Present position:
Associate Professor
Department of Genetics and Fish Breeding
Faculty of Fisheries
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University
Gazipur, Bangladesh
Email: msalambd@bsmrau.edu.bd

Research field, specialization, and interest:
Population and conservation genetics of fish and amphibian Molecular biology, evolution, and phylogeny using mtDNA and nuclear genes

February, 2013 to February, 2019: I worked as Assistant Professor, Dept. of Genetics and Fish Breeding, Faculty of Fisheries, BSMRAU, Gazipur, Bangladesh.

June, 2010 to 2013: I worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Japan.

April, 2009 to May, 2010: I worked as a Foreign Visiting Researcher in the Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Japan.

Thesis: Genetic divergence and evolutionary relationships in six species of genera Hoplobatrachus and Euphlyctis (Amphibia: Anura) from Bangladesh and other Asian countries revealed by mitochondrial gene sequences.

October, 2005 to March, 2006: Research Student, Institute for Amphibian Biology, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Japan.
Genetic differentiation and phylogeny in the Indian bull frog Hoplobatrachus tigerinus and allied species from Bangladesh and some other Asian countries elucidated by molecular techniques.

February, 2005 to February, 2013: Assistant Professor, Department of Fisheries Biology and Genetics, Sheikh Fazilatunnessa Mujib Fisheries College, Melandah, Jamalpur, Bangladesh.
Conduct theoretical and practical classes of undergraduate students covering the courses on “Fisheries zoology, Fish physiology, Reproductive physiology of fishes, Genetics and fish breeding, Principles of molecular biology and biotechnology, etc.

January, 2002 to January, 2005: Research Fellow, Faculty of Fisheries, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh
Worked on “Study of inbreeding depression of rohu (Labeo rohita) in both hatchery and wild populations of Bangladesh by allozyme electrophoresis”.

Master of Science in Fisheries Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Fisheries, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh
Thesis: Study of genetic variation in river and hatchery populations of rohu, Labeo rohita (Fish: Cypriniformes) using allozyme marker. January, 2002 to June, 2003. PDF

Bachelor of Science in Fisheries, Faculty of Fisheries, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh.
February, 1996 to December, 2001

Awards:
Institute for Amphibian Biology, Hiroshima University, Japan, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010-1013;
Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) Scholarship, Hiroshima University, Japan, 2005;
BCBSNA (Bangladesh Chemical and Biological Society of North America) Scholarship Award (USA), 2003;
National Science and Technology Award (Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh), 2002.