M.Sc. Azharul Islam

Short Bio

Azharul Islam is pursuing a PhD and working as a research associate at the Chair for Strategic Planning and Landscape Management, Technical University of Munich.
With a background in Forestry and Climate Change Management, Azharul Islam brings experience in Climate Change mitigation and adaptation at the landscape level. His current research focuses on the influence of vertical vegetation structures on urban heat flux.

 

Research Interests

• Remote sensing and GIS
• Urban Green Infrastructure for Human Thermal Comfort

Publications

• Islam, A., Pattnaik, N., Moula, M. M., Rötzer, T., Pauleit, S., Rahman, M. A. (2024): Impact of urban green spaces on air quality: A study of PM10 reduction across diverse climates. Science of the Total Environment 955, 176770.
• Islam, A., Hao, H., Hossain, M. K., Rahman, M. (2022): Nursery Growing Media Practice: Impact on Seed Germination and Inital Seedling Develpment of Hymenodictylon orixensis (Roxb.) Mabberley-A Vulnerable Native Tree Species. Journal of Forest and Environmental Science 38 (1), 38-47.

Background

• since April 2025: Doctoral candidate in the DFG Research Training Group “Urban Green Infrastructure”, Chair for Strategic Landscape Planning and Management, TU Munich.
• 2023-2025: Master of Science in Climate Change Management
  Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences,
  Freising, Germany.
• 2019-2023:  Master of Science in Forestry System Transformation,
  Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development
  Brandenburg, Germany.
• 2013-2018: Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Forestry,
  Institute of Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.