Prof. Shafiqul (Shafik) Islam

Biography:

Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and a Professor of Water Diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. He is the Director of the Water Diplomacy program. He works on availability, access, and allocation of water within the context of climate challenges, health, and diplomacy. He seeks interdisciplinary approaches to create actionable knowledge by blending science, engineering, policy, and politics in contextually relevant ways using complex science, systems thinking, principled pragmatism, and negotiation theory. Islam maintains a diverse network of national and international partnerships and is engaged in several national and international consulting and training practices in the United States, South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. He is the 2016 recipient of the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Water Prize for Creativity. He has over a hundred journal publications and three books on water diplomacy. His research and practice have were featured in numerous media outlets, including the BBC World Service, Voice of America, the Boston Globe, the Huffington Post, Nature, and Yale E360.

Education:
  1. � ScD, Hydrometeorology and Hydroclimatology, MIT, 1991
  2. � MS, Environmental Engineering, University of Maine, 1987
  3. � BS, Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 1983

Professional Experience:
  1. � 2010-present: Director, Water Diplomacy | IGERT Program, Tufts University
  2. � 2008-present: Professor of Water Diplomacy, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
  3. � 2006-2009: Associate Dean for Research, Tufts School of Engineering
  4. � 2004-present: Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts School of Engineering
  5. � 1991-2004: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati
  6. � 2001-2004: Professor
  7. � 2000-2004: Director of Graduate Studies
  8. � 1997-2000: Associate Professor
  9. � 1995-2004: Founding Director, Cincinnati Earth Systems Science Program
  10. � 1991-1996: Assistant Professor
  11. � 1983-1984: Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology


Research Interests:
Shafiqul Islam's research interests include water diplomacy, hydroclimatology, hydroepidemiology, remote-sensing, and climate challenges.

Selected Honors and Awards:
  1. 2016: Creativity Award, Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water
  2. 2004: Bernard M. Gordon Senior Faculty Fellow in Engineering, Tufts University
  3. 2004: Distinguished Senior Faculty Research Award, University of Cincinnati College of Engineering
  4. 2001: Senior Fulbright Scholar
  5. 1984: Commonwealth Scholar in Engineering


Selected Professional Activities:
  1. 2012-present: Founding Editor, Anthem Water Diplomacy Series
  2. � � 1997-2001: Associate Editor, Reviews of Geophysics
  3. � � 1995-2001: Associate Editor, Water Resources Research

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