Dr. Joinal Abedin, a soil scientist, has many years of experience planning, designing, conducting, and interpreting field and laboratory experiments related to soil health, soil contamination, and environmental remediation. His soil-health research examined sustainable management practices to improve the physical, chemical, and biological properties of agricultural soils, and has resulted in numerous high-quality, highly cited research articles.

Areas of research

• Soil health and crop production
• Soil fertility and plant nutrition
• Phyto-availability of contaminant metals in mining-impacted soils
• Toxicity and accumulation of arsenic in rice

Education

• BSc Ag (Hons), Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh
• MSc Ag (Soil Science), Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh
• PhD, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
• Postdoctoral fellow, Centre for Environmental Monitoring, Laurentian University