Dr. Murad Ahmed Farukh

1. Working as a principal investigator (PI) in an on-going research project entitled "Assessment and Evaluation of Noise Exposure Index and its Impact on Student’s Health at BAU: a GIS Approach" funded by BAURES for the period of 2019 to 2021.
2. Working as a principal investigator (PI) in an on-going research project entitled "Developing Forecasting Technology of Extreme Weather and its Impact on Coastal Areas Food Security" funded by ICTD, Govt. of Bangladesh for the period of 2019 to 2021.
3. Postdoctoral research on “Climate Change Adaptation” under research program on climate change funded by MEXT, Japan at the University of Hokkaido, Japan during December 2012 to December 2014.
4. PhD research on “Recent Forest Fire and Lightning Trend in Alaska” under the research area of Human Environmental System at the University of Hokkaido, Japan from October 2008 to September 2011.
5. MS research on “Investigation of Micrometeorological aspects over Vegetation of Fallow Land” at Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh from 2003 to 2004.
6. MEngg. research on “Analysis on Mongolian Wildland Fires Using MODIS Hotspot and Weather Data” at the University of Hokkaido, Japan from October 2006 to September 2008.
7. Worked as a research associate in the project entitled “Effect of Integrated Nutrient Supply and Planting Geometry on Fertility of Soil and Productivity of Modern Rice Varieties” funded by Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System (BAURES) from January 2002 to December 2003.
8. Completed a project as a PI entitled “Severe Cyclone Events on Crop Vulnerability under Climate Change Conditions – Integration of GCM and GIS” funded by BAURES for the period of 2015 to 2017.
9. Completed a project as a PI entitled “Synoptic Climatology of Severe Cyclone Events and Crop Vulnerability under Climate Change Conditions” funded by University Grants Commission (UGC) on 2016.
10. Number of MS students Supervised and Co-supervised: 25 and 42, respectively.

