Research Student

Greetings!!! I am Mishal Roy. I joined the University of Mississippi as a PhD student in Fall 2024. I have completed my BS in Fisheries from the University of Chittagong, Chattogram 4331, Bangladesh. Under the supervision of Prof. Dr. SM Sharifuzzaman, my research journey started with Nanochloropsis sp. (Isolated phytoplankton) culture from the Marine Biology and Systematics Lab. We isolated and identified this species from Potenga Sea Coast, Bangladesh. We also optimized the growth parameters for this species after so many experiments. 

So far, I have done Gelatinous Zooplankton taxonomy and recorded two new distribution records (one salp & one scyphozoan jellyfish) on the Bangladesh coast of the Bay of Bengal. After that, I worked with Seaweed taxonomy and published a conference paper about seaweed diversity in Kutubdia Island, Bangladesh. Then, I joined a Freshwater Cab project and documented two new crabs with DNA barcoding in Bangladesh. I worked on some projects as a Student Research Assistant during this period. Details about this project can be found in the Project tab. My undergraduate thesis was about the diversity of marine catfish on the Bangladesh coast through morphometry and molecular taxonomy. Seven valid species had been identified, where one species was documented as a new distribution record for the Northern Bay of Bengal and one as a new genetic record for Bangladesh. 

I always wanted to become a marine biologist and academician. I am very interested in Phylogeny study, DNA barcoding, Genetics and bioinformatics, Seaweed, Phytoplankton culture, Marine Gelatinous Zooplankton, and Conservation of Marine Biodiversity. My graduate thesis is about coral polyps at Dr. Goulet's Lab, Department of Biology, UM.

To know more about myself, please visit my website.

Marine Biodiversity        Corals        Jellyfish        Seaweed        Phytoplankton        Bioinformatics