Dr. Md. Monirul Islam completed his Ph.D. on 25 March 2022 at the Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan. Dr. Islam completed his Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Agricultural Economics from Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh. In his professional life, he has been working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, at Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh. He has been recruited as a lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics and is now working as an Associate Professor in the same department. His research interests focus on the fields of climate change, GIS and remote sensing, vulnerability assessment and geospatial crop insurance, land use policy, and food security.
Bangladesh Agricultural University
Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Agricultural Economics
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Agriculture and Food
JSRSAI Association Encouraging Award
Japan Section of the Regional Science Association International
JSRSAI Association Encouraging Award, Japan Section of the Regional Science Association International, 12 October 2025. For the article: “Development of a near-infrared band derived water indices algorithm for rapid flash flood inundation mapping from Sentinel-2 remote sensing datasets,” Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, 2023, 7, 615–640.
Crawford Fund Conference Scholar
Crawford Fund
Crawford Fund Conference Scholar (2025), Progress and Prospects for Climate-Resilient Agrifood Systems: Actionable Recommendations for Policymakers and Practitioners” in August in Canberra, Australia.
CSIRO non-cash reward
CSIRO
CSIRO non-cash reward in recognition of praiseworthy achievement in “Collaboration” to the ACIAR-funded project CSI4CZ-2 (2024 and 2023).
Global Research Impact Recognition Award-2024
Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System (BAURES)
27 April 2024: Global Research Impact Recognition Award-2024 from the Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System (BAURES), BAU, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
Academic Excellence Dean’s Award
Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Academic Excellence Dean’s Award from the Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan (2022).
Emerging Scholar Awardee
Thirteen International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses
Selected and Nominated for the Emerging Scholar Awardee for the Thirteenth International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses, 8-9 April 2021, UBC Robson Square, Vancouver, Canada. Here is the link: https://on-climate.com/2021-conference/emerging-scholar-awards (2021).
Emerging Scholar Awardee
Twelfth International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses - Virtual Conference
Selected and Nominated for the Emerging Scholar Awardee for the Twelfth International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses - Virtual Conference, 16 April 2020, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Italy. Here is the link: https://cgscholar.com/community/community_profiles/climate-change/community_updates/117652 (2020).
University Recommended Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) Scholarship
University of Tsukuba
University Recommended Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) Scholarship for postgraduate studies at the University of Tsukuba, Japan (2018-2022).
National Science and Technology fellowship
Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
NST (National Science and Technology) fellowship under the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (2014-2015).
Post Doctoral Researcher
CSIRO, Canberra, Australia
01 Feb 2023 - 01 Nov 2025
Associate Professor
Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
01 Mar 2022 - 01 Nov 2025
Assistant Professor
Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
01 Feb 2017 - 01 Mar 2022
University Lecturer
Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
01 Feb 2015 - 01 Feb 2017