Jobayer Hossain
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900 S. Cady Mall Room #360 Tempe, AZ 85281
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Mail code: 2402Campus: Tempe
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Jobayer Hossain is an environmental social scientist and a postdoctoral research scholar in the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative of the Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation at Arizona State University. With a strong academic background that includes a PhD in Environmental Social Science from Arizona State University, an MSc in Water Resources Development from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, and a B.Sc. in Environmental Science from Jessore University of Science and Technology, his research focuses on water security, environmental sustainability, and social equity.
Jobayer has worked in multiple research-related positions at Arizona State University, including Lab Manager at the Culture, Health, and Environment Lab (CHELab), Research Associate in Arizona Water for All and Action for Water Equity projects. His previous research engagements include working with the REACH Water Security program, a University of Oxford-led initiative, and various projects on water services in coastal Bangladesh.
Jobayer has an extensive publication record, with multiple peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings on water insecurity, community-based resource management, and environmental justice. His research has been recognized through prestigious awards, including the University Outstanding Graduate Award and the Bob Bolin Award in Environmental Social Sciences, as well as multiple poster competition accolades at Arizona State University.
Beyond academia, he has actively contributed to professional and community organizations, serving as the President of the Bangladesh Student Association at Arizona State University and holding memberships in the American Association of Geographers, Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the New York Academy of Science. His expertise spans qualitative and quantitative research methods, GIS applications, and advanced water quality analysis techniques.
PhD, Environmental Social Science, Arizona State University, 2025
MA, Environmental Social Science, Arizona State University, 2023
MSc, Water Resources Development, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2022
BSc, Environmental Science, Jashore University of Science and Technology, 2016
Water insecurity | Hazards & Disasters | Mixed-methods | Community-based participatory research | Institutions and decision analysis | Climate change impacts | RS and GIS in water and environmental management
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Jerin, T., Chowdhury, M. A., Azad, M. A. K., Zaman, S., Mahmood, S., Islam, S. L. U., & Hossain, M. J. (2024). Extreme weather events (EWEs)-Related health complications in Bangladesh: A gender-based analysis on the 2017 catastrophic floods. Natural Hazards Research, 4(3), 434-447.
Beresford, M., Brewis, A., Choudhary, N., Drew, G., Garcia, N. E., Garrick, D., Hossain, M. J., Lopez, E., Nébié. EI., Pacheco-Vega. R., Roque. A,. & Wutich, A. (2024). Justice and moral economies in “Modular, Adaptive, and Decentralized”(MAD) water systems. Water Security, 21, 100148.
Hasan, M. H., Newton, I. H., Chowdhury, M. A., Esha, A. A., Razzaque, S., & Hossain, M. J. (2023). Land use land cover change and related drivers have livelihood consequences in coastal Bangladesh. Earth Systems and Environment, 7(2), 541-559.
Choudhary, N., SturtzSreetharan, C., Trainer, S., Brewis, A., Wutich, A., Clancy, K., & Hossain, M. J. (2023). Managing menstruation with dignity: Worries, stress and mental health in two water-scarce urban communities in India. Global Public Health, 18(1), 2233996.
Hossain, M. J., Islam, M. A., Rahaman, M. H., Chowdhury, M. A., Islam, M. A., & Rahman, M. M. (2022). Drinking water services in the primary schools: evidence from coastal areas in Bangladesh. Heliyon, 8(6), e09786. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09786
Wutich, A., Jepson, W., Velasco, C., Roque, A., Gu, Z., Hanemann, M., Hossain, M. J., Landes, L., Larson, R., Li, W., Morales, O., Patwoary, N., Tsai, Y., Porter, S., Zheng, M., & Westerhoff, P. (2022). Water insecurity in the Global North: A review of experiences in US colonias communities along the Mexico border. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 9(4), e1595. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1595
Roque, A., Wutich, A., Quimby, B., Porter, S., Zheng, M., Hossain, M. J., & Brewis, A. (2022). Participatory approaches in water research: A review. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, e1577. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1577
Chowdhury, M., Zzaman, R. U., Tarin, N. J., & Hossain, M. J. (2022). Spatial variability of climatic hazards in Bangladesh. Natural Hazards, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-021-05039-3
Hossain, M. J., Chowdhury, M., Jahan, S., Zzaman, R. U., & Islam, S. L. U. (2021). Drinking Water Insecurity in Southwest Coastal Bangladesh: How Far to SDG 6.1?. Water, 13(24), 3571. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13243571
Hasan, M. H., Hossain, M. J., Chowdhury, M. A., & Billah, M. (2020). Salinity intrusion in southwest coastal Bangladesh: an insight from land use change. In Water, Flood Management and Water Security Under a Changing Climate (pp. 125-140). Springer, Cham.
President of Bangladesh Students' Association at ASU - 2024