Professor at the Department of Architecture, BUET and founding Coordinator, Cell for Resilient Dwelling (CeRD) within Housing and Settlement Division. Commonwealth Scholar, completed PhD from Oxford Brooks University, UK, 1997, on spatial setting for home-based enterprises in intermediate-sized cities, Bangladesh. Teaches Southern Urbanism and Housing, and Coordinates Housing and Urban Design Studios. Tutor, Designing Resilience in Asia (DRIA) for 2018. Lead Editor, Housing through Homesteads, DRDS 1, (2020).