Curriculum Vitae Name Dil Afroze Begum Husband’s Name Nizam Uddin Ahmed Date of Birth 15 May 1959 Present Position Professor & Ex-Chairman, Department of Physics, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh Telephone: 88-01817044605 Email: dil_afroze_begum@yahoo.com Permanent Address Flat # D7, Sanmar Terimakasih House # 08, Rd # 01, Nasirabad Housing Society Chittagong, Bangladesh Cell No. 01817 – 044605 Mailing Address – As Above- Nationality Bangladeshi Religion Islam Academic Qualifications Examination Passed Board/University Division/Class Year passed SSC Comilla Board First 1974 HSC Comilla Board First 1976 B.Sc (Honours) in Physics University of Chittagong, Bangladesh First Class First 1980 M.Sc in Physics (Thesis Group) University of Chittagong, Bangladesh First Class first 1981 Ph.D University of Wales, UK 1989 Award / Recognition for Academic Excellence • Was awarded the “Gulmeher Gold Medal” for securing 1st position in M. Sc. Exam.1981, CU held in 1983 and 1984 by national professor Dr. N. Islam. • Was awarded UGC Scholarship for B. Sc. Honours result. • Was awarded Commonwealth Scholarship for the academic year 1985 – 1989 for doing Ph.D. • Awarded the S N Nahar Best Teaching Award for Excellent Physics Teaching for the Year 2014. Teaching Experience in University of Chittagong: Positions Held Department/ Institution Tenure Lecturer Department of Physics, University of Chittagong 18 June 1984 – 25 August 1988 Assistant Professor Department of Physics, University of Chittagong 26 August 1988 – 13 December 1993 Associate professor Department of Physics, University of Chittagong 14 December 1989 – 30 July 1998 Professor Department of Physics, University of Chittagong 31 July 1998 – till date Chairman Department of Physics, University of Chittagong 26 December 2017 – 25 December 2020 & Also Teaching Experience in Premier University, Chittagong as a Part Time Teacher of Physics in the department of CSE, and in dept. of the Architecture since 2012 till date. As a visiting Researcher at The School of Geography & Earth Resources, ‘The Humber Observatory’ at University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom from 1 October 1996 to 30 September 1997. As a Postdoctoral Researcher at the State University of New York at Albany, USA from 1 April 2011 to 30 September 2011 Executive Editor: The Chittagong University Journal of Science, since 1 October 2021 till date. President: Chittagong University Physics Alumni Association (CUPAA), since 26 December 2017 till date. Research and Publication Chapter in Book Begum, D. A. “Correlation Between Total Ozone and Potential Vorticity”, in Ruman Bojkov and Peter Fabian (eds.). Ozone in the Atmosphere (Virginia, A. Deepak Publishing, 1989), pp. 91-94. (Co-Author). Articles Begum, D. A. “Total Ozone, Potential Vorticity and Tropopause Pressure: A Comparative Analysis Over South East Asia”, Mausam, vol. 52, no. 2, 2001, pp. 413-420. _____. “Analysis of Surge Phenomena in the Humber Estuary: North-Sea Coast of Eastern England” Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, 17-23, 1999. _____. “Relation between Total Ozone and Subtropical Jet Stream” Mausam, vol.50, No.2, 1999, pp. 197-202. _____. “Climatological Study of Low Cloud Amounts Over Bangladesh”, Mausam, vol.49, No. 3, 1998, pp. 395-398 (Co-author). _____. “An Investigation of Upper Air Temperature in Chittagong During October – May (Winter Monsoon)”, Chittagong University Studies, vol. 21, no.2, 1997, pp. 13-22 (Co-author). _____. “Analysis of Total Ozone, Potential Vorticity and Tropopause Pressure Over South-east Asia During Winter”, Mausam, vol.47, no. 1, 1996, pp. 53-58. _____. “Climatological Study of Clear, Cloudy and Heavy Cloudy Days in Bangladesh”, Mausam, vol. 45, no. 1, 1994, pp. 92-93. (Co-author) _____. “Climatological Study of the Total Ozone Field Around the Subtropical Jet Stream”, International Journal of Climatology, vol.13, no.8, 1993, pp. 915-921. _____. “A Climatological Study of Total Cloud Amounts Over Bangladesh”, Nuclear Science and Applications, vol. 2, 1990, pp. 97-100 (Co-author) _____. “Dry Season and its Fluctuation Characteristics in Bangladesh”, Bangladesh Journal of Scientific Research, vol. 4, no. 1, 1986, pp. 7-14. (Co-author) _____. “An investigation of Low and Total Cloud Relations for Some Stations in Bangladesh”, Proceedings of International Conference on Physics and Energy for Development, 1985, pp. 213-216. (Co-author). Unpublished Manuscripts Begum, D. A. Studies of the Total Ozone Field Around the Subtropical Jet Stream (Unpublished Ph.D Thesis, University of Wales, Aberystwyth (UK), 1989). _____. A Climatological Study of Clouds Over Bangladesh”, (Unpublished Master of Science Thesis, University of Chittagong, 1981).