Dr. Mohammad Shariful Islam is currently working as a professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, BUET. He is also an adjunct faculty at Chandigarh University, India. His research specialization focuses on Vetiver-based bioengineering, climate-resilient infrastructure, disaster-resilient rural housing, land reclamation, constitutive modeling of soil, green bricks etc. His developments in Vetiver-based bioengineering have been implemented in different projects in Bangladesh by government agencies and international agencies (ADB, EU, IFAD, IOM, SIDA, UNCDF, and UNDP) for road projects in Cambodia and Indonesia. Dr. Islam has published 170 research articles and has given more than 25 keynote/invited lectures at home and abroad. He received a total of 26 awards for research and academic excellence, including the Global Vetiver Champion Award 2023, Vetiver Network International Award 2023, FORUM86 Research Excellence Award 2020, King of Thailand Vetiver Awards 2015, Vetiver Network International Award 2015, and the Best Paper Award from Springer Nature, ISSMGE, JSCE andDr. Rashid Gold Medal, Sharfuddin Gold Medal, Dean’s Award, Monbusho Scholarship, and university merit scholarships. He is conducting and collaborating on different research projects with local and global partners. Dr. Islam is dynamically contributing to national development by working as a member of panel of experts or consultants on different important mega projects for elevated expressways, submarine bases, airports, seaports, bridges, highways, railways, etc. in the country.