Mahin Al Nahian

Mr. Mahin Al Nahian

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Research Investigator, icddr,b

Biography

I am a young researcher in the climate change domain concerning health and gender. Have expertise in the water supply and sanitation sector in urban and rural contexts. Able to conduct research, can relate to local contexts, and is well experienced in project management. Capable of bringing knowledge and best practices from outside of the organization. A highly motivated and resilient team member, and experienced in working within multicultural teams. I am a Civil and Environmental Engineer (SUST) and completed MSc. in Water Resources Development (BUET) and Masters of Public Health (Uni Adelaide) under the Australia Award Scholarship. I have been involved in health research related to arsenic, water salinity and hypertension prevalence, ecosystem services and poverty, air pollution and pregnancy outcome, sexual and reproductive health and right, gender, health policy and system research, etc. - linked to climate change in Bangladesh. My research work has been cited in IPCC AR6- Working Group 2 report. I am looking forward to individual and institutional research collaboration and learning opportunities.

Affiliations

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Honors and Awards

honor

Improve Climate Research and Information Services in South Asia ‘SICRISIA’ Writeshop for academic wr

IDS, TERI, SEI, ICCCAD, Ukaid

Scholarship Award and travel grant. Kathmandu, Nepal 2012

honor

Travel Grant Award

International Geographical Union (IGU)

International Geographical Union (IGU) Regional Conference, Moscow, Russia, August 2015

honor

Scholarship Award to attend Summer School

ESRC, NERC, Ukaid

Scholarship Award to attend Summer School organized by Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) programme, Edinburgh, Scotland, April 2016

honor

Third Prize for best research paper

ICCCAD

Third Prize for best research paper on climate change in Bangladesh 2020. Awarded in the 6th Gobeshona International Conference on Research into Action in Bangladesh, 2020. Dhaka

honor

Australia Award Scholarship

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

For completing Master of Public Health at The University of Adelaide, Australia in 2020-2021

Experience

Research Investigator

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr, b)

01 Dec 2022 - present

Senior Research Officer

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr, b)

01 Jul 2014 - 01 Nov 2022

Research Officer

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr, b)

01 Jan 2014 - 01 Jun 2014

Research Assistant

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

01 Aug 2011 - 01 Jul 2013

Senior Project Engineer

Dushtha Shasthya Kendra (DSK)

01 Jun 2009 - 01 Jun 2011

Project Engineer

NGO Forum for Public Health

01 Sep 2008 - 01 Jun 2009

Site Engineer

Shatbari Construction Limited

01 Nov 2007 - 01 Sep 2008