Management Plant

Location:

Waltham, MA, 02453

Salary:

60000.00

Posted:

July 11, 2012

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MURSHIDUL HOQUE, Ph.D.

Home Address: ** ******* **** ***, *** B, Waltham, MA 02453

e-mail: ****************@*****.*** [US Citizen]

781-***-****(H), 530-***-**** (C)

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CAREER OBJECTIVE:

Involvement with soil conservation, Environment, water management, biomass energy, restoration, soil water quality, and organic and sustainable agriculture.

An Agronomist with nineteen years of progressive experience and expertise in:

• Administered, supervised, reviewed, and monitored grant and loan financed projects in agriculture, natural resource management, small livestock, microfinance, and rural livelihood for about eight years, including projects implemented by small and large NGOs in integrated agriculture, enhancement of food security, and income generating activities involving micro credit.

• Analyzed policy and strategy papers and various other documents for planning and priority setting for agriculture and rural development sectors.

• Conducted farming systems research and development (FSR&D) activities in farmers’ fields for about eleven years and, as a member of multidisciplinary FSR&D teams, recommended cropping pattern based technology for increasing farmers’ yield and income.

• Conducted rapid/participatory rural appraisals, both as team leader and member, for problem identification, planning and impact assessment.

• Worked as short-term consultant in donor financed projects in the fields of horticulture development, soil fertility management, and agroforestry.

• Trained extension and NGO personnel on improved technology, and developed research-extension-NGO-farmers linkages for transfer of technology and feedback. Designed and organized training for researchers, extension workers and NGO personnel.

• Developed networks with various partners including government ministries, departments, research organizations, donors, NGOs, private sector, and farmer communities.

• Taught graduate students on part-time basis and supervised thesis work of Master’s students.

• Wrote various types of reports, monographs, manuals and extension bulletins, and published research papers in national and international journals.

EXPERIENCE:

Carr Research Laboratory, Inc. Environmental Science, Engineering, & Resource Management,

Technical Director/Wetland Scientist: 7/12/11- Present

ECOLOGY

• Vegetation surveys, wildlife surveys, and habitat field studies

• Vernal pool determinations, biological surveys, and certifications

• Rare plant and animal species surveys and habitat studies

• Conservation permits for Massachusetts Endangered Species Act (MESA)

WETLANDS

• Wetland resource area delineations and resource management (inland and coastal)

• Design and implement wetland creation and restoration plans

• Lake and pond management (physical, biological, and chemical)

• Water quality studies

• Obtain municipal, state, and federal permits and present projects at public hearings

PROJECT EXAMPLES CAN BE FURNISHED UPON REQUEST

Dept. of Conservation, Office of Mine Reclamation State of California, Sacramento, CA 7/2006-

Environmental Scientist

Revegetation/Restoration, newsletter update for soil management; technical support and workshop for topsoil management, soil sampling and testing, and revegetation; provide technical assistance to lead agencies in evaluating the feasibility of proposed plans for revegetating lands disturbed by surface mining operations; based on site-specific analysis of soil chemical and physical conditions, provides recommendations on soil amendments, fertilizer, and mulches needed for successful revegetation; advises lead agencies on the feasibility of proposed reclamation plans for establishing selected species of vegetation, including native species, on areas of disturbed mining; evaluate proposed methods for the removal, storage, and replacement of topsoil; use of amendments and fertilizers; selection of suitable plant species; planting techniques; and care of reestablished vegetation.

• Developed a protocol for soil sampling and testing for REVEGETATION of mine land reclamation

• Provide new employee orientation training two times a year in a two programs

• Member, Climate Action Team, Department of Conservation: Developed Work Travel Tracking System for the department

• Member, Green-Team, Developed a program for ‘greening’ the department of Conservation, 801 K Street; Sacramento;

• Re-wrote soil chapter for the book: Rehabilitation of Disturbed Lands in California: A manual for decision making.

Division of Land Resources Protection

Land and Water Use Scientist in farmland mapping and monitoring unit

• Performed aerial/imagery interpretation and field mapping for determining land use status. Field verification includes occasional multiday driving trips to remote areas in rural California (I have completed six counties: Amador, Alameda, Monterey, Napa, Riverside, and Sutter counties).

• Documented the location, nature and reasons for making changes to maps. Incorporated relevant land use and land management data to update important Farmland maps. Contact local agencies to acquire information pertinent to determining agricultural or urban land use status.

• Performed computerized spatial processing operations associated with map updates, e.g., digitizing, line editing, special analysis, report generation. Develop printed maps to fill public requests.

• Reviews map documents submitted by local governments, maintains contact using follow up letters or calls, documents correspondence through map review database.

• Participate with staff in development of map classification criteria, interpretation of soil surveys and maps, and the development of various mapping procedures. Provide technical assistance in land use mapping.

Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis 11/2004 to 7/2006

Post-Doctoral Scientist

• Work on salinity and drainage water reuse in Western San Joaquin Valley and Sustainable Agriculture;

• Worked on Stella Model for prediction of saline drainage water reuse.

• Worked on establishing plots for different types of biofuel crops;

• Worked on SAS, Sigma plot, Excel, and delta graph

• Proofread book Terrestrial Vegetation in California edited by Dr. Michael Barbour, Professor, Plant and Environmental Sciences, UC-Davis, CA

Department of Plant Sciences, University of California–Davis, Salinas, CA 3/2002 to 4/2004

Post-Doctoral Scientist

• Worked on nutritional aspects, water management and post harvest quality of different vegetable crops.

• Worked on pre-plant management practices for strawberry production based on micro-irrigation to apply alternative fumigants to methyl bromide for control of soil-borne pathogens;

• Evaluation of the distribution in soil, emissions, and efficacy of alternative fumigants to methyl bromide applied through drip irrigation systems;

• Determine the salinity effects on iceberg lettuce.

• Worked as an independent consultant in the UC-Davis and UA-Yuma Agricultural Research Center for postharvest evaluation and nutrient management in lettuce,

• Mixed duties with Eden Biosciences and Actagro (Fertilizer and Crop Research); Evaluation of Phosphorus fertilizers for postharvest quality of lettuce;

• Studied the occurrence of the per-chlorate in lettuce of California and Arizona with Dr.Charles Sanchez, Director of Arizona’s Yuma Agricultural Center.

Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur Bangladesh 7/1983 to 5/2000

Senior Scientist

• Identified, designed and implemented farming systems research and development activities for different agro-ecological regions; designed, tested and evaluated alternative models of cropping patterns and farming systems for small, marginal and medium category farmers;

• Assisted the program leader in research management issues at national level; setting priorities at national and regional levels in relation to farmers’ objectives and national development goals; analyzing problems of rain-fed and irrigated agriculture;

• Planned and organized training programs and trained extension workers, researchers and growers on improved crop production technologies, research methodology etc.

• Conducted sustainable farming systems research by holistic approach (Crops, livestock, agro-forestry, homestead and Agro-economics);

• In-charge of a Zonal office and administered research on cropping systems and farming systems.

President: GREENSPOT, A non-government organization based in Davis California, work for tree plantation, climate change awareness program in Davis, CA and in Bangladesh,

Volunteer for “TREE DAVIS”, Human relation commission, Sahaya Foundation, Sacramento Regional Engineering & Science Fair etc.

Member, 350.org; delivered speech on International Climate Action Day, 2010, Davis, CA

Education

PhD Ph. D. in Agronomy with major in Plant Physiology

MS Shimane University, Shimane, Japan

MS Ag Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Professional affiliation

Crop Science Society of Japan,

American Society of Agronomy

Teaching experience

• Taught an intensive Biology (Botany) course (5.0 units) in the Hartnell Community College (Spring Semester, 2004)

• Taught Japanese trainee for Agricultural Production in the Hartnell Community College, 2004

• Graduate teaching Assistant, Shimane University, Japan

Conference/Seminar/workshop/ Professional training

• Grasslands, shrablands, and meadows: Ecology, establishment, and management, USDA-NRCS, NH Fish and Game, NH. June 15, 2012

• Soil and water Conservation Society (SWCS) Southern New England Summer meeting, Woonasquatucket River Environmental Charette, RI. June 14, 2012

• Identifying wetland Soils workshop. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. May 31

• Confreda Farm: Farm Tour organized by NRCS and Resource Conservation District, Rhode Island. May 19, 2012, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

• Vernal Pools and Small Streams Workshop, May 18, 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM, at New England College, Henniker, NH.

