Wetland

MURSHIDUL HOQUE, Ph.D.

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530-***-**** (Cell)

508-***-**** (Work)

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Education

Ph.D. Crop & Soil Science, Shimane University, Shimane, Japan

M.S Crop & Soil Science, Shimane University, Shimane, Japan

M.Sc. Ag. Agronomy, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh

B.Sc. Ag (Hons.) Agriculture, Shere Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Summary of experience: Involvement with plant biology, soil conservation, water management, soil water quality, wetland delineation, organic and sustainable agriculture.

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.

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

WORKING 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

HYDROLOGY &HYDRAULICS

• Design detention basins, infiltration trenches, and other stormwater runoff structures including Best Management Practices (BMPs)

• Water resource management

• Surface/groundwater monitoring, sampling, and testing. Analysis of chemical data

GEOLOGY & SOIL SCIENCE

• Chapter 21E hazardous waste site investigations including collection of soil and water samples

• Sieve analysis

• Permeability and percolation testing

PROJECT EXAMPLES CAN BE FURNISHED UPON REQUEST

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

Environmental Scientist III (Early Retired on 7/12/11)

Soil management, Revegetation/Restoration; 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 based on site-specific analysis of soil chemical and physical conditions, provides recommendations on soil amendments, fertilizer, and mulches needed for successful revegetation.

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 and Sustainable Agriculture;

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

Independent Consultant: 5/2004 to 11/2004

• 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

• Designed, tested and evaluated alternative models of cropping patterns and farming systems for small, marginal and medium category farmers;

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

President: GREENSPOT, A non-government organization based in Davis California, work for tree plantation, climate change awareness program in Davis, CA and in Bangladesh (8/2008-7/2010)

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

Professional affiliation

American Society of Agronomy

Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commission, MA

New England Wildflowers Society, MA

Soil Science Society of Southern New England (SSSSNE)

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

Professional Training:

• 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.

Publication: Can be furnished upon request

References: Available on request

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