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Dr. Md. Nuhu Amin
Associate Scientist, Environmental Health and WASH, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b)
Consultant, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia
Lead Innovator, EAASi Handwashing Technology, Soapy water and Hospital WWT system
Dr. Nuhu Amin is a physician–scientist and environmental health researcher at icddr,b with over 15 years of experience in public health, WASH, and health systems research in Bangladesh and the Asia–Pacific region. He was awarded his PhD from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia, where his research focused on hospital sanitation systems, wastewater management, and quantitative pathogen risk modelling in urban healthcare facilities. His work integrates environmental microbiology, implementation science, and systems thinking to address infectious disease risks and environmental contamination in resource-constrained settings.
Dr. Amin has led major projects on hospital waste management, infection prevention and control (IPC), antimicrobial resistance, and climate-vulnerable health risks, funded by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He co-designed and supported the installation of Bangladesh’s first advanced hospital wastewater treatment plant in a government facility. He is the inventor of the EAASi institutional soap dispenser and the low-cost “Soapy Water” system, and a co-inventor of automated chlorination technology.
His contributions have received national and international recognition, including the Prime Minister’s “Hero” Award for COVID-19 prevention in Bangladesh, the Environmental and Health Award (SUEZ, France), and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Travel Award. He serves as an Editor for the journal PLOS Water, has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, and continues to mentor early-career researchers while advancing sustainable sanitation and environmental health innovations in low- and middle-income countries.