• Wetland Monitoring and Assessment and Development of Water Quality Standards for Wetlands. Massachuseets Association of Conservation Commission (MACC) Annual Environmental Conference, March 3, 2012.

•New Hampshire 2012 Soil Health Workshops. Alton, Feb 2, 2012. Gilman Library Meeting room, NH.

• GIS 101: Learning to Map in the Digital Age. University of New Hampshire, Cooperative Extension. Jan 10, 2012

• GIS on Pennis a day: Test Drive University of New Hampshire, Cooperative Extension. Jan 10, 2012.

• “The Evolution of Big”. The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University lecture series. Ned Friedman, Director, Arnold Arboretum, and professor of Harvard University. Jan 9, 2012.

• Wetland Species Identification in Winter, Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA, December 3, 2011

• How to supervise people. Fred Pryor Seminars. Crown Plaza Hotel, Pittsfield, MA, Nov. 18, 2011

• 1st Annual Massachusetts Trails Conference: Working with Conservation Commissions and the Wetland Protection Act, Mark Stinson: Wetlands Circuit Rider, MA Department of Environmental Protection, Sarah LaValley: Planner, City of Northampton & Conservation Commission, Doyle Center Leominster, MA November 12, 2011

• How much can Trees and Forests Slow the Global Warming increase? A lecture by Steven Wofsy and Andrew Richardson, Geological Lecture Hall, Harvard Museum of Natural History, 24 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA, Nov. 9, 2011.

• New Hampshire Association of Conservation Commissions 41st Annual Meeting, Nov 5, 2011, Concord, NH

• Recent Advances in Soil Science in Southern New England, Society of Soil Scientists of Southern New England (SSSSNE) Technical Conference, West Greenwich, Rhode Island, Nov 2, 2011

• Introduction of Field Indicators of Hydric Soils in the US, Version 7.0 (2010), University of New Hampshire, Professional Development and Training, Pease Tradeport, 73 Corporate Drive, Portsmouth, NH. October 28, 2011

• NHANRS Coastal Wetland Conference: Impacts and Restoration in New England. Urban Forestry Center, Portsmouth, NH. October 15, 2011

• Wetland Identification and Delineation, University of New Hampshire, Cooperative Extension, Sullivan County Farm, Unity, NH September 29, 2011

• Erosion and Sediment Control, Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commission, Boxford, Town Hall, Boxford, MA Sept 24, 2011.

• Challenges and Choices: The History and Future of New England’s Forests, Harvard Museum of Natural History, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Sept 14, 2011

• USACE Wetland Delineation Workshop, New Hampshire Association of Natural Resource Scientists, August 19, 2011

• Basic Wetland Identification and Delineation, August 4, 5, 2011, New England Wildflowers Society, MA

This two-day course for environmental consultants, conservation officers and commissioners, offered a better understanding how to interpret and conserve wetlands provides a foundation in principal elements of wetland identification -- wetland hydrology, hydric soils, and hydrophytic plants. Field identification and delineation are discussed and practiced.

• Hydric Soils Workshop - Field Identification, Documentation and Delineation, Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commission, August 3, 2011

• Soil Science - Field Skills Workshop, Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commission, July 28, 2011

• Wetland Delineation Fundamentals, Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commission, New England Environmental, Inc. July 16, 2011

• Wetland Delineation for the Beginners, Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commission, Maynard, July 14, 2011

•Basic Wetland Delineation: Vegetation, Massachusetts Association of Conservation, Buzzard Bay National Estuary Program, June 11, 2011

•COE Wetland delineation manual regional supplement, Association of Massachusetts Wetland Scientists (AMWS), June 2, 2011

•Something in the Air: Climate Change, Science, and Policy. Radcliff Institute for Advanced study, Harvard University, April 15, 2011.

•2011 Northeast Natural History Conference, April 6-8, 2011, New York State Museum, Albany, NY

• First Global Conference on Biofortification, Washington, DC. November 9-11, 2010

• 5th Friedman symposium on nutrition and food security, Boston, MA Nov 5-6, 2010

• 7th Annual California Biomass Collaborative Energy Forum in Davis, CA, May 10-12, 2010

• The 27th Annual Fertilizer Research and Education Program Conference and Western Plant Health Association Central valley Regional Nutrient Seminar, November 17-18, 2009, Visalia, California.

