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Faculty Fisheries Fish Biology and Genetics Faculty Members Dr. Mohammad Amzad Hossain

Dr. Mohammad Amzad Hossain

Assistant Professor

PhD Molecular Physiology (CQUniversity and UniSC, Australia); EMSc Marine Environment and Resources (France, Spain, and Belgium); MSc Fish Biology and Genetics & BSc Fisheries (SAU, Bangladesh)

Research interests: Histology, Immunohistochemistry, Haemato-immunology, transcriptomics, ELISA, RNASeq

mamzad.fbg@sau.ac.bd

hossainmafbg@gmail.com
+8801724882492
Dept. of Fish Biology and Genetics

Research Interests

  • Climate change and reproduction in aquatic animals
  • Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy
  • Transcriptomics and proteomics
  • Immunological and molecular research on aquatic animals.

Research Support

  • Principal investigator : “Baseline Assessment of Crab and Prawn diversity in Hakaluki Haor: Implications for Non-Piscine Fishery Resource Conservation”, funded by Sylhet Agricultural University Research System-University Grants Commission (SAURES-UGC), Bangladesh (January 2026- till date).
  • Co-principal investigator : “Threats to Aquatic Reproduction: Assessing Microplastic Pollution and Its Impact on Fish Embryos in the Halda River for Conservation Planning”, funded by Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information & Statistics (BANBEIS), Ministry of Education, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (June 2026 to date).
  • Co-principal investigator : “Ecology and some physiological aspects of Hilsa (tenualosa Ilisha) in the water bodies of Greater Sylhet, Bangladesh” funded by Sylhet Agricultural University Research System-University Grants Commission (SAURES-UGC), Bangladesh (January 2026- till date).
  • Co-principal investigator : “Transgenerational Impact of Microplastics Exposure in Fish” funded by Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh (Dec 15, 2025- to date).
  • Principal investigator : “Microplastic pollution in the Kushiyara river- assessing ecological and public health risk, and trial exposure” funded by Sylhet Agricultural University Research System-University Grants Commission (SAURES-UGC), Bangladesh (Dec 2024- till date).
  • Co-Principal investigator : “Growth, Reproduction and Morphometric Dynamics of Snakehead Fishes in Greater Sylhet Region, Bangladesh- An Approach for Conservation” funded by SAURES-UGC, Bangladesh (Dec 2024- till date).
  • Co-Principal investigator : “Gastrointestinal influences of nucleotides on Gangetic Mystus Funded by Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh” (Dec 15, 2021-till date)".
  • Principal investigator : “Effects of organophosphate pollution on vital organs of tilapia and freshwater mussel, and approaches for remediation” funded by UGC (University Grant Commission), Bangladesh (July 2019 to till date).
  • Co-Principal investigator : “Development of artificial breeding techniques of Sperata aor” funded by Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (From 2013 to 2016)