Jaba Sarker has completed her PhD from Central Queensland University, Australia. She has over 15 years of experience in teaching and research. Prior to joining CQUniversity, she worked as an Associate Professor at Gazipur Agricultural University (Former BSMRAU), Bangladesh. Her teaching portfolio includes Agricultural Economics, Farm Management, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Econometrics, and Research Methodology. Jaba specialises in agricultural and environmental economics and farm management and her research interests focus on Crop Simulations, Rural Water Resource Management, Applied Economics, Productivity and Efficiency Analysis, Choice Modelling, Best Worst Scaling Method, Contingent Valuation, Supply Chain Management, and APSIM modelling. She has been involved in several research projects in Australia, and Bangladesh. Over her career, she has published several high-impact journal articles.

1. Central Queensland University, Australia.

2. Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh.

1. Central Queensland University, Australia

2. Gazipur Agricultural University (Former BSMRAU), Bangladesh

3. Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh.

1. AARES Travel Award 2024.

2. Awarded CQUniversity Research Training Program (RTP) Living Stipend Scholarship Award and an International Excellence Award (100% Tuition).

3. Achieved NSICT (National Science & Information and Communication Technology) Fellowship 2008-2009 from Bangladesh Ministry of Science & Information and Communication Technology.

1. Postdoctoral Research Fellow - From 11 July 2024 to date

2. Research Officer- From April 2023 to 10 July 2024.

3. Associate Professor - From 1 November, 2018 to date at Gazipur Agricultural University (Former BSMRAU), Bangladesh.

4. Assistant Professor - From 6 April, 2013 to 31 October, 2018 at Gazipur Agricultural University (Former BSMRAU), Bangladesh.

5. Lecturer – From 6 April, 2011 to 5 April 2013 at Gazipur Agricultural University (Former BSMRAU), Bangladesh.

6. Lecturer - From 1 November, 2009 to 5 April, 2011 at Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh.