Profile

Academic Degrees and Qualification

• Postdoctoral Scientist Professional and Scientific Skill Certificate (PSSC), 2023, UTMB, TX, USA
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2021-2023, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, TX, USA
• Ph.D. (Immunology), 2017-Chungnam National University, South Korea
• MS (Veterinary Medicine), 2009-Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Bangladesh.
• DVM, 2003-Sylhet Government Veterinary College, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh

Positions and Affiliations

• Professor: 11/2020- Department of Medicine, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh
• Associate Professor: 02/2017- 11/2020, Department of Medicine, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh
• Assistant Professor: 12/2010-02/2017, Department of Medicine, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh
• Lecturer: 11/2009-12/2010, Department of Medicine & Surgery, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh
• Additional Veterinary Surgeon (AVS): 10/2008-11/2009, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Bangladesh
• Scientific Officer: 01/2007-10/2008, Department of Pathology and Parasitology, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Bangladesh

Other Academic, Administrative and Scientific Research Involvements

• Director, Professor Mosleh Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury Veterinary Teaching Hospital, SAU from October 2023~
• Chairman, PhD Defense board-2024, Department of Medicine, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh
• Chairman, Department of Medicine, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh from January-August 2021
• Member of the academic committee ~(2021) of the Department of Surgery & Theriogenology, Sylhet Agricultural University
• Member of the academic committee of the Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, Sylhet Agricultural University, from 2018 through 2019
• Veterinarian (Medicine), Professor Mosleh Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Sylhet Agricultural University, from 2018 through 2019
• Assistant Proctor, Sylhet Agricultural University, from 2011 through 2012

Awards and Recognitions

• Received "American Association of Immunologists: AAI Undergraduate Faculty Travel Grant" 2026, USA.
• Received “Best Publication Award-2023 (https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1242183/full )” from Teachers Association, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100, Bangladesh.
• A poster received "American Association of Immunologists (AAI) Young Investigator Award 2023" presented on Texas Symposium on Critical Topics in Immunology, organized by Texas A&M University, February 17-18, 2023, USA.
• A poster received "The Edward S. Reynolds award" presented on 28th Annual Research Day of Pathology at UTMB, TX, 2022
• Received Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Travel Award-2021 from World Microbe Forum (American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) collaboration), June 20-24, 2021, USA.
• Received FAO funded BARA scientific poster competition Award-2020 on AMR/AMU during World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2020
• Received “Best Publication Award-2019 (https://jvi.asm.org/content/93/2/e01291-18)” from Teachers Association, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100, Bangladesh.
• The National Institute for International Education (NIIED), Republic of Korea, awards a certificate as a recognition of the successful completion of the Doctoral (PhD) study, 2017
• Travel grants award from Brain Korea (BK21 plus)-21 plus to attend on 115th ASM (American Society for Microbiology) Conference, USA in 2015
• Korean Government Scholarship (KGSP) 2012
• Merit Award 2007 (Gold Medal) in recognition of the highest talent and greatest achievement among all graduates of the School of Life Sciences in the DVM level examination 2000 (Exam held in October 2003)

Role as Reviewer

• • Academic Editor: PLoS ONE
• • Topic Editor: Frontiers in Immunology: Vaccines and Molecular Therapeutics
• • Guest Editor: Vaccines (MDPI)-Special Issue
• • Review Editor: Frontiers in Parasitology-Immunity and Immune evasion
• • Scientific Reports (www.nature.com )
• • Frontiers in Immunology (Frontiers Journals)
• • Frontiers in Microbiology (Frontiers Journals)
• • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
• • Frontiers in Veterinary Science (Frontiers Journals)
• • Frontiers in Pharmacology (Frontiers Journals)
• • JACS Au (American chemical Society journals)
• • Microorganisms (MDPI)
• • IJMS (MDPI)
• • Viruses (MDPI)
• • Vaccines (MDPI)
• • Antibiotics (MDPI)
• • Pathogens (MDPI)
• • Pharmaceutics (MDPI)
• • Biology (MDPI)
• • Veterinary Sciences (MDPI)
• • Antibiotics (MDPI)
• • Veterinary Sciences (MDPI)
• • PloS Computational Biology (PloS Journals)
• • PloS ONE (PloS Journals)
• • Journal of Immunology Research (Hindwai)
• • Heliyon (Cell Press)
• • Briefings In Bioinformatics (Oxford Academic)
• • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases (Wiley)
• • One Health (Elsevier)
• • Molecular Diversity (Springer)
• • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Springer)
• • Infection, Genetics and Evolution (Elsevier)
• • Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (Hindwai)
• • Journal of Applied Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
• • Evolutionary Bioinformatics (SAGE Journals)
• • Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR publications)
• • Veterinary Medicine and Science (Wiley)
• • Veterinary Medicine International (Wiley)
• • International Journal of Microbiology (Wiley)
• • Journal of Public Health Research (SAGE Journals)
• • Microbial Pathogenesis (ScienceDirect)
• • Preventive Veterinary Medicine: Regional Studies and Reports (ScienceDirect)
• • BMC Veterinary Research
• • BMC Gut Pathogens
• • BMC Virology Journal
• • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance (ScienceDirect)

