EXPERIENCE
Thirteen years in the field and at the keyboard
Thirteen years in the field and at the keyboard
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Survey Design & Field Quality Assurance Specialist
Survey Design & Field Quality Assurance Specialist
ARCED International · 2026 – present
Technical team member on evaluation and research bids in Kenya and East Africa — questionnaire design and programming, enumerator screening and training, high-frequency checks, back-checks and audio audits, data cleaning and documentation.
Senior Project Associate
Senior Project Associate
ARCED Foundation · Jan 2023 – present
Research Associate on university-led field experiments and evaluations — UC San Diego, Stanford, Georgetown, NYU, Columbia, Princeton, Minnesota, IFPRI/IFAD, NUS and the World Bank — from instrument design to clean, documented datasets. Prepares technical and financial proposals, coordinates IRB submissions and mentors junior staff.
Project Associate
Project Associate
ARCED Foundation · Jan 2020 – Dec 2022
Study Coordinator and Field Manager on COVID-era research: World Bank remote-learning RCT and teacher surveys, GAIN price tracing, IFRC livelihoods assessment in Teknaf, Sesame Workshop early-learning baseline, USAID/MTaPS programme evaluation.
Project Assistant
Project Assistant
ARCED Foundation · May 2017 – Dec 2020
Tracer studies for ILO B-SEP (47 districts) and Swisscontact B-SkillFUL; baselines and evaluations for Oxfam, Plan International, BDRCS, Islamic Relief, Save the Children and Action Against Hunger.
Junior Project Assistant
Junior Project Assistant
ARCED Foundation · May 2013 – Apr 2017
Field supervision, data-entry systems and analysis support for IPA, MIT, BIGD/UCL, University of Warwick, SANEM, HELVETAS, Swisscontact and Terre des Hommes.
Senior Research Officer (R&D)
Senior Research Officer (R&D)
Chowdhury Group · Aug 2008 – Apr 2013
Research and development support for the group’s businesses.
SKILLS
Tools and platforms
Tools and platforms
Operating system: Windows, Linux, Mac, etc.
Microsoft Office: Microsoft Office 19/21/365
Dashboard: PowerBI, Google Studio, Google site, Tableau, etc.
Statistical software: SPSS, Stata, R, Python (basic)
Data entry software: CsPro, Microsoft Access
GIS: ArcGIS, Q-GIS, Google Earth, etc.
Online survey form: SurveyCTO, ODK, KoBo, Survey Monkey, Zoho Survey, etc.
Editing: Video Editing, Web design, Web Development, Github, etc.
Web development: Macromedia Dreamweaver, WordPress, Joomla, HTML5, CSS3, etc.
Graphics Design: Photoshop, Illustrator, Canva, In-design, Quark Express, etc.
EDUCATION
Academic background
Academic background
Professional Master of Development Studies (PMDS)
Professional Master of Development Studies (PMDS)
Jagannath University, Dhaka · 2018 – 2019
Master of Business Administration — Human Resource Management
Master of Business Administration — Human Resource Management
Atish Dipankar University of Science & Technology, Dhaka · 2010 – 2012
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
Pangsha Government College, National University of Bangladesh · 2005 – 2009
PUBLICATIONS
Articles and reports
Articles and reports
Determinant on Economic Growth in Developing Country: A Special Case Regarding Turkey and Bangladesh
Determinant on Economic Growth in Developing Country: A Special Case Regarding Turkey and Bangladesh
Bazaluk, O., Kader, S. A., Zayed, N. M., Islam, Md. Z., et al. · Journal of the Knowledge Economy (Springer), 2024 · doi.org/10.1007/s13132-024-01989-8
COVID-19 lockdowns and tobacco use among private university students in Dhaka, Bangladesh
COVID-19 lockdowns and tobacco use among private university students in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Ishaq, M., Islam, Md. E., Rahman, H., Rahman, & Islam, Md. Z. · Global Journal for Research Analysis, Vol. 11, Issue 2, February 2022
Residents’ mental health in Dhaka City neighbourhoods — civic health and environmental well-being
Residents’ mental health in Dhaka City neighbourhoods — civic health and environmental well-being
Gomes, R., & Islam, M. · Research Square preprint, 2024 · doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4333520/v1
Building Sustainable Futures: Disaster Resilience and Economic Empowerment in Cox’s Bazar
Building Sustainable Futures: Disaster Resilience and Economic Empowerment in Cox’s Bazar
Islam, Md. Z., Chowdhury, R., & Alam, Md. M. · Study report, ARCED Foundation with GUK, 2024
WRITING
Field notes
Field notes
Studying the Ready-Made Garments (RMG) sector in Bangladesh with ARCED Foundation
Studying the Ready-Made Garments (RMG) sector in Bangladesh with ARCED Foundation
Guest post on the SurveyCTO blog — running factory-level surveys with digital data collection.
TRAINING
Certifications and courses
Certifications and courses
2025 — Reproducible Research Fundamentals · The World Bank (DIME Analytics)
2025 — Crash Course on Effective Research Communications · BIGD, BRAC University
2025 — WEkEO for Atmosphere Monitoring · Copernicus & Mercator Ocean International
2025 — Data science & analytics series (Power BI, NumPy, data cleaning, regression in ML and more) · UniAthena with Cambridge International Qualifications
Human Subjects Research — Social-Behavioral-Educational Foundations · CITI Program
2020 — Data Ethics, AI and Responsible Innovation · The University of Edinburgh
2019 — Research Ethics · The Global Health Network
2018 — Protecting Human Research Participants · NIH Office of Extramural Research
2016 — Professional Project Management (35-hour PMP preparation) · Project Management Solutions Bangladesh
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