Mehzeb Chowdhury

Mehzeb Rahman Chowdhury (born 31 January 1987) is a Bangladeshi author, inventor, instructor, journalist, criminologist, criminal law barrister, social sciences researcher and filmmaker. His journalism works are featured in various international publications such as the Daily Mail, The Independent, The Conversation, Forensic Magazine, Sci-Fi Generation, Space.com, and Netzpiloten Magazin. He is also known for his invention of the MABMAT Crime Scene Imaging Rover.
He is an assistant professor of Social Sciences in Northumbria University.
Biography
Early life
Mehzeb Chowdhury was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 31 January 1987. He is the only son of journalists Matiur Rahman Chowdhury, and Mahbuba Chowdhury.
Chowdhury's research has been published in various countries and languages and has been featured in museum exhibits, including at the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford, and the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. Chowdhury's published works in crime scene investigation include the definition and roles of scene investigators, examination of crime scene quality control, freedom of information and data freedom mechanisms within UK police forces, and extrapolations of the future of police, policing and advanced AI systems.
In addition to his work in forensic science and crime scene analysis, Chowdhury is also a cinematographer. He worked in this profession for the feature film Redemption in 2017, directed by Edward Collier. Chowdhury is also a Founding Director of the South Asian Film, Television, and Arts Collective (SAFTAC), a community of South Asian talents who help each other. Chowdhury is currently writing the screenplay for his debut feature film. He is also an actor, last appearing in the music video for UK-based rock band Martha. He was a juror at the 2023 British Fantasy Awards.
Chowdhury was a seminal speaker at the World Police Summit 2022 and often a participant in technology conferences and live events in the UK.
Chowdhury's invention of the MABMAT, a Mars rover-like device that aids in crime scene analysis, was developed in 2016 and has been recognized for modernizing the field of forensic science. It has been featured in many major media outlets such as The Atlantic, the Discovery Channel, Business Insider, Huffington Post, Wired, and CNN. Despite not having any engineering experience, Chowdhury was inspired by the Mars rover, which he saw on a NASA channel, and was struck by the idea that a similar device could be used in crime scenes. He has also theorized use of video game technologies such as Xbox Kinect to scan evidential artefacts and preserve a visual record of objects found at crime scenes.
Chowdhury has worked on the effects of isolation in space, and the characteristics and challenges of crime scenes on space-bound vessels and orbital crafts. His poetry has been published in anthologies in different parts of the world, most recently in Poems of Hope by Jessica Clark and Stephanie Hanson.
In 2023, he was appointed as a member of Newcastle United's Independent Advisory Group.
Music
Chowdhury formed the rock band Megalithic with long-term collaborator Alex McDonnell in 2014.
Personal life
Chowdhury resides in the United Kingdom. He marks Leonardo da Vinci as his inspiration.<ref name":5" /> In an interview with The Daily Star, he stated: "I idolised Leonardo da Vinci, who was an inventor, painter, sculptor, and an engineer. I was fascinated by all his talents, and a few years later, I worked on my repertoire of skills".<ref name":3" />

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