Conference Proceedings

1. M. A. Farukh and T. J. Yamada. “Extreme Snowfall Events and Associated Synoptic Climatology in Sapporo City of Northern Japan”, Proceedings of the 7th International Scientific Conference on the ‘Global Water and Energy Cycle’ in World Forum, The Hague, The Netherlands, July, 2014.
2. M. A. Farukh and T. J. Yamada. “Synoptic climatology associated with extreme snowfall events in Sapporo city of northern Japan”, Proceedings of the 11^th Asia Oceania Geoscience Society (AOGS) meeting, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, August, 2014.
3. T. J. Yamada, T. Sato, M. Inatsu, M. A. Farukh, K. Nakamura, S. Sugimoto, N. Matsuoka, T. Ogura, A. Komatsu, “Development and Application of Comprehensive Downscaling in Hokkaido”, JWA & JMA & RECCA, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, October, 2014.
4. M. A. Farukh and T. J. Yamada. “Climatology of Winter and Summertime Extreme Rainfall Events over Northern Japan”, local conference organized by Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) on downscaling, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, September, 2014.
5. M. A. Farukh and T. J. Yamada. “Synoptic Climatology Associated with Extreme Snowfall Events in Sapporo City of Northern Japan”, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Downscaling 2013, Tsukuba, Japan, October, 2013.
6. M. A. Farukh and T. J. Yamada. “Mesoscale Weather Patterns Leading to Extreme Snowfall Intensity Events in Sapporo City of Northern Japan”, Proceedings of the International Joint Conference of 11^th Asia-Flux International Workshop, 3^rd HESSS, and 14^th Annual Meeting of KSAFM, Seoul, Korea, August, 2013.
7. M. A. Farukh and T. J. Yamada. “Advanced Data Downscaling for Climate Change Adaptation in Hokkaido Region, Japan”, Proceedings of the 6^th International Conference of the Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources, Seoul, Korea, August, 2013.
8. M. N. H. Khan, M. A. Sattar and M. A. Farukh. “Assessment of Weather Anomalies for Severe Cyclonic Storm Aila in 2009”. The 19^th conference of the Islamic World Academy of Sciences, Dhaka, Bangladesh, May, 2013.
9. H. Hayasaka and M. A. Farukh. “Active Forest Fires Occurred under Severe Lightning in Alaska”, Proceedings of the American Meteorological Society 9^th Symposium on Fire Forest Meteorology, Palm Springs, CA, October, 2011.
10. M. A. Farukh, H. Hayasaka and K. Kimura, “Lightning Meteorology and Wildland Fires in Alaska”, Proceedings of the Japan Association of Fire Science and Engineering Annual Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, May, 2011.
11. M. A. Farukh, H. Hayasaka and K. Kimura, “Thunderstorm Occurrence and Ignition Condition in Alaska”, Proceedings of the Japan Association of Fire Science and Engineering Annual Symposium, Hokkaido, Japan, May, 2010.
12. H. Hayasaka and M. A. Farukh. “Satellite Observation of Forest Fire and Thundercloud in Alaska”, Proceedings of the Japan Geo-science Union Meeting, Chiba, Japan, 2010.
13. H. Hayasaka and M. A. Farukh. “Thunderstorm Occurrence in Alaska”, Proceedings of the Heat Transfer Symposium, Hokkaido, Japan, 2010.
14. H. Hayasaka and M. A. Farukh. “Recent Active Lightning and Forest Fires in Alaska”, Proceedings of the 2^nd International Symposium on the Arctic research, Tokyo, Japan, 2010.
15. M. A. Farukh and H. Hayasaka, “Lightning Climatology and Forest Fires in Alaska”, Proceedings of the Japan Association of Fire Science and Engineering Annual Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, May, 2009.
16. M. A. Farukh and H. Hayasaka, “Forest Fires in Alaska – Analysis based on Lightning and Meteorological Parameters”, Proceedings of 55^th Symposium of the Meteorological Society of Japan, Hokkaido, Japan, September, 2009.
17. H. Hayasaka, E. I. Putra and M. A. Farukh. “Disastrous Fires in Several Forest and Wildland in the World”, International Symposium on Cooperative Actions for Disaster Risk Reduction (CADRR), UN University, Tokyo, Japan, March, 2009.
18. M. A. Farukh and H. Hayasaka. “Forest Fire Occurrence Probability by Lightning in Alaska”, Proceedings of the Combustion Society of Japan, Hokkaido, Japan, December, 2009.
19. M. A. Farukh and H. Hayasaka. “Recent Tendency of Mongolian Forest Fires Using MODIS Hotspot and Weather Data”, Proceedings of the Japan Association of Fire Science and Engineering Annual Symposium, Kobe, Japan, May, 2008.
20. M. A. Farukh and H. Hayasaka. “Forest fires in Mongolia – Analysis based on MODIS Hotspot and Weather Data”, International Symposium, Sentinel Earth – Detection of Environmental Change – Hokkaido, July, 2008.
21. H. Hayasaka, M. A. Farukh, A. Fedorov and O. Mishigdorj. “Recent Forest Fire Activity and Precipitation”, The 1^st International Symposium on Arctic Research, Tokyo, Japan, 2008.
22. H. Hayasaka and M. A. Farukh. “Forest Fires in Mongolia”, Proceedings of the 45^th Japanese Heat Transfer Symposium, Tsukuba, Japan, May, 2008.
23. H. Hayasaka, E. I. Putra, M. A. Farukh, Fedorov, A., Usup, A. and Mishigdorj, O. “Recent Wildland Fire Activity in Boreal and Tropical Regions under Rapid Climate Change – The ’88 fires: Yellowstone and Beyond”, Tallahassee, Florida, USA, September, 2008.
24. M. A. Farukh and H. Hayasaka. “Forest fires in Mongolia – Analysis based on MODIS Hotspot and Weather Data”, International Symposium, Sentinel Earth – Detection of Environmental Change –, Hokkaido, Japan, July, 2008.
25. M. A. Farukh and H. Hayasaka. “Recent Forest and Steppe Fires in Mongolia”, Proceedings of the Japan Association of Fire Science and Engineering Annual Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, May, 2007.
26. M. A. Farukh, H. Hayasaka and O. Mishigdorj. “Recent Increasingly Active Fires in Mongolia -Pasture and Forest Fires”, Proceedings of the 26^th Symposium of Japanese Natural Disaster Science Society, Hokkaido, Japan, 2007.
27. M. A. Farukh and H. Hayasaka. “Preliminary Investigation of Forest fires in Mongolia based on Weather Pattern”, Hokkaido University - Seoul National University 9th Program Session Meeting, Sapporo, January, 2007.
28. H. Hayasaka, E. I. Putra and M. A. Farukh. “Climate Change and Large Scale Forest Fire”, Proceedings of 26^th Conference of Japan Society for Natural Disaster Science, Sapporo, Japan, September, 2007.
29. H. Hayasaka, M. Fukuda, K. Kushida, K. Nakau, E. I. Putra and M. A. Farukh. “Problems in Detection Method for Forest Fires by Satellites”, Proceedings of 44^th Annual Symposium of Heat Transfer Society of Japan, Hokkaido, Japan, May, 2007.
30. R. Khatun, M. A. Farukh, A. Miyata and M. A. Baten. “Bowen Ratio Measurement of Energy Budget Components over Various Ecosystems in Mymensingh, Bangladesh”, Proceeding of International Workshop on Advanced Flux Network and Flux Evaluation, Fujiyoshida, Japan, August, 2005.