Dr

Nazimul

Islam

(he/him)

After completing my BSc (Honours) and MSc in Geography, followed by a Postgraduate Diploma in Remote Sensing and GIS in India, I moved to the UK and obtained a second MSc in River Basin Dynamics and Management with GIS at the University of Leeds, graduating in 2018. I then returned to India and joined the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur as a Junior Research Fellow.

In 2020, I was awarded the Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship to pursue my PhD at the Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics (IDYST), University of Lausanne, Switzerland, where I joined Professor Stuart Lane’s AlpWISE research group. My PhD research, titled Influence of Climate Change on Water Resources in Alpine and Himalayan River Basins Using Tree Rings and Stable Isotope Analyses, investigated long-term hydrological variability and reconstructed river flow over the past century.

I completed my PhD in 2024 and subsequently joined the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, working with Professor David Hannah on the NERC-funded ‘The Big Thaw’ project. My research focused on mountain hydrology and the impacts of environmental change on water resources. I am currently a Research Associate in the School of Geography and Planning at the University of Sheffield, where I combine teaching and student support with research into high-altitude and cryospheric environments, including Greenland runoff monitoring using passive seismic techniques.

Alongside my research and teaching, I have actively contributed to the international geoscience community through the European Geosciences Union (EGU), serving as Early Career Scientist Representative for the Climate Division from 2021 to 2024 and as Early Career Scientist Co-Representative from 2024 to 2026. During my PhD at the University of Lausanne, I also hosted the institute’s weekly seminar series. Previously, at the University of Leeds, I served as a student representative and International Students Ambassador.