Professional Memberships

• Ambassador: Immunology Explained, American Association of Immunologists (AAI)
• American Association of Immunologists (AAI, member ID: 00256607)
• Clinical Immunology Committee (CIC), AAI, USA (July 2025-June 2028)
• American Society for Microbiology (ASM, member ID: 100027848)
• American Society for Virology (ASV)
• American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (#: 271935)
• National Postdoctoral Association (NPA), USA
• Postdoctoral Association, UTMB, Galveston, Texas, USA
• Chapter Advisor: Association of Avian Veterinarians (AAV), NJ, USA
• Founding member: Gulf Coast Consortia-Immunology Scholars Subcommittee (GCC-ISS), Texas, USA (https://www.gulfcoastconsortia.org/home/research/immunology/iss/ )
• Registered Veterinarian: Bangladesh Veterinary Council (BVC)
• Bangladesh Veterinary Association (BVA)
• Krishibid Institution, Bangladesh (KIB)
• One Health, Bangladesh Initiative
• Bangladesh Society for Veterinary Education & Research (BSVER)
• World Poultry Science Association-Bangladesh Branch (WPSA-BB: I2232 & I-31127)
• World Veterinary Poultry Association (WVPA-BB:BGD0298)
• Bangladesh Society for Safe Food (BSSF)
• Veterinary Education Worldwide (ViEW)
• Bangladesh Society for Microbiologists (BSM)
• World Animal Biosecurity Association (WABA)

Other Social and Cultural Organization Involvement

• General Secretary, Sylhet Agricultural University Teachers Association-2021

Training

• Received advanced training in bio-containment BSL3 from UTMB, TX, 2022
• Received advanced training in bio-containment ABSL3 from UTMB, TX, 2022
• Molecular Techniques to Monitor and Investigate Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Kamdhenu University, India & Royal Veterinary College (RVC), UK

Mentorship and Supervisory Work (Undergraduate)

• For the last couple of years, supervise more than 16 undergraduate students of the Faculty of Veterinary, Animal & Biomedical Sciences, Sylhet Agricultural University

Mentorship and Supervisory Work (MS)

• Mohammad Nurul Alam, Session 2018-2019
• SM Bayejed Hossain, Session 2018-2019
• Shubhajit Das, Session 2017-2018
• Oishy Binte Rownak, Session 2023-2024
• Md. Shazzadul Kabir, Session 2023-2024

Mentorship and Supervisory Work (Ph.D.)

• PhD candidate: A.S.M. Ashab Uddin, ID no. 18010201; Dissertation Title: "Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) of Food-Borne and Zoonotic Pathogens in Poultry and Poultry Products in Bangladesh", from Department of Physiology, Sylhet Agricultural University. (Co-Supervisor)
• PhD candidate: Mohammed Abdul Kahir, ID no. 22010601; Dissertation Title: "Epidemiology of Circulating Peste Des Petits Ruminants (PPR) Virus in North-Eastern Districts of Bangladesh and Development of Immunoinformatics-Based Vaccine Candidates against PPRV", from Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, Sylhet Agricultural University. (Co-Supervisor)

Language

• Bangla (Mother tongue)
• English (Competent user)
• Korean (Test of Proficiency in Korean) TOPIK 6