Anwarul Islam Chowdhury

Mr. Chowdhury is currently conducting his PhD research using remote sensing and deep learning to detect biodiversity indicators. His innovative work focuses on developing new methods for mapping large aspens, deadwood and community diversity in Finland.

He holds two master’s degrees: one in European Forestry from the University of Eastern Finland and the other in Spatial and Ecological Modeling from the University of Lleida, Spain, which he completed through the prestigious Erasmus Mundus scholarship program. He completed his bachelor’s degree in forestry from the University of Chittagong. In Bangladesh, he worked for three years as a Research Assistant on four different projects at the University of Chittagong. He also served as a Visiting Researcher at LUKE (Natural Resources Institute Finland) under the AlphaWetland project.

In addition to remote sensing, Mr. Chowdhury has extensive research experience in carbon accounting, gap ecology, urban forestry, bioeconomics, and forest ecology. His scientific publications have appeared in prestigious journals such as Forest Ecology and Management, Journal of Cleaner Production, and European Journal of Forest Research.