Md. Sabit Hasan

Md. Sabit Hasan

Chief Scientist, Isabela Foundation
Principal Investigator of ‘Ecology and Conservation of Bengal Slow Loris’ project

Education
B.Sc. in Zoology, Jagannath University, Dhaka and M.Sc. in Wildlife and Biodiversity Conservation, Department of Zoology, Jagannath University, Dhaka


Career Objective
To contribute in the field of conservation biology and education.


Career Summary
Sabit has shown himself to be a truly exceptional young conservationist in Bangladesh. He has more than 7 years of experience in several primate research. Notably, he is also committed to nocturnal fieldwork, be it of bats, reptiles, amphibians, and slow lorises. This level of versatility is truly rare and will allow him to produce work of the highest caliber, bringing Bangladesh’s biodiversity to an international audience. Bangladesh is a country of extreme importance to primate conservation, largely on the map due to its unique gibbons. The Bengal slow loris remains virtually unstudied in Bangladesh except for the unique work done by Sabit and his team. He published more than 25 research articles in national and international journals. He presented his research at two international conferences. He is awarded by NST fellowship, The Explorers Club, IdeaWild, and SUFAL innovation grant of the Bangladesh Forest Department. He is a member of the IUCN SSC Section on Small Apes, Save the Frogs and Bangladesh Bird Club.


Job Responsibilities:

  • Lead the research team in field
  • Data collection, analysis and reporting
  • Research proposal writing


Area of Interest/Expertise

Behavioral Ecology, Ranging Ecology, Population Ecology, population genetics, evolutionary biology, Environmental Impact Assessment


Other Professional Skills

  • Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), at Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS), from 03 to 09 October 2021.

  • Ecology in R, online course
    Instructor: Russell J Grey
    Organizer: Udemy
    Date of Completion: 31 December 2020

  • Introduction to Data Analysis with ‘R’
    Instructor: Suprio Chakma, Manager, Marine Megafauna, WCS Bangladesh
    Organizer: Noazesh Knowledge Centre of WILDTEAM, Dhaka.
    Date: 23 - 24 August 2019

  • Geographic Information System (GIS) &Remote Sensing
    Instructor: Sanjoy Roy, GIS Analyst, IUCN Red List of Bangladesh
    Organizer: Department of Zoology, Jagannath University, Dhaka
    Date: 19 - 20 September 2018


Publications

Book Chapter

Al-Razi, H., S. Hasan, T. Ahmed and S.B. Muzaffar. 2020. Home Range, Activity Budgets and Habitat Use in the Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) in Bangladesh. In Evolution, Ecology and Conservation of Lorises and Pottos by K.A.I. Nekaris and A.M. Burrows (Eds.). Cambridge University Press, UK.

 

Articles

Sabit Hasan, Tanvir ahmed, Shimul Nath, Sajib Biswash, Sabir Bin Muzaffar. 2021. Observations of the Diurnal Behaviour of Common Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus Pallas (Varnivora: Viverridae) in Northeast Bangladesh. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. 118.

Sabit Hasan, Shimul Nath, Md. Toufique Ahmed, Mahia Tasnim, Sajib Biswas, Md. Sakhawat Hossain, Tanvir Ahmed. 2021. Masturbation in Male Capperd Langur (Trachypithecus pileatus) at Lawachara National Park, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology 49(3):441-445

Sabit Hasan, Hassan Al-Razi, Tanvir Ahmed, Habibon Naher, and Sabir Bin Muzaffar. 2021. Observation of infanticide in the particolored flying squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger) from a forest in Northeastern Bangladesh. Mammal Study. 46(3): 265-268. DOI: 10.3106/ms2020-0098

Habibon Naher, Hassan Al-Razi, Tanvir Ahmed, Sabit Hasan, Areej Jaradat, Sabir Bin Muzaffar, In review. Estimated Density, Population Size and Distribution of the Endangered Western Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) in Forest Remnants in Bangladesh. Diversity 13(10):490

Sabit Hasan, Abu Musa Mohammad Khairul Abedin, Ashish Kumar Sarkar, Habibon Haher. 2021. Roosting behavior of Black Kite (Milvus migrans) in a megacity. TAPROBANICA, The Journal of Asian Biodiversity 10(01):66-70.

Sabit Hasan, Tanvir Ahmed, Hassan Al-Razi . 2019. Breeding record of Common Hoopoe, Upupa epops (Aves: Upupidae) at Satchari National Park in northeastern Bangladesh. Journal of Threaten Taxa 11, pp 13171–13172.

Tanvir Ahmed, Sabit Hasan, Habibon Naher and Sabir Bin Muzaffar. 2020. Record of Great Woolly Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus luctus, Temmick 1834) in Patharia Hill Reserve Forest of Northeast Bangladesh. Journal of Bat Research & Conservation. 13 (1): 40-44. DOI: 10.14709/BarbJ.13.1.2020.08

Md Sabit Hasa, Marjan Maria, Shimul Nath, Hassan Al-Razi. 2019. “Sighting of a Yellow-throated Marten (Martes flavigula) in human dominated landscape of northeastern Bangladesh’’. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society.vol-116, pp 57-58.

