Former Graduate Students
MS in Genetics and Plant Breeding
Apr 2023 - Sept 2024
MS Thesis:
Morphometric and Marker-Assisted Evaluation of Segregating Generation and Genome-Wide Analysis of TCP Transcription Factors of Melon (Cucumis melo)
Research Interest:
Enhancement of crop plants through marker-assisted selection
Computational plant breeding and bioinformatics
Current Position:
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University, USA
Cell : +1-919-492-4186
Email : jahid.1802049@bau.edu.bd; mjone@ncsu.edu
Designer of this website
Md. Nure Adil Siddique
MS in Genetics and Plant Breeding
Apr 2023 - Sept 2024
MS Thesis:
Morpho-Molecular Evaluation of F2 Population and in silico Analysis of Trihelix Gene Family in Melon (Cucumis melo)
Research Interest:
Plant Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Current Position:
Will be updated soon.
Cell : +88-01723811557
Email : adil.1802395@bau.edu.bd
Md. Redwan Ahmed
MS in Genetics and Plant Breeding
Apr 2023 - Sept 2024
MS Thesis:
Introgression of Blast Resistant Gene, Pi9 into Binadhan-17 through Marker-Assisted Backcrossing & Genome-Wide Analysis of B3 Superfamily in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Research Interest:
Marker-Assisted Breeding, Introgression of Disease Resistant genes, Bioinformatics.
Current Position:
Will be updated soon.
Cell : +88-01746632427
Email : redwansabit@gmail.com
Pooja Biswas
MS in Genetics and Plant Breeding
Apr 2022 - Sept 2023
MS Thesis:
Evaluation of F2 Segregating Lines of Rockmelon (Cucumis melo L.) via Morphometric and Trait Specific Molecular Markers
Research Interest:
Breeding for trait improvement in crop plants.
Molecular marker analysis, functional genomics and bioinformatics.
Current Position:
Will be updated soon.
Cell : +88-01309074772
Email : poojabiswas0131@gmail.com
Md. Jahidul Islam
MS in Genetics and Plant Breeding
Apr 2022 - Sept 2023
MS Thesis:
Evaluation of Pre-Breeding Genotypes and Generated Double-Cross Hybrids of Rock Melon for Important Fruit Quality Traits
Research Interest:
Plant breeding for morphological and physiological trait improvement
Plant Tissue Culture, Plant Biotechnology, Plant-Microbe Interaction
Current Position:
Will be updated soon.
Cell : +88-01764589847
Email : md.jahidulislam.gpb@gmail.com
Kbd. Md. Rafi Ullah Foad
MS in Genetics and Plant Breeding
Apr 2022 - Sept 2023
MS Thesis:
Morphometric Assesment of Major Fruit Quality Traits in Pre-breeding Genotypes and Generated Hybrids of Rock Melon
Research Interest:
Development of plant breeding populations to enhance morphological and physiological traits.
Advanced studies in plant tissue culture and plant biotechnology techniques.
Enhancement of crop plants through marker-assisted selection.
Current Position:
Free-lancer, Journalist (BAU)
Prospective PhD Student
Cell : +88-0160006267
Email : md.rafiullahfoad@gmail.com
Md. Masum Musfick
MS in Genetics and Plant Breeding
Apr 2022 - Sept 2023
MS Thesis:
Germplasm Evaluation and Marker-Assisted Selection of Parental Lines for Selecting Male Sterility in Onion
Research Interest:
Developing plants with desired characteristics through marker-assisted breeding
Increasing crop yield and developing new high-yielding varieties.
Current Position:
Will be updated soon.
Cell : +88-01319867815
Email : masummusfick1507@gmail.com
Khadija Binte Zaman Keka
MS in Genetics and Plant Breeding
Apr 2022 - Sept 2023
MS Thesis:
Morphological and Molecular Marker-Based Characterization of Rockmelon (Cucumis melo L.) Segregating Lines for Growth and Fruit Quality Traits
Research Interest:
Improvement of crop plants through marker-assisted breeding.
Current Position:
Will be updated soon.
Cell : +88-01521311855
Email : keka.22120713@bau.edu.bd
Rony Kumar Saha (Pappu)
MS in Genetics and Plant Breeding
Jan 2016 - Jun 2017
MS Thesis:
Assessment of Growth Performance and Whole Genome Transcriptome Based Identification of Salinity Induced Transcripts in Two Contrastingly Tolerant Rice (Oryza Sativa L.) Varieties
Current Position:
Officer, Janata Bank PLC
Cell : +88-01701023824
Email : rony.10ag@gmail.com
Jakia Tabassum
MS in Genetics and Plant Breeding
2015 - 2016
MS Thesis:
Constitutive and Salinity Inducible Gene Identification in rice by Whole Genome Transcriptomic Assessment
Current Position:
Residing in London, UK
Email : tabassumjakia1@gmail.com
Jakia Tabassum
MS in Genetics and Plant Breeding
2014 - 2015
MS Thesis:
Effect of Embryo Maturity Status on the Mode of in vitro Regeneration of Brassica rapa
Current Position:
Additional Agricultural Officer, DAE, Khamarbari, Dhaka. BCS Batch: 36th
Cell : +88-01737334558
Email : sabrina13zisan@gmail.com
Former Visiting Graduate Students
Nusrat Jahan Nezu
MS in Plant Pathology
Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University
Visiting Period: April 2025 - Jun 2025
Research Interest:
Sustainable & eco-friendly management of plant diseases through biological & biotechnological control
Enhancement of resistance mechanisms in crop plants through microbial consortia
Enhancement of crop plants through MAS; Genomics, QTL mapping, GWAS, bioinformatics
Current Position:
Will be updated soon.
Cell : +88-01793722443
Email : nusratnijhu@gmail.com