Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

1. Amin, M.†, Islam, M. S.†, Sweety, M. M. A., Islam, M., Naziat, A., Zahangir, M. M., Ahmed, N., & Shahjahan, M.* (2025). Multi-species probiotics as a sustainable strategy to alleviate polyamide microplastic-induced stress in Nile tilapia. Sustainability, 17(20), 9085. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17209085

2. Amin, M., Ahamed, M. T., Islam, M. S., Islam, M., Rahman, M. S., Al-Emran, M., & Shahjahan, M.* (2025). Spirulina platensis supplementation mitigates microplastics-induced growth inhibition and stress in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hazadv.2025.100754

3. Gaffar, M. A.†, Zaman, M. K.†, Islam, M. S., Islam, M., Hossain, M. K., Shahriar, S. I. M., & Shahjahan, M.* (2023). Effects of probiotics on growth, survival, and intestinal and liver morphometry of Gangetic mystus (Mystus cavasius). Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2023.103683

Preprints

4. Islam, M. S., Raje, H., Wayment, D., & Boopathy, R.* (2026). Biodegradation of sulfamethoxazole under different redox conditions. SSRN [Preprint]. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7206692

Author contributions: † Equal contribution (co-first authors); * Corresponding author.

1. Sarkar, A., Sharma, S., Islam, M. S., Rojas, A., Johnson, T., & Dasgupta, S. (2026). Developmental toxicity of perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA): Impacts on eye and brain. Poster presentation, SETAC Fall Meeting, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. (Co-author)

2. Ferdous, S. R., Islam, M. S., & Dasgupta, S. (2026). Leveraging zebrafish as a model to screen environmentally relevant PFAS mixtures emulated from 11 South Carolina military sites. Poster presentation, SETAC Fall Meeting, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. (Co-author)

3. Islam, M. S., & Boopathy, R. (2026). Biodegradation of sulfamethoxazole under various redox conditions. Poster presentation, Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, USA. (Co-author)

4. Islam, M. S., Raje, H., Wayment, D., & Boopathy, R. (2026). Biodegradation of sulfamethoxazole under different redox conditions. Poster presentation, Scholars Expo, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA.

5. Islam, M. S., & Boopathy, R. (2025). Biodegradation of sulfamethoxazole under various electron acceptor conditions. Oral presentation, South Central Branch of the American Society for Microbiology Meeting, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, USA.

6. Islam, M. S., Plaisance, A., Raje, H., Wayment, D., & Boopathy, R. (2025). Biodegradation of sulfamethoxazole under various electron acceptor conditions. Poster presentation, Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA. (Co-author)

7. Islam, M. S., Plaisance, A., Raje, H., Wayment, D., & Boopathy, R. (2025). Biodegradation of sulfamethoxazole under various electron acceptor conditions. Poster presentation, Scholars Expo, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA.

8. Islam, M. S., Islam, M. N., & Shahjahan, M. (2024). Role of probiotics in mitigating the toxic effects of microplastics on Nile tilapia. Poster presentation, American Fisheries Society 2024 Annual Meeting, Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA. (Third Place Poster Award)

9. Islam, M. S., & Shahjahan, M. (2024). Role of probiotics in mitigating the toxic effects of microplastics on Nile tilapia. Poster presentation, Scholars Expo, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA.

10. Islam, M. S., & Shahjahan, M. (2023). Unveiling the role of probiotics in the mitigation of microplastic toxicity in Nile tilapia. Oral presentation, Fourth International Conference on Natural Resource Management and Sustainability, Udayana University, Bali, Indonesia. (Co-author)

Major Research Skills:

• Fish Sampling

• Isolation and Purification of Bacteria

• Bacterial Culture Techniques

• Basics of PCR

• Fish Dissection

• Hematology (Blood glucose, Hemoglobin, RBC, WBC, Hemolymph)

• Histological Procedure and Analysis of Fish Gill, Liver, Muscle, Kidney, and Intestine.

• Maintaining optimum water quality parameters for aquatic organisms (Temperature, DO, CO2, pH, Ammonia, Alkalinity, Salinity, etc.)

Laboratory Equipment Skills:

• Microscope, Hemoglobinometer, Glucometer, pH meter, DO meter, Refractometer, Centrifuge, Water bath, Oven, Autoclave, Safety cabinet, Incubator, Vortex, Thermostat, Wax dispenser, and Microtome.