People

Director

Dr. Ratan Kumar Roy

Contact: info@simecresearch.com
royratan.sanjib@gmail.com

Country Director (Canada)

Banangkur Mustafa

Contact: info@simecresearch.com
banangkur@gmail.com

Research Advisors

Research_Advisors

Dr. S. M. Shameem Reza

Professor, Department of Mass Communication & Journalism, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Research Interest: Emerging Asian media culture, Media policy and governance in the Global South, Environmental communication, health communication, and advocacy, Community broadcasting and the public sphere, Children, young people, and media

Contact: shameemreza.mcj@du.ac.bd; reza.shameem2010@gmail.com

Research_Advisors

Dr. Md Monirul Islam

Professor and Dean, College of Engineering and Technology (CEAT)
IUBAT – International University of Business Agriculture and Technology, Bangladesh

Research Interest: Research Interest: Remote Sensing, GIS (Geographic Information Systems), Environmental Hazard, Disaster Management, Climate Change

Contact: mmislam@iubat.edu

Research_Advisors

Dr. Sara Parker

Professor, Humanities and Social Science, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom

Research Interest: Research Interest: Sustainable Development, Gender and Education, Visual and Participatory Methods, Menstrual Exclusion, Fair Trade.

Contact: s.l.parker@ljmu.ac.uk

Research_Advisors

Dr. Florin Oprescu

Associate Professor, Health Promotion University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia

Research Interest: Health communication, Health promotion and education, Mental health promotion, Injury surveillance and control, Educational research

Contact: foprescu@usc.edu.au

Research_Advisors

Dr. Ahn Soong-beum

Professor, Department of Korean Language and Literature, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea

Research Interest: Korean Wave (Hallyu), Film and Media Studies, Comparative Cultural Studies, Cultural Studies and Media Convergence, Korean Film and Animation.

Contact: instory@khu.ac.kr

Research_Advisors

Dr. Biswajit Das

Founding Director of Centre for Culture, Media & Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India

Research Interest: Communication Studies, Media & Governance, Media & Politics, Media & Education.

Contact: biswas.das@gmail.com

Research_Advisors

Dr. A. K. M. Foysal Ahmed

Assistant Professor, Mechatronics Engineering Technology, Western Kentucky University, KY, USA

Research Interest: Materials Science and Corrosion Behavior, Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning, system design, optimization, and metaheuristic algorithms

Contact: akmfoysal.ahmed@wku.edu; foysal4blog@gmail.com

Research_Advisors

Dr. Hardina Ohlendorf

Program Director,International Relations and Global Affairs, Mahidol University International College (MUIC)

Research Interest: Research Interest, Identity, The Politics of Memory, Cultural and Political Dimensions of Tourism,
Borderlands, East Asia

Contact: hardina.ohl@mahidol.edu

Research Team

Research_Advisors

Dr. Sariful Islam

Coordinator

Research Interest: IR Theories, postcolonial theory, agency of the refugees, refugees and borders, South Asian ethnic nationalism, media and international politics, non-traditional security and geo-politics in South Asia

Contact: sarif@simecresearch.com; sarifmcjdu@gmail.com

Research_Advisors

Mafruha Shifat (The Ohio State University)

Research Associate

Research Interest: Embodied Rhetorics, Feminist Rhetorics, Rhetorics of Health and Medicine, Decolonization and Writing Studies, History of Rhetorics, Technical and Intercultural Communication, Narrative Studies

Contact: mafruha.shifat90@gmail.com

Research_Advisors

Engr. Aminul Islam (Simon Fraser University)

Research Associate

Research Interest: Additive Manufacturing, Soft Materials, Clean Energy, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI), Green Composites, and Sustainability

Contact: info@simecresearch.com; edu.aminulislam@gmail.com

Research_Advisors

Nusrat Tasnim Fariha (Texas State University)

Research Associate

Research Interest: Korean Wave in South Asia, Fan culture, Gigital culture, Blue economy, Gender, Rural Tourism, and Streaming Media

Contact: info@simecresearch.com; fariha.simecinstitute@gmail.com

Research_Advisors

Athina Ahmed

Research Assistant

Research Interest: Urban Planning and Design, Placemaking, Green Space, Nature-based Solutions, Climate Change, Community-based Tourism, Gender Studies, Digitalization, Culture, Media and Society

Contact: athina@simecresearch.com; athina.ahmed13@gmail.com

Research_Advisors

Md. Eftiaz Hossien

Research Assistant

Research Interest: Cellular Communication, ICT, Telecommunication, Renewable Energy, Blue Economy, Socio-Technological Development, Signal Processing, IoT, IP Networking, Digital Security, Gender Studies, and Electrical Energy Management

Contact: eftiaz@simecresearch.com; eftiaz.simecinstitute@gmail.com

Research_Advisors

Zerin Shabab

Executive of the Global Centre, SIMEC Research Center

Contact: international@simecresearch.com

Founder Chairman

Engr. Sardar Md. Shaheen

M. Sc. Engg. ( Japan )

Contact: info@simecresearch.com