Afsana Parvin

About

I am a PhD student and Graduate Research Assistant in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Toledo, where my current research focuses on the biological treatment and control of harmful algal blooms (cyanobacteria). This work builds upon a strong academic foundation, including a Bachelor of Science (Hons) and a Master of Science in Soil, Water, and Environment from the University of Dhaka.

With over six years of professional experience as a researcher at the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), I specialize in environmental remediation and chemistry. My expertise encompasses the fate, transformation, and behavior of pollutants, nutrient cycling, and the development of innovative solutions to improve environmental quality and human health. Passionate about advancing scientific knowledge, I am dedicated to contributing to groundbreaking research in sustainable treatment technology.

Employment

• University of Toledo Graduate Research and Teaching Assisstant
  2025 - Present
• Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Senior Scientific Officer
  2024 - 2025
• Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Scientific Officer (Researcher)
  2018 - 2024

Education

• University of Toledo PhD
  2025 - Present
• University of Dhaka M.S and B. Sc (Hons)

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (13)

• Health hazardous index based trace metals and essential acids analysis of size-dependent market available Hilsa fish, Bangladesh: Experimental and chemometric approaches
  Marine Pollution Bulletin 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116975
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• Comprehensive index analysis approach for ecological and human health risk assessment of a tributary river in Bangladesh
  Heliyon 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32542
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• Holistic perilous index-based environmental appraisal of Metal(oid)s in the sole coral-bearing island of northeastern bay of Bengal
  Chemosphere 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142245
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• Source-specific geochemical and health risk assessment of anthropogenically induced metals in a tropical urban waterway
  Marine Pollution Bulletin 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116483
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• Impact of a phosphate compound on plant metal uptake when low molecular weight organic acids are present in artificially contaminated soils
  Environmental Advances 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.envadv.2023.100468
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• Cadmium, lead, and zinc immobilization in the soil using a phosphate compound with citric acid present
  Environmental Technology 2023 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2023.2298668
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• Trace metals in transboundary (India–Myanmar–Bangladesh) anadromous fish Tenualosa ilisha and its consequences on human health
  Scientific Reports 2023 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-47142-4
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• Sediment-bound hazardous trace metals(oid) in south-eastern drainage system of Bangladesh: First assessment on human health
  Heliyon 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20040
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• Trace metal exposure and human health consequences through consumption of market-available Oreochromis niloticus (L.) in Bangladesh
  Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2023 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-25414-w
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• Chemical Speciation and Potential Mobility of Heavy Metals in Organic Matter Amended Soil
  Applied and Environmental Soil Science 2022 DOI: 10.1155/2022/2028860
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