• 16th International Plant Nutrition Colloquium. Aug 26- August 30, 2009, Sacramento, CA. worked in the Management Team as an editor and as well as an organizer; worked as judge for poster competition;

•University of California Soil Fertility Management Symposium, Jan 15, 2009, UC-Davis, CA

•Organized and presented paper in the workshop, “Sustainable Development and Technological Changes, Issues and Concerns: How We Can Contribute”, December. 27, 2008;

•Organized seminar on the occasion of ‘World Environment Day” and presented a talk on, “Tree Planting and Our Environment: the GreenSpot Approach”

• Paper presented in the Office of Mine Reclamation workshop, Nov. 15, 2008, “Topsoil Management”

•Saline drainage water can be managed by growing forages. S.R. Kaffka, Murshidul Hoque, John Mass. American Society of Agronomy, 2006, International Meeting, Nov. 12-16, 2006, Indiana polis, IN.

•Geographic Information Systems classes: Cosumness River College, Sacramento, CA. 2006

•Final report to the California Department of Water Resources,” Using forages to manage drainage water in San Joaquin valley. S. Kaffka, Murshidul Hoque, D. L. Corwin. 2006.

• Water Resources Coordinating Conference and surface water quality workshop, April 26-27, 2006, Woodland, CA. Using forages and livestock to manage drainage water in the San Joaquin Valley. Steve Kaffka, Murshidul Hoque, UC-Davis, Dennis Corwin, GEB Jr. Salinity Lab, Jim Oster, UC-Riverside, Bruce Robert, Ceil Howe, Westlake Farm CA.

• Participated in the International Salinity Forum: Managing Saline Soils and water: Science, Technology, and Social Issues. April 25-27, 2005, Riverside, California.

•Kaffka, S. R., J. D. Oster, Murshidul Hoque, & D. L. Corwin. Forage yield, quality, and livestock production using saline drainage water in the San Joaquin Valley.International Salinity Forum, Managing Saline Soils and water: Science, Technology, and Soil Issues (Riverside, CA, April 25-27, 2005). P. 269-272. 2005.

•Cahn, M., H. Ajwa, M. Hoque. Management of salinity for lettuce production. Monterey County Cooperative Extension Crop Notes, May/June, 2005.

1. Soil pH: What it means. Murshidul Hoque and Leah Gardner. March-May, 2010, Vol. 14, No. 1

2. Characteristics and ecology of Serpentine soil in California. Murshidul Hoque and Fred Geus. March-May, 2010, Vol. 14, No. 1

3. Importance and benefit of mycorrhizae for mine land reclamation, (in preparation) Murshidul Hoque and Leah Gardner, January-June, 2010, Vol 13, No. 3.

4. Use of Biosolids (Sewage Sludge) for Reclamation and Remediation of Disturbed Soils, Murshidul Hoque and Leah Gardner, September-November, 2009, Vol. 13, No. 3.

5. Soil Testing: A Cost-Effective Tool for Successful Revegetation of Mined Land in California, Murshidul Hoque, Leah Gardner, Beth Hendrickson, SMARA update newsletter, May-August, Summer, 2009, Vol. 13, No. 2.

6. Soil Organic Matter What it Means for Mined Land Reclamation, Murshidul Hoque, SMARA update newsletter, January-April, Spring, 2009, Vol. 13, No. 1,

7. Soil Physical Properties for Mine Reclamation, Murshidul Hoque, SMARA update newsletter, July-September, Summer 2008, Vol. 12, No. 2,

8. Soil - It’s Components and Horizons, Murshidul Hoque, SMARA update newsletter, January-June Spring, 2008, Vol. 12, No. 1.

Research Grant:

• Predicting water use, crop growth, and quality of Bermuda grass under saline irrigation.

• Bermuda grass yield and quality in response to different nitrogen, Se, Mo, and B rates at a variably saline site in the San Joaquin Valley

•Influence of varying nitrogen and phosphorus levels on the post-harvest quality of Romaine lettuce- California Lettuce Research Board, 2002 and 2003,

• Optimization of drip fumigation for strawberries production 2002-submitted to strawberry commission, CA,

• Nitrogen toxicity in lettuce grown under various conditions- submitted to FREP, Sacramento, CA, 2002,

•Use of Methyl bromide alternatives for controlling nematodes and weeds, 2002, submitted to strawberry commission, CA,

•Drip irrigation and nutrient management effects on disease incidence and post harvest quality of lettuce- submitted to specialty Crops Research Program 2002, UC-Davis.

