Imran Matin is the Director of RED. He has a masters in Development Economics and a PhD in Economics from the University of Sussex. His research interest includes livelihoods, microfinance, enterprise development, and extreme poverty. [CV]

Full-time Researchers

Abdullahel Hadi is a Research Coordinator at RED. He has a Masters in Health System Management and Planning from Long Island University, New York, and a PhD in Public Health and Biostatistics from Columbia University. Dr. Hadi’s major area of research interests include population and demography, public health and equity issues in health. [CV]

Syed Masud Ahmed is a Research Coordinator at RED. Dr. Masud is a medical doctor with a master's in Public Health. His research interests include studying the impact of health and non-health interventions on the lives of the poor especially, women and children, and exploring the mechanisms of such impact, gender and health equity and health-seeking behaviour of the disadvantaged
populations. [CV]

Fazlul Karim is a Senior Research Fellow at RED. He obtained Bachelors degree in social sciences from Chittagong University and Masters in Public Health from the Royal Tropical Institute, the Netherlands. The major areas of his research interest include health and development, culture and health, gender and health equity, child survival, maternal and reproductive health. [CV]

Mohammad Rafi is a Senior Research Fellow at RED and is coordinating the Social Development research unit. He received a PhD in Sociology from Emory University, USA. He has published both in national and international peer reviewed journals on research methodology, social impact of BRAC, and group dynamics. He has also authored/edited a book – Counting the Hills: Assessing Development in Chittagong Hill Tracts (UPL 2001). [CV]

Samir R Nath is a Senior Research Fellow and Coordinator of the Educational Research Unit in RED. He has a masters degree in Statistics and a masters in Educational Reserach Methodology. His research interest includes primary and basic education, and pupils' learning achievement. [CV]

Hasan Shareef Ahmed is the Chief of Editing and Publication in the Research and Evaluation Division of BRAC. He edits the research reports, annual reports, monographs, working papers, proceedings, and research compendium of RED. Mr. Ahmed is a commerce graduate with honors in management and masters in management and also obtained bachelor of law from the University of Dhaka. He has had training in editing and scholarly publishing from India, Philippines, and the UK. [CV]

Nasima Akter is a Research Fellow and Team Leader of the Environmental Research Unit at RED. She has a Masters in Environmental Risk Assessment from Chiangmai University, Thailand and doctorate in technical science degree in Environmental Technology and Management from the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. Her research areas include municipal and medical waste management, natural resource conservation, renewable energy, health and environment, and environmental assessment (IEE, ERA and EIA). [CV]

Md. Jakariya is working at RED as Senior Research Associate. He has an MPhil degree in Environment and Development from the University Cambridge, UK. He is currently doing PhD at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden. His research interest includes environmental impact assessment, arsenic and safe water issues.  [CV]

Mehnaz Rabbani is a Senior Research Associate. She has a Masters in Economics from Brown University and Bachelors in Economics from Bard College. Her research interests include poverty, microfinance, rural market mechanisms and social networks. [CV]

Tariq Omar Ali is a Senior Research Associate. He has an MPhil in Historical Studies from the University of Cambridge. His research interests include extreme poverty, village level governance, local politics, popular aspirations, expectations and perceptions, crime and justice. [CV]

Md. Showkat Gani is a Research Associate. He has a masters in Statistics. His research interests include population and demography, child and maternal health, HIV/AIDS, family planning, young people's health, inequity in health and poverty reduction in the developing world. [CV]

Farhana Haseen is a Research Associate at RED. She has Masters in Nutrition from Institute of Nutrition & Food Science (INFS), University of Dhaka and also Masters of Medical Science in International Health from International Maternal and Child Health (IMCH),Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Sweden. She is interested of research in
maternal and child health and nutrition. [CV]

Marufa Aziz Khan is a Research Assocaite at RED. She has an MSc in nutrition from University of Dhaka. She has interest in child and maternal health nutrition specially child development. [CV]

Nuzhat Chudhury is a Research Associate at RED. She has a Masters in Nutrition from University of Dhaka. Her site of interest is micronutrient research. [CV]

Md. Abdul Quaiyum Sarkar is a Research Associate of RED. He did his masters in Management from Dhaka University. His major responsibilities include environmental research, development management, training, and teaching at graduate level. [CV]

