Current positions

Guest Scientist at the Chair of Wildlife Ecology and Management, University of Freiburg, Germany
Postdoctoral researcher in ITAS with a fellowship under the Young Investigator Group Preparation Program of KIT

Fields of work

Urban wildlife ecology and management
Landscape ecology and planning
Green infrastructure and habitat connectivity
Nature-based solutions for climate resilience
Urbanization, socio-economy and biodiversity

Current projects

Leader of the project “CitiesForAll: Co-designing future cities for humans and wildlife”

On the internet

Author IDs:
ORCID

Scientific networks:
ResearchGate

Social networks:
LinkedIn

Professional background

since 2025	Scientific staff member and YIG Prep Pro Fellow at ITAS
2023 - 2024	Senior expert, Biodiversity and Nature Based Solutions, ICLEI European Secretariat, Germany
2022 - 2023	Scientific associate at the Chair of Wildlife Ecology and Management, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Germany
2022 - 2023	Teaching fellow at University College Freiburg during winter semester
2017 - 2022	Doctoral candidate at the Chair of Wildlife Ecology and Management, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Germany
2017	Research assistant at the Chair of Wildlife Ecology and Management, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg, Germany
2016	Freelance researcher, and trainee at the Department of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
2011 - 2013	Project assistant at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Bangladesh Country Office

Selected publications

Sultana, M.; Corlatti, L.; Storch, I. (2023)
Are the same factors determining biodiversity in cities across different regions? Comparing drivers of urban bird richness patterns in Southern Asia vs. Western Europe. Urban Ecosystem.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-023-01404-1

Sultana, M.; Müller, M.; Meyer, M.; Storch, I. (2022)
Neighboring green network and landscape metrics explain biodiversity within small urban green areas - a case study on birds. Sustainability. 14, 6394
https://doi.org/10.3390/ su14116394

Sultana, M.; Storch, I.; Naser, M.N.; Uddin, M. (2022)
Land cover and socioeconomic factors explain avian diversity in a tropical megacity. Ecology and Society, 27(1)
https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12905-270119

Sultana, M.; Storch, I. (2021)
Suitability of open digital species records for assessing biodiversity patterns in cities: a case study using avian records. Journal of Urban Ecology, 7(1)
https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juab014

Sultana, M.; Corlatti, L.; Storch, I. (2020)
The interaction of imperviousness and habitat heterogeneity drives bird richness patterns in south Asian cities. Urban Ecosystem
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-020-01037-8