Hafizur Rahman

Dr. Md. Hafizur Rahman is a Professor and Head of the Department of Environmental Science and Management at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB). With over two decades of international research and teaching experience, he also serves as the institutional Focal Person for the International Centre for Climate Change and Development. He earned his PhD in Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry from the University of Göttingen, Germany, as a DAAD scholar, and holds both his Bachelor and Master of Science degrees from the University of Dhaka. Dr. Rahman’s diverse research interests span climate change adaptation, environmental pollution, wastewater treatment, and natural product chemistry. His professional career includes serving as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Heriot-Watt University, UK; as a Research Officer at icddr,b; and as an active participant in global environmental leadership forums.