Short Biography

Riaz joined as a senior research fellow in BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, in January 2021. He served in teaching, environmental research, and consultancy for more than seven years in Bangladesh and the USA. He is experienced in quantitative research using advanced statistical techniques, numerical groundwater modeling, and Geospatial analysis of hydrological, social, and public health-related data. Earlier, he worked on a UK's research project that involved the statistical analysis and systems analysis of surveys relating to the use of piped water supply systems in several villages in rural Bangladesh, using a wide range of socio-economic variables to identify leverage points for potential interventions. He performed as a Hydrogeological expert, Groundwater modeler, Geologist, Environmental expert, and Research assistant in the multidisciplinary teams of Scientists, Engineers, Public Health researchers, and Social workers for feasibility studies and Environmental Impact assessments in several significant national projects. Few are 137km long India-Bangladesh friendship petroleum transmission pipeline project, site selection for nuclear power plant installation, nuclear reactor installations, US DOE-funded South West Partnered project on Geological Carbon sequestration, power plant installations at different regions of Bangladesh