Profile

Academic Degrees and Qualification

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2021- 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, 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

• A (co-authored) 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 (co-authored) 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

• • Journal of Applied Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
• • Molecular Diversity (Springer)
• • Veterinary Sciences (MDPI)
• • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases (Wiley)
• • Gut Pathogens (BMC)
• • Viruses (MDPI)
• • Advances in Animal and Veterinary Sciences (Nexus)
• • Frontiers in Pharmacology (Frontiers Journals)
• • Review Editor: Frontiers in Parasitology-Immunity and Immune Evasion
• • Pathogens (MDPI)
• • Evolutionary Bioinformatics (SAGE Journals)
• • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Springer)
• • PloS Computational Biology (PloS Journals)
• • One Health (Elsevier)
• • Vaccines (MDPI)
• • Academic Editor (PloS ONE)
• • Frontiers in Immunology (Frontiers Journals)
• • International Journal of Natural Sciences (www.ijns.net)
• • Frontiers in Veterinary Science (Frontiers Journals)
• • Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR publications)
• • Scientific Reports (www.nature.com)
• • Journal of Immunology Research (Hindawi)
• • Microorganisms (MDPI)
• • Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (Hindwai)
• • Infection, Genetics and Evolution (Elsevier)
• • PloS ONE (PloS Journals)
• • Antibiotics (MDPI)
• • Briefings In Bioinformatics (Oxford Academic)
• • Guest Editor: Vaccines (MDPI)
• • IJMS (MDPI)
• • Frontiers in Microbiology (Frontiers Journals)
• • Heliyon (Cell Press)
• • Veterinary Medicine and Science (Wiley)

Professional Memberships

• Chapter Advisor: Association of Avian Veterinarians (AVA)
• 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)
• Member: Bangladesh Veterinary Association (BVA)
• Member: Krishibid Institution, Bangladesh (KIB)
• Member: Postdoctoral Association, UTMB, Galveston, Texas, USA
• Member: American Association of Immunologists (AAI)
• Member: American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
• Member: One Health, Bangladesh Initiative

Other Social and Cultural Organization Involvement

• General Secretary, Sylhet Agricultural University Teachers Association-2021

Training

• Received advanced training in bio-containment ABSL3 from UTMB, TX, 2022
• Received advanced training in bio-containment BSL3 from UTMB, TX, 2022

Mentorship and Supervisory Work (Undergraduate)

• For the last couple of years, supervise more than 14 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

Mentorship and Supervisory Work (Ph.D.)

• PhD candidate: A.S.M. Ashab Uddin, ID no. 18010201; Proposed title: Emergence of Antimicrobial Resistance in foodborne and zoonotic pathogens in poultry in Bangladesh (ongoing), from Department of Physiology, Sylhet Agricultural University. (PhD Advisory member)

Language

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