• Effective Crop Management Strategies to Control Late Blight of Tomato- Submitted to the California Tomato Commission, 2003.

• Evaluation of soil phosphorus in phosphorus fertilizer and rate trial- submitted to Act-Agrow Chemical Com. Inc. Fresno, CA.

•Plant root exudation in relation to environmental stress and Aspergillus flavus L. population – submitted to NRI, 2001

Publication:

Selected Referred Publications:

M. Murshidul Hoque, Husein Ajwa, Mona Othman, Richard Smith, and Michael Cahn. 2010.Yield and Postharvest Quality of Lettuce in Response to Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium Fertilizers. HortScience 45(10):1539-1544

Fonseca, M. J, Hyun-Jin Kim, L. K. Wesley, Wyenandt, C, N, Hoque, M., Ajwa, H and Ned, F. 2009. Effect of Preharvest Application of a Second-generation Harpin Protein on Microbial Quality, Antioxidants, and Shelf Life of Fresh-cut Lettuce. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 134(1):141–147. 2009.

M. Murshidul Hoque, H. A. Ajwa, and Richard Smith. 2008. Nitrite and Ammonium toxicity on Lettuce Grown under Hydroponics (Lactuca sativa L.). Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 39: 207-216.

Hoque, M. Murshidul and T. Kobata. 2000. Yield Responses to Soil Compaction under Water Deficit Stress during the Reproductive Stage in Rice (Oryza sativa L.). J. Plant Prod. Sci, 3(3): 316-322.

Kobata, T., M. Murshidul Hoque and Fumihiko Adachi. 2000. Responses of Dry Matter Production and Water Use to Soil Compaction under Water Deficit Stress during the Reproductive Stage in Rice (Oryza sativa L.). J. Plant Prod. Sci, 3(3): 306-315.

Kobata T. and M. Murshidul Hoque. 1999. Reduction in leaf water potential and hydraulic conductance of young rice plants (Oryza sativa L.) grown in wet compacted soils. J. Plant Prod. Sci. 2(1):14 - 20.

Hoque, M. Murshidul, and T. Kobata. 1998. Growth responses of drought resistance rice cultivars to soil compaction under irrigated and succeeding non-irrigated conditions during the vegetative stage. J. Plant Prod. Sci. 1(3): 183-190.

Kobata, T and M. Murshidul Hoque. 1997. A vertical hole in compacted soil improved plant growth and water use of upland rice during the vegetative stage. Jpn. J. Crop Sci. Vol. LXVI, No. 3: 505-506.

Jahiruddin, M.; M.S. Ali; M. A.Hossain; M. U. Ahmed and M. Murshidul Hoque. 1993. Effect of Boron on grain set, yield and some other parameters of wheat. Bangladesh J. Agril. Sci. 22(1): 179-184.

Hoque, M. Murshidul; A. Rahaman; A. F. M. Zaman and S. M. A. Hossain. 1992. Effect of plant population on the growth and yield of Mungbean (Vigna radiata. L.). Progressive Agriculture. 2(2): 31-35.

Manuscripts in preparation:

Effect of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium Fertilization on Nutritional Composition of Lettuce. 2010. M. Murshidul Hoque, H. A. Ajwa, and Beiquan Mou

• California Farmland Conservation Report (2002-2004) Kerri Kisko, Mike Kisko, Judith Santillan, M. Murshidul Hoque, December, 2006

Surface Mining and reclamation Act (SMARA) Article (peer reviewed and directorate controlled): The Quarterly Newsletter of the Department of Conservation, Office of Mine Reclamation

References:

1. Dr. Stephen R. Kaffka, Director, California Biomass Collaborative,

Address: Extension Agronomist, Department of Plant Sciences, Mail Stop #1,

University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California

95616-8780

Telephone: 530-***-****,

Fax: 530-***-****

Email: ********@*******.***

2. Dr. Husein Ajwa, Associate Specialist and Cooperative Extension,

Address: Dept. of Vegetable Crops, University of California-Davis, C/O.

USDA-ARS, 1636 E. Alisal St. Salinas, CA 93905,

Telephone: 831-***-****.