh J. Soil Sci. , vol.26 , pp.133-136. , 2000 .
16	Palash, M.A.H., A. Islam, S. Hoque, A.H. Khan and S.A. Hossain. : Iron and Zinc dynamics in submerged soils., Dhaka Univ. J. Biol. Sci. , vol.10 , no.1 , pp.113-116 , 2001 .
17	Jahan, S., T.H. Khan, A.H. Khan and S. Hoque : Erosion related physical properties of some hill soils of Bangladesh., Dhaka Univ. J. Biol. Sci. , vol.10 , no.2 , pp.137-143 , 2001 .
18	Stone, L.R., D.E. Goodrum, M.N. Jaafar and A.H. Khan : Rooting front and water depletion depths in Grain sorghum and Sunflower., Aghron. J. (impact factor:1.683) , vol.93 , pp.1105-1110 , 2001 .
19	Rabbi, S.M.F., T.H. Khan, A.H. Khan and S. Hoque : Effect of water stress and N-P fertilizer application on nutrient uptake and grain quality of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)., Dhaka Univ. J. Biol. Sci. , vol.11 , no.1 , pp.17-24 , 2002 .
20	Stone, L.R., D.E. Goodrum, A.J. Schlegel, M.N. Jaafar and A.H. Khan : Water depletion depth of Grain sorghum and Sunflower in the Central High Plains., Agron. J. (impact factor:1.683) , vol.94 , pp.936-943 , 2002 .
21	Islam, Md. Thouhidul, Sirajul Hoque, Tofazzal Hussain Khan and Akhter Hossain Khan : Nutrient contents of soils and rubber leaves of Madhupur and Karnajhora rubber plantations., Bangladesh J. Soil Sci. , vol.31 , no.1-2 , pp.1-11 , 2005 .
22	Rahman, A., A.H. Khan, S. Hoque and T.H. Khan : Effects of Puddling and water regimes on soil properties and yield of rice., Dhaka. Univ. J. Biol. Sci. , vol.11 , no.2 , pp.133-138 , 2002 .
23	Sadia Alam Shammi, Abdus Salam and Md Akhter Hossain Khan : Assessment of heavy metal pollution in the agricultural soils, plants, and in the atmospheric particulate matter of a suburban industrial region in Dhaka, Bangladesh., Environ. Monit. Assess. (impact factor:2.871) , vol.193 , no.2 , pp.104 , 2021 .
24	Qazi, M., S. Hoque and A.H. Khan : Synthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticles., Bangladesh J. Soil Sci. , vol.39 , no.1 , pp.43-52 , 2017 .
25	Shammi S.A., A. Salam and A.H. Khan : Assessment of metal contamination in water of Bangshi river., Bangladesh J. Soil Sci. , vol.38 , no.1 , pp.27-35 , 2016 .
26	Shabnam, B., S. Hoque, M. Moniruzzaman and A.H. Khan : Growth and nutrient uptake by Indian Spinach (Basella alba L.) as influenced by tea residues and used tea leaves., Bangladesh J. Soil Sci. , vol.37 , no.2 , pp.35-45. , 2015 .
27	Stone, L.R., A.J. Schlegel, A.H. Khan, N.L. Klocke and R.M. Aiken : Water supply: Yield relationships developed for study of water management., J. Nat. Resour. Life Sci. Educ. (impact factor:2.38) , vol.35 , pp.161-173. , 2006 .
28	Alam, MD. Monjurul, Syed Alauddin Ahmad, A.H. Khan and Sirajul Hoque : Response of Cropping Patterns to Nitrogen Balance in Soil., Bangladesh J. Jute Fib. , vol.29 , no.1-2 , pp.83-89. , 2009 .
29	Alam, MD. Monjurul, Syed Alauddin Ahmad, Md. Akhter Hossain Khan and Sirajul Hoque : Effect of Jute Cultivation on Phosphorus Balance in Soil., Bangladesh J. Jute Fib. Res. , vol.29 , no.1-2 , pp.103-114. , 2009 .
30	Shormin, T., A.H. Khan and M. Alamgir : Response of different levels of nitrogen fertilizer and water stress on the growth and yield of Japanese Mint (Mentha arvensis L.)., Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. , vol.44 , no.1 , pp.137-145. , 2009 .
31	Alam, M. M., S. A. Ahmad, A.H. Khan and S. Hoque : Impact of Jute Cultivation on Crop Performances., Bangladesh J. Soil Sci. , vol.36 , no.1-2 , pp.1-7. , 2010 .
32	Islam, M. T., S. Hoque, T. H. Khan and A.H. Khan : Rubber growing soils as assessed by some selected physical properties., Bangladesh J. Soil Sci. , vol.36 , no.1-2 , pp.17-26. , 2010 .
33	Akter, S., A. Salam and A.H. Khan : Efficiency of natural bio-absorbents to remove heavy metal ions from artificially contaminated water., Bangladesh J. Soil Sci. , vol.37 , no.1 , pp.57-63. , 2015 .
34	Shabnam, B., S. Hoque, M. Moniruzzaman and A.H. Khan : Shabnam, B., S. Hoque, M. Moniruzzaman, and A.H. Khan. 2015. Effect of Tea residues and used tea leaves on the growth of and nutrient uptake by Red Amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor L.)., Bangladesh J. Soil Sci. , vol.37 , no.1 , pp.13-23. , 2015 .
35	Alam, MD. Monjurul, Syed Alauddin Ahmad, A.H. Khan and Sirajul Hoque : Nutrient uptake, harvest and addition by crops under different cropping sequences., Dhaka. Univ. J. Biol. Sci. , vol.20 , no.1 , pp.81-90. , 2011 .

Award Type	Title	Year	Country	Description
Local	Neal and Florence E Morehouse Graduate Scholarship, KSU	1994	United States	Neal and Florence E. Morehouse Scholarship is awarded to an agronomy graduate student with an interest in crop production, soil management.
Local	Roscoe Ellis, Jr. Graduate Scholarship, KSU	1993	United States	Roscoe Ellis, Jr. Scholarship is awarded to an agronomy graduate student in soil science. Scholarship criteria includes academic excellence and dedication to the profession.
Local	Neal and Florence E Morehouse Graduate Scholarship, KSU	1992	United States

Dr. Md. Akhter Hossain Khan

Professor & Chairman

Department of Soil, Water & Environment

Faculty of Biological Sciences

Email: akhterkhan@du.ac.bd

Phone: +8801817727790