Mohammad Shafiqul Alam

Present Position:

Associate Professor
Department of Genetics and Fish Breeding
Faculty of Fisheries
Gazipur Agricultural University
Gazipur, Bangladesh

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Research Field, Specialization, and Interest:

Fish Genetics and Breeding; Population and Conservation Genetics; Molecular Biology; Mitogenomics; Metagenomics; Environmental DNA (eDNA); Fish Biotechnology; and Aquaculture Nanotechnology, with particular emphasis on genetic characterization, conservation, breeding, fish health, and sustainable aquaculture of indigenous freshwater fishes.

Academic and Professional Background:

2019–Present: Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Fish Breeding, Gazipur Agricultural University (formerly BSMRAU), Gazipur, Bangladesh.
2013–2019: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Genetics and Fish Breeding, BSMRAU (now Gazipur Agricultural University), Gazipur, Bangladesh.
2010–2013: Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Amphibian Biology, Hiroshima University, Japan.
2009–2010: Foreign Visiting Researcher, same institute.
2006–2009: Doctoral Student, Hiroshima University, Japan.
2005–2006: Research Student, Hiroshima University — focused on Hoplobatrachus tigerinus.
2005–2013: Assistant Professor, Sheikh Fazilatunnessa Mujib Fisheries College, Jamalpur.
2002–2005: Research Fellow, Bangladesh Agricultural University — worked on inbreeding depression of Labeo rohita.

Education:

PhD, Hiroshima University, Japan (2006–2009)
Thesis: Genetic divergence and evolutionary relationships in six species of Hoplobatrachus and Euphlyctis revealed by mitochondrial gene sequences.
M.Sc. in Fisheries Biology and Genetics, Bangladesh Agricultural University
Thesis: Genetic variation in river and hatchery populations of Labeo rohita.
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B.Sc. in Fisheries, Bangladesh Agricultural University (1996–2001)

Awards and Scholarships:

Postdoctoral Fellowship – Institute for Amphibian Biology, Hiroshima University, 2010–2013
Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship – Hiroshima University, 2005
BCBSNA Scholarship Award (USA), 2003
National Science and Technology Award – Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh, 2002