Mizanur Rahman is a Research Associate at RED. He has a Masters in Social Science from the University of Dhaka. He has research interest on environmental education, design of training module of human resource development and sustainable development. [CV]

Nasheeba Selim is a Research Associate at RED. She has a Masters in Gender Studies from St. Mary's University in Halifax and Bachelors in International Development Studies from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Her specialization is in Poverty Alleviation and Women, Feminist Theories and Patriarchy, Gender Relations in South Asian Context, Violence against Women, and Gender & Development. [CV]

Mirja Mohammad Shahjamal is a Research Associate at  RED. He has honours in Science Education and Masters in Non-formal and Continuing Education from the Institute of Education and Research, The University of Dhaka. His research interest includes quality of education, curriculum, education and development, and gender difference in education.  [CV]

AKM Masud Rana is a Staff Researcher of RED. He has a Masters in Education (in Assessment and Evaluation) from the University of Manchester, UK. Presently he is doing PhD in Geriatric Epidemiology at the Karolinska Institute, Sweden. His research interest includes, public health, health system, geriatric health, health equity & poverty and health. [CV]

Md. Abdul Alim is a Staff Researcher. He has Masters in Sociology from Dhaka University and a Masters in Development Studies from ISS, Hague. Mr. Alim’s research interests include social development, legal empowerment, informal justice and dispute resolution. [CV]

Rosie Nilufar Yasmin is the Staff Researcher of the Educational Research Unit, RED. She has a Masters from Institute of Education and Research (IER), University of Dhaka. Her research interests are in the area of education, with particular focus on curriculum development and school management. [CV]

Md.Mahbubul Kabir is a Staff Researcher at RED. He has a Masters in Social Sciences (major in Sociology) from the University of Dhaka. His research interest includes sociology of education, ethnic issues, adolescent development, and poverty. [CV]

Qazi Shafayetul Islam is a Staff Researcher at RED. Professionally he is a medical doctor (MBBS) and he has M.Sc (Nutrition) and post graduation (Food science and nutrition from University of Ghent, Belgium).He is interested in Public Health Nutrition particularly in Mother and Child Health Nutrition. [CV]

Munshi Sulaiman is a Staff Researcher at RED. He has a masters in Development Studies from BRAC University. His research interests include poverty, microfinance and trade policy. [CV]

Proloy Barua is a Staff Researcher at Research and Evaluation Division of BRAC. He has a Masters in Agricultural Economics (Marketing) from Bangladesh Agricultural University. His research interest includes agribusiness and poverty. [CV]

Nabil Ahmed is a staff researcher at RED. He has a Masters’ degree in Development Economics from the University of Manchester, UK. He is currently working as a part of the Education Watch 2005 research team. His research interests include poverty, and gender inequality. [CV]

Muhammad Shahadat Hossain Siddiquee is a staff researcher at RED. He has a Masters in Economics from the University of Dhaka. His research interest includes poverty, microfinance, enterprise, population and demography.  [CV]

Lammia Sharmin is working at RED as a staff researcher. She has a masters degree in biological science. She has research interest on environment, health and development related issues.  [CV]

Part-time Researchers

Naomi Hossain is a Senior Research Fellow working part time at RED. She has a DPhil from the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex and an MSc in Social Anthropology from the London School of Economics. She is currently coordinating research into village-level governance and the ultra poor. Her other research interests include the politics of poverty and social policy, aid and aid relations and the political sociology of development.  [CV]

Visiting Researchers 

Hanne Cecilie Geirbo is a visiting research fellow with an M. Phil in social anthropology from the University of Oslo, Norway. Her research interests are gender, identity, ideology and globalization. [CV]

Support staff

Sayed Suaib Ahmed works as the Supervisor of RED's Data and Field Management Unit.

Abdul Mannan Miah is the Executive Assistant at RED.

Md. Shahidul Islam is the Data Management Assistant at RED.

Md. Abdur Razzque is a Computer Operator at RED.

Swapan Deb Roy is a Computer Operator at RED.

Md. Akram Hossian is a Bangla Computer Operator at RED.

Altamas Pasha works as an Associate Editor at RED.

Nazim Uddin is a Monitor of RED field work.

Aroj Ali Joarder is a Monitor of RED field work.

Farid Ahmed is a Field Supervisor at RED.

Md. Mizanur Rahman is a Field Manager at RED.