Dr. Abedin has been working as Professor in the Department of Soil Science, Bangladesh Agricultural
University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh. He is also leader of Laboratory of Environment and Sustainable
Development and Adjunct Professor at Disaster Risk Management Unit at Philippines School of Business
Administration, Manila, Philippine. He is a coordinator of University Networks in Bangladesh. Dr. Abedin
did his PhD from Kyoto University in 2011 in environmental studies. Subsequently, he did JSPS
postdoctoral research during 2011-2013 in the same university on international environment and
disaster management. Dr. Abedin also worked as a visiting scholar of Northumbria University, UK under
the theme of disaster management. He was a PAAR fellow in collaboration with Kyoto University, Japan
and START Secretariat, USA. He is conducting fundamental and applied research on water quality and
social aspect, water resources management, urban and rural linkage, CCA and DRR issues and also soil
health and food security, land use change, soil fertility and arsenic pollution. Dr. Abedin is collaborating
in a number of research projects funded by DFID, NERC, British Council, JICA, CARRIA, Canada, World
Bank, Kurita Foundation, Japan, FAO, APN, UKRI and different National level funding bodies. He also
published more than 100 articles in the form of journal paper, books and book chapters in the reputed
journal and publishers.