Assistant University

SYEDA SAYMA AKHTAR

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Education

Master’s in Earth & Environment Sciences, Brooklyn College, City University of New York (Expected in Summer 2012).

B.Sc, Geology & Mining, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh Combined US Equivalent GPA 3.72 (Evaluated by WES) for 4-year Bachelor Degree.

Computer Skills

MS office, SPSS, GIS.

Lab Skills

Chemistry Laboratory Research, skills included Induced Coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy (ICP-MS), Spectrophotometer, X-ray diffractometer and Electron Microscope and other Chemical Speciation and Analysis.

Research and Work Experiences

Research Assistant (2009-Present), Environmental Sciences Analytical Center (ESAC) at Brooklyn College, Arsenic mobilization in soil by phosphate amendments.

Geochemist, (2002-2003) Switzerland-based WATSAN Partnership Project Operating in Bangladesh for Prevention and Mitigation of Arsenic in Water.

Graduate research (1999-2001) Rajshahi University, Arsenic Contamination in surface and groundwater.

Selected Publications and Presentations

MS thesis: Occurrence of Groundwater and Prospects of its Utilization in Faridpur, Bhangura and Shahjadpur Upazillas of Pabna Districts in Bangladesh.

Arsenic Mobilization in Soil by Phosphate Amendments. Presented at the GSA North East/North-Central meeting (Pittsburgh, March 22-24, 2011).

Groundwater Hydrogeological Parameters and Their Correlations with Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh. Poster Presented at the International Conference of Arid and Semi-arid Land Studies, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, November 2006.

Awards

Third Prize for Poster Presentation in International Conference on Arid and Semi-arid Land Studies, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, Nov 15-17, 2006.

Helen DeVitt Jones Part-time Scholarship from Graduate School of Texas Tech University (November, 2006).

Gold Medal and a Citation for Securing Top Position in B.Sc. (Honors) Examination in Geology and Mining, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh (November 2002)

References

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