Hassan Al-Razi, Marjan Maria, Sabit Hasan, Sabir Bin. Muzaffar. 2020. First record of Raorchestes longchuanensis Yang and Li, 1978 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from northeastern Bangladesh suggests wide habitat tolerance. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation. 14(1):119-131.

Tanvir Ahmed, Hassan Al-Razi and Sabit Hasan. 2019. An Observation on Mud-Puddling Butterflies at Mid-Night in Satchari National Park, Bangladesh. NeBIO 10(3):123-125.

Hassan Al-Razi, Marjan Maria, Md. Sabit. Hasan. 2018. First record of the recently described Cyrtodactylus tripuraensis Agarwal, Mahony, Giri, Chaitanya & Bauer, 2018 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) in Bangladesh. Check List 14 (6), pp 1105–1108.  

Md Arafat Rahman Khan, SHayer. Mahmud. Ibney Alam, Md Jayedul Islam, Sabit Hasan, Md Shalauddin, Md Rasel Mia, Md Jaman Mia and Naim Khandakar. 2018.  An Observation Note on Mating Behavior and Male-Male Combat of the Bengal Monitor Varanus bengalensis (Daudin, 1802) in the National Botanical Garden, Dhaka. Biawak 12(2), pp, 100-103.

Md Shalauddin, Sabit. Hasan, Md Rasel Mia. 2019. Geographical Distribution: UPERODON GLOBULOSUS (Indian Balloon Frog) Khulna Division, Bangladesh. Herpetological Review 50(2):323

Tanvir Ahmed, Sabit. Hasan, Habibon. Naher. 2020. Predation of Common Tree Frog by Ornate Flying Snake at Satchari National Park, Bangladesh. The Himalayan Naturalist, 3(1), 34-35

 

 

Poster Presentation/ Speed Talk/ Conference Abstracts

 

Sabit Hasan., Habibon Naher, Tania Akhter, Tanvir. Ahmed, Hassan Al-Razi, Sabir Bin Muzaffar, 2020. Ranging and Ranging Related Behavior of a Disturb Western Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) Group. 7th Asian Primate Symposium-2020 & 1st International Conference on Human-Primate Interface, At GUIST, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, India. (Poster presentation)

Sabit Hasan. 2019. Saving frogs in Bangladesh:  Glance of Jagannath University Programs. Save the Frogs! World Summit. At Birla Planetarium in Kolkata, India. (S. Talk)

Md Sabit Hasan., Hassan Al-Razi, Tanvir Ahmed, Sabir Bin Muzaffar , 2017, Density of two paradoxurinae species (Carnivora: Viverridae) in Satchari National Park, Bangladesh. 20th International Biennial Conference and Annual General Meeting of the ‘Zoological Society of Bangladesh’, At Bangladesh Shishu Academy, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.

Sabit Hasan, Abu Musa Mohammad Khairul Abedin, Ashish Kumar Sarkar, Habibon Haher. 2018. Roosting Site Selection of Black Kite (Milvus migranes). 21th International Biennial Conference and Annual General Meeting of the ‘Zoological Society of Bangladesh’, At Bangladesh Shishu Academy, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.

Tanvir Ahmed, Sabit Hasan, Shimul Nath, Sajib Biswas. 2019. Phayre’s Langur Population in Northeast Bangladesh: Underestimated and Under-pressure. Student Conference on Conservation Science – Bengaluru. At Indian Institute of Science, India.

Shalauddin, Md., Md Rasel Mia, Md Sabit Hasan, Musammad Umme Habiba Khatun. 2018. New locally record of Indian Ballon Frog (Anura: Microhylidae) in Meherpur District, Khulna. 21th International Biennial Conference and Annual General Meeting of the ‘Zoological Society of Bangladesh’, At Bangladesh Shishu Academy, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.

Hassan Al-Razi, Tanvir. Ahmed, Md Sabit Hasan , Habibon Naher.  2017, An investigation on electrocution fatalities in Primates of Satchari National Park, Bangladesh: is long tail a curse? Association for ‘Tropical Biology and Conservation’: Asia-Pacific Chapter Meeting 2017, XTBG, China

 

 

Submitted Articles

 

Hasan, S., T. Akhter, T. Ahmed, H. Al-Razi, R, Hasan, H. Naher, S.B. Muzaffar, In review, Ranging and Ranging Related Behavior of Western Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) in Fragmented Forest Patches of Lawachara National Park, American Journal of Primatology.

 

Hasan, S., M.A.U. Hasan, S. Nath, T.Akhter, M.T. Ahmed, M. Tasnim, S.A. Neha, T, Ahmed.  In review, Observations on the mating behavior of Capped Langurs Trachypithecus pileatus. Asian Primates Journal.