Dr. Abu Sadat Md. Sayem
Dr. Abu Sadat Md. Sayem Professor, Department of Geological Sciences

PROFILE

SHORT BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Abu Sadat Md. Sayem is currently working as a Professor at the Department of Geological Sciences of Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh. He received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Geological Sciences from Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh in 2003 and 2004 respectively. Prof. Sayem obtained his Ph. D. degree in Quaternary Geology from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics (IGG), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China in 2018. His current research interests include Clastic Sedimentology, Geochemistry, Petroleum Geology, Quaternary Geology, and Paleoclimatology. He has authored more than 25 papers in different peer-reviewed journals and conferences.

On-going Research Projects:

  1. Principal Investigator, Project Title: Diagenesis and petroleum reservoir quality assessment of the Barail Group sandstones from the Sylhet Trough, Bengal Basin, Bangladesh; Funder: Ministry of Sciences and Technology (BDT 250K), 2023-2024.
  2. Principal Investigator, Project Title: Provenance and tectonic setting of the Pliocene Tipam Sandstone Formation exposed in the Eastern Fold Belt of the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh; Funder: Jahangirnagar University, 2023-2024.

 

Completed Research Projects:

  1. Principal Investigator, Project Title: Clay minerals and climate change: evidence from Late Cenozoic sediments exposed in Sylhet Trough, Bengal Basin, Bangladesh; Funder: University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (BDT 300K), 2020-2021.
RESEARCH INTEREST

Sedimentology, Climate Change, Geochemistry, Petroleum Geology, Quaternary Geology, Paleoclimatology

