Profile

Academic Degrees and Qualification

• Doctoral Researcher. Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) & Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Germany.
• Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Marine and Lacustrine Sciences and Management (University of Ghent, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, University of Antwerp). From 15/09/2014 to 15/09/2016. Emphasis: Marine Ecology, Marine Biology, Oceanography, Estuarine and Coastal system, Conservation biology. Thesis: “The Biogeomorphology of the Sundarbans Mangroves” Promotors: Prof. Dr. Patrick Meire, Prof. Dr. Stijn Temmerman, and Prof. Dr. Tom Ysebaert
• Master of Science (M.S.) in Fisheries Technology (Bangladesh Agricultural University). From 01/07/2009 to 31/12/2010. Emphasis: Fishing Technology, Food Microbiology, and Hygiene, Industrial Fishery Management, Processing & Preservation Technology, Food Safety, and Quality Control, Fishery Product Technology, Biotechnology in Fish Processing and Fish Stock Assessment and Management. Thesis: “Investigation on Chloramphenicol and Nitrofuran Metabolites in Feed, Shrimp Farm, Pond Water, and Sediment”. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Md. Kamal and Prof. Dr. M. Nurul Absar Khan
• Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Fisheries (Bangladesh Agricultural University). From 01/01/2005 to 15/05/2009. Emphasis: Aquaculture, Fish Health Management, Fisheries Microbiology, and Fishing Technology, Fisheries Management, Fisheries Biology, and Genetics.

Positions and Affiliations

• Doctoral Researcher (2018-2022). Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) & Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Germany.
• National Consultant (01.12.2017 to 31.12.2017). Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Dhaka, Bangladesh. Project Title: Fish Waste Management: Assessment on Potential Production and Utilization of Fish Silage in Bangladesh. Project No. (FMM/RAS/298/MUL).
• Assistant Professor (2012 to present). Department of Fisheries Technology and Quality Control, Faculty of Fisheries, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100.
• Lecturer (2010-2012). Department of Fisheries Technology and Quality Control, Faculty of Fisheries, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100.
• Research Assistant (01/07/2009 to 31/01/2010). United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Bangladesh Chapter, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Other Academic, Administrative and Scientific Research Involvements

• Assistant Provost. Shah A.S.M. Kibria Hall, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100, Bangladesh.

Awards and Recognitions

• Operational Oceanography. GODAE Ocean View International School, Mallorca, Spain 2nd to 13th October 2017.
• Application of R programme for Advanced Statistical Analysis in Agricultural Research. Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100, Bangladesh. 20th to 23th March 2017.
• Fisheries Governance for Food Security Center for Development Innovation, Wageningen UR, Netherlands 17th October to 04th November 2016.
• Integrated Limnological Field Course. ETH Zürich, EAWAG, Switzerland 21-26 June 2015.
• Integrated Marine Coastal Ecology Field Course. Concarneau, France. 6-12 April, 2015.
• Deep Sea Exploration for In-situ and Remote Sensing Tools. North Sea, Belgium and France 16 ‐ 20th March 2015.
• R, SPSS, Multivariate Statistics. Ghent University, Belgium 16th January to 30th April 2015.
• Internship on “Good Aquaculture Practices (GAP)” Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) and Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand 01st April to 30th June 2010.
• Basics of SPSS Graduate Training Institute (GTI), Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh. 8-20 August 2010.
• Quality Assurance and Food Safety Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU).16-20 May 2010.

Awards and Scholarships

• DAAD PhD Scholarship (2018-2022). German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). University of Bremen.
• Tasmanian Graduate Research Scholarship (PhD) (2018-2021). University of Tasmania, Australia.
• CAS-TWAS President PhD Fellowship (2017-2021). USTC, China.
• NFP/Nuffic PhD Scholarship (2017-2021). Wageningen University and Research, Netherlands.
• VLIR-UOS scholarship (2014-2016) at Vrije University of Brussels, Belgium for MSc in Marine and Lacustrine Management Science.
• Winner of Erasmus Mundus Scholarship/2014 for Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystem (TROPIMUNDO).
• Winner of Netherlands Fellowship Programme (NFP)/2014 for Aquaculture and Marine Resource Management at Wageningen University, Netherlands.
• National Science and Information and Communication Technology (NSICT) Fellowship, 2010-2011 for MS research works entitled “Investigation on Chloramphenicol and Nitrofuran Metabolites in Feed, Shrimp Farm, Pond Water and Sediment” from the Ministry of Science and Information and Communication Technology, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.

Role as Reviewer

• Science of the Total Environment
• British Food Journal. Emerald Publication
• Ecological Indicators
• Environment and Ecology Research
• Microbial Pathogenesis
• Aquaculture Research

Professional Memberships

• European Aquaculture Society (EAS)
• Oceans and Lake Alumni Association, Begium
• Bangladesh Fisheries Research Forum (BFRF)
• Sylhet Agricultural University Teachers Council
• Bangladesh Agricultural University Alumni Association

Conference contributions (Invited Speech)

• 1st Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) annual conference, 13-14 January 2020, Bremen, Germany

Conference contributions (Oral Presentations)

• Md Jakiul Islam. 2018. Assessment of post-harvest loss and development of value-added fish products for small and medium scale entrepreneurship development. 06 June 2018. Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC), Dhaka.
• M.J. Islam, M. Kamal, M.N.A. Khan, M.S. Reza and M.N. Islam, 2012. Investigation on chloramphenicol and nitrofurans metabolites in fish feed and feed ingredients. 5th Fisheries Conference and Research fair 18-19 January 2012, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• Aquaculture America 2020, 9-12 February 2020, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Conference contributions (Poster Presentations)

• Aquaculture America 2020, 9-12 February 2020, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Attended Conferences and Workshops

• Operational Oceanography. GODAE Ocean View International School, Mallorca, Spain. 2nd to 13th October 2017.
• Workshop and Training on “Community based Ecological Mangrove Restoration (ComEcoMa)” MOANA Marine Station, University of Nairobi, Diani, Kenya. 2nd to 12th December 2016.
• Fisheries Governance for Food Security Center for Development Innovation, Wageningen UR, Netherlands. 17th October to 04th November 2016.

Language

• English (Writing: Excellent, Reading: Excellent, Listening: Good, Speaking: Good)
• Bangla: Native speaker
• German: (Deutsch ): A2