Name: HOMAYRA HUQ

Date of Birth: January 01, 1978

Present Address:      Assistant Professor and Chairman
                                 Department of Biotechnology,
                                 Faculty of Agriculture,
                                 Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University
                                 Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207, Bangaldesh
                                 Tel: +88-2-9144270-8 Ext......... (PABX),
                                 Cell: +8801911305025
                                 Fax: +88-2-8155800
                                 e-mail: muna_sau@yahoo.com

Area of Specialization: Plant tissue culture and Plant breeding

Education:

• Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (From Bangladesh Agricultural                                                                     University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh)                     
• Master of Science in Genetics and Plant Breeding (Bangladesh Agricultural                                                                     University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh)

Teaching Experience: 4 years

Research Experiences:
Associate investigator of a project entitled “DNA fingerprinting and molecular diversity analysis in Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik)” funded by Ministry of Science and  Information & Communication Technology, Govt. of People’s Republic of Bangladesh.

Workshop/conference attended:

i). Attended on “Biotechnology Issues and Risk Communication Workshop” arranged by Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) in collaboration with the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA), held on 19-20 June, 2005.   

       ii). Successfully attended the workshop on “Awareness Building on Biosafety” 
            organized by Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) and South Asia Biosafety Program held on 4 April, 2005.     

       iii). Attendes in a seminar on “Food Security in Bangladesh: Recent Trends,   Challenges and Way Forward” held at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University on 22  May, 2008.     

        iv).Attended in the International Biotechnology Conference on             “Biotechnology for food security, Renewable Energy and Poverty Alleviation” jointly organized by Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) and International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications, held on 7-8 June, 2008.

List of Publications:

i).   Huq, H., M.S. Alam and Q.N. Ahmed (2005). Heritability, genetic advance and path analysis for yield and yield related traits in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea). Bangladesh Journal of Plant Breeding and Genetics, 18(1):39-45.

     ii). Porag, S. A., H. Huq and M. Shafiuzzaman (2005). Effects of media on               anther culture of wheat. Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Journal,               3(1-2):39-45.

 iii).  Huq, H. and M.S. Alam (2006). Genetic diversity in yield parameters of groundnut. Progressive Agriculture, 17(1):49-54.

 iv). Aktar, S., K. M. Nasiruddin and H. Huq (2007). In Vitro root formation in Dendrobium orchid plantlets with IBA. Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, 5(1-2): 48-51.

     v). Huq, H., S. A. Porag and M. Shafiuzzaman (2008). Effects of genotype and                genotype × media on anther culture of wheat (Triticum aestivum).                Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Journal, (Accepted).

Involvement in the Professional Societies:
       i) Life member, Bangladesh Association for Biotechnology (BABT), Bangladesh

      ii).  Life member, Bangladesh Association for Plant Tissue Culture and
            Biotechnology, Bangladesh

      iii). Life member, Bangladesh Krishibid (Agriculturists) Institution, Bangladesh