JOURNAL PAPER

Sayem, A.S.M., Mondal, P., Alam, M.S., Abdullah, R., Rahman, M.J.J., Yeasmin, R., Provenance signature and tectonic setting of the Pliocene Tipam Sandstone Formation from the Chittagong Tripura Fold Belt of the Bengal Basin, Journal of Sedimentary Environments, 08/2024. doi: doi.org/10.1007/s43217-024-00200-x
Islam, M.S., Sayem, A. S.M., Yeasmin, R., Grain size analysis of the river bed sediments from the downstream of the Ganges (Padma) River, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Geoscience Journal, 28, pp.55-73, 2022.
Yeasmin, R., Abdullah, R., Hossain, M.S., Ao, S., Khan, M.S.H., Sayem, A.S.M., Xiao, W., Zhang, P., Zoarder, A., Tithi, T.J., Petrography, geochemistry and detrital zircon U–Pb dating of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Dupi Tila Formation from the Lalmai Anticline, Bengal Basin: Regional tectonic implications, Geological Journal, 59, 4, pp.1239-1261, 04/2024. doi: doi.org/10.1002/gj.4921
Sayem, A.S.M.; Rokonuzzaman, M.; Shahriar, M.S.; Bari, Z.; Hossen, M.S., Major and trace element geochemistry of the Atrai River sediments from the Bengal Basin (Bangladesh): implication for provenance, chemical weathering, and tectonic setting in the southeastern Himalaya, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 16, 487, pp.1-47, 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-023-11599-4
Sayem, A.S.M., Rahman, M.J.J., Abdullah, R., Azim, K.M.R., Diagenetic history of the Miocene Surma Group sandstones from the Eastern Fold Belt of the Bengal Basin, Journal of the Asian Earth Sciences: X, 7, 2022. doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.jaesx.2022.100098
Abdullah, Rashed; Aurthy, Munta Rumman; Khanam, Farida; Hossain, Mohammad Moinul; Sayem, Abu Sadat Md, Structural development and tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Sylhet Trough (northeastern Bengal Basin) in the context of Cenozoic Himalayan Orogeny: Insights from geophysical data interpretation, Marine and Petroleum Geology, 138, 2022. doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105544
Abdullah R., Sayem A.S.M., Yeasmin R., Rahman M.M., Bari Z., Khanam F. (2021), Plio-Pleistocene to Recent Tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Lalmai anticline in the western Indo-Burman Range (Bangladesh): insights from lithofacies analysis and structural synthesis., Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 14., 14, 392, 2021. doi: DOI: 10.1007/s12517-021-06741-z.,
Sayem, ASM., Zoha, Kh.F., Rokonuzzaman, M., Abeden, MJ., Bari, Z, Textural and heavy mineral characteristics of the bar sediments from the upper reaches of the Atrai River, northwest Bangladesh, Bangladesh Geoscience Journal, 17, pp.17-41, 2021.
He, Z., Guo, Z.T., Fang, Y., Sayem, A.S.M., Deng. C.L., Provenance of Cenozoic sediments in the Xining Basin revealed by Nd and Pb isotopic evidence: Implications for tectonic uplift of the NE Tibetan Plateau., Geochemisgtry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 20, pp.4531-4544., doi: DOI:10.1029/2019GC008556.
Rahman, M.J.J., Xiao, W., Hossain, M.S., Yesmin, R., Sayem, A.S.M., Ao, S., Yang, L., Abdullah, R., Dina, N.T., Geochemistry and detrital zircon U-Pb dating of Pliocene-Pleistocene sandstones of the Chittagong Tripura Fold Belt (Bangladesh): Implications for provenance., Gondwana Research, 78, pp.278-290, doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2019.07.018
Yang, F., Guo, Z.T., Zhang, C.X, Sayem, A.S.M., Deng, C.L., High-resolution Eocene magnetostratigraphy of the Xijigou section: implications for the infilling process of Xining Basin, northeastern Tibetan Plateau. JGR: Solid Earth. doi: 10.1029/2019JB017624., JGR: Solid Earth, 124, pp.7588-7603, 2019. doi: doi. org/10.1029/2019JB017624
Abeden, M.J., Rahman, M.J.J., Sayem, A.S.M., Abdullah, R., Heavy Mineral distribution in sand deposits from the lower reaches of the Jamuna River, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Geoscience Journal (BGJ), 24:1-15., Bangladesh Geoscience Journal, 24, pp.1-14, 2017.
Sayem, A.S.M., Guo, Z.T., Wu, H., Zhang, C., Yang, F., Xiao, G., He, Z., Sedimentary and geochemical evidence of Eocene climate change in the Xining Basin, northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Science China Earth Sciences. doi.org/10.1007/s11430-018-9231-9., Science China: Earth Sciences, 61, pp.1292-1305, 2018. doi: doi.org/10.1007/s11430-018-9231-9
Khan, M., Sayem, A.S.M., Shah, M., Numerical groundwater flow modeling of Kohat basin: An example from Himalayan fold and thrust belt Pakistan., MAUSAM, 69, 2, pp.263-276, 2018.
Dina, N.T., Rahman, M.J.J., Hossain, M.S., Sayem, A.S.M., Provenance of the Neogene succession in the Bandarban structure, South-East Bengal Basin, Bangladesh: insights from petrography and petrofacies., Himalayan Geology, 37, pp.141-152, 2016.
Rahman, M.J.J., Sayem, A.S.M., Bhuiyan, M.H., Geochemistry of the Plio-Pleistocene Dupi Tila sandstones from the Surma Basin, Bangladesh: implications for provenance, tectonic setting and weathering., Himalayan Geology, 35, 2, pp.162-170.,
Rahman, M.J.J., Sayem, A.S.M., McCann, T., Geochemistry and provenance of the Miocene Sandstones of the Surma Group from the Sitapahar Anticline, southeastern Bengal Basin, Bangladesh., Journal Geological Society of India, 8, 3, pp.447-456., 2014.
Sarkar, M.M.R., Abdullah, R., Islam, M., Sayem, A.S.M., Sayem, H.M., 2-D Electrical Imaging In Delineating Shallow Subsurface Geology., Int. jour. of Sci. & Tec. Res., 2, 8, pp.166-170, 2013.
Sayem, A.S.M., Rahman, M.J.J. 2012, Sandstone petrography of the Surma Group succession exposed in the Sitapahar Anticline, Bengal Basin, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Geoscience Journal, 18: 23-41.,

