With over 12 years of expertise in the nexus of wildlife crime, human-wildlife conflict, living conservation, and zoonotic disease prevention in Bangladesh and Asia, my main areas of expertise are wildlife trafficking and global health security. Adept at skillful multi-sectoral relationship management, and has managed diversified teams at field and office levels. Currently, I work closely with Bangladeshi law enforcement agencies, including the Police, Customs, Forest Department, Fisheries, Department of Livestock Services, the Judiciary, Civil Aviation Authority, Local Administration, and transboundary partners, including INTERPOL, UNODC, WCO, SAWEN, WCCB, WPT, WCS, and the New York District Attorney’s Office, to curtail trafficking and zoonotic risks associated with wildlife trafficking.Previously, as a Law Enforcement Monitoring Team Leader and Analyst under the USAID-funded Bengal Tiger Conservation Activity, I played a pivotal role in the rollout and implementation of counter wildlife trafficking tools, including SMART, GIS, the i2 analyst notebook, the SMART multi-source information management platform, and a crime reporting hotline. I have also been intricately involved in designing wildlife disease risk assessment studies, utilizing molecular techniques to address forensic issues of species identification in law enforcement portfolios, and tiger disease diagnosis. I have trained law enforcement agencies in Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Asian countries on countering wildlife crime and safe wildlife handling to prevent wildlife crime and the spread of zoonotic diseases.As evidenced by my work, I have fostered deep connections with policymakers, donors, development partners, law enforcement agencies, and local communities to bridge the realms of conservation, human-wildlife conflict mitigation, counter-wildlife trafficking, and community engagement to deliver best practices in conservation.By training, I am a vet and completed my Ph.D. in ecology with focused research in wildlife trade dynamics and public health.
Listed skills include Wildlife, Animal Husbandry, Conservation Issues, Veterinary Medicine, and 46 others.
