Mokbul Morshed Ahmad, Ph.D is an Associate Professor in Regional and Rural Development Planning in the School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand. Prior to that he was an Assistant Professor in the department of Geography and Environment, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He holds a PhD. in Development Geography from Durham University, Durham, UK (2000).

He did his first MSc in Geography and Environment from Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh (1991) and second MSc in Rural and Regional Development Planning from Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand (1993). He also worked with the government of Bangladesh as a civil servant in the ministries of Establishment and Commerce. Dr. Mokbul teaches and researches on economic geography, rural and regional development planning, NGOs/PVDOs and disaster management. He has published many articles on his research areas in many journals and books. He has written/co-authored six books and the recent one was published by AIT on Agricultural Transition in Asia (2010)