CONFERENCE PAPER

Md Sazzad Hossen, Abu Sadat Md Sayem, Rashed Abdullah, Rumana Yeasmin, A Preliminary Study on Particle Size Distributions of the Late Cenozoic Sediments Exposed in the Sylhet Trough, Bengal Basin, Bangladesh: Implications for Climate Change, 2nd National Seminar on "Geology for the sustainable development of Bangladesh", pp.41, Geological Survey of Bangladesh (GSB), Dhaka, Bangladesh,
Papiya Mondal, Abu Sadat Md Sayem, Rashed Abdullah, Julleh Jalalur Rahman, Rumana Yeasmin, Petrography and Geochemistry of the Tipam Sandstone Formation from the Eastern Fold Belt of the Bengal Basin, Bangladesh, 2nd National Seminar on "Geology for the sustainable development of Bangladesh", pp.68, Geological Survey of Bangladesh (GSB), Dhaka, Bangladesh,
MS Hossen, ASM Sayem, R Yeasmin, PK Biswas, R Abdullah, Late Cenozoic clay mineral record and climate change at the Sylhet Trough, Bengal Basin, Bangladesh, Golden Jubilee Celebration, BCSIR Congress-2023, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 04/2024.
S M Mahbubul Ameen, Abu Sadat Md. Sayem, Petrographic study of the artifacts and sculptures from different parts of the northwest Bangladesh, An international seminar on "Rethingking the interpretive approaches to Bangladesh Archaeology: Contextualization of the latest Archaeological, Geoarchaeological and historical data from the Behavioral Sub-regions of Varendri ang Vanga"., Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh,
Nafisa Tamanaya Dina, M Julleh Jalalur Rahman, Sakawat Hossain, Rumana Yesmin, Abu Sadat Md. Sayem, Geochemical composition of the Plio-Pleistocene sandstones of the Chittagong Tripura Fold Belt (CTFB), eastern Bengal Basin: Implications for provenance and tectonic setting, International Conference on Recent Advances in Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2018.
Abu Sadat Md. Sayem, Multi-proxy sedimentary and geochemical records in a soil profile from Lalmai Hills (Bengal Basin, Bangladesh): Implications for weathering and pedogenesis, National seminar on Geosciences for sustainable development of Bangladesh, 50th anniversary of GSB, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2021.

AWARD

AGU fall meeting travel grant, 2017.
CAS-TWAS President Fellowship for PhD, 2014.

Teaching

Course Code Course Title Semester/Year
GS506L Laboratory Work: Applied Sedimentology MS
GS503 Climate Change: Past, Present and Future MS
GS414L Laboratory Work: Petroleum Geology 4th Year
GS303 Biostratigraphy and Paleoecology 3rd Year
GS212L Laboratory Work: Sedimentary Petrology 2nd Year
GS211L Laboratory Work: Optical Mineralogy 2nd Year
GS204 Sedimentary Petrology 2nd Year
GS201 Principles of Stratigraphy and Geochronoloyg 2nd Year

Academic Info

Institute: Jahangirnagar University
Period: 1999-2003

B.Sc (honours)  in Geology

Institute: Jahangirnagar University
Period: 2003-2004

MS in Geology

Institute: Institute of Geology and Geophys, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Period: 2014-2018

PhD in Quaternary Geology

Experience

Organization: Jahangirnagar University
Position: Professor
Period: 04.12.2013-Present
Organization: Jahangirnagar University
Position: Associate Professor
Period: 19.06.2019-03.12.2023
Organization: Geological Survey of Bangladesh
Position: Assistant Director (Geology)
Period: 30.10.2011 - 17.12.2011
Organization: Jahangirnagar University
Position: Lecturer
Period: 18.12.2011-12.12.2014
Organization: Jahangirnagar University
Position: Assistant Professor
Period: 13.12.2014-18.06.219

Activity

Organization: Jahangirnagar University
Position: Professor

Research Project:

2023-2024: Sedimentology and reservoir quality assesment of Oligoene Barail sandstones

2022-2024: Sedimentology of the Pliocene Tipam Sandstone Formation exposed in the Bengal Basin

2021-2023: Petrology of the river deposited recent sediments from major rivers of the Bengal Basin.

2020-2021: Clay mineral and climate change

Contact

Dr. Abu Sadat Md. Sayem

Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Cell Phone: +8801707421353
Email: sayem8282@juniv.edu , sayem8282@yahoo.com