Research Student

Greetings!!! I am Mishal Roy; I have just completed my BS honors degree from the Department of Fisheries at the University of Chittagong, Chattogram 4331, Bangladesh. I always want to become a marine biologist and academician. I am very much interested in Fish taxonomy, DNA barcoding, Fisheries genetics and bioinformatics, Seaweed taxonomy, Phytoplankton culture, Jellyfish, Marine Gelatinous Zooplankton, and Conservation of Marine Biodiversity.

Under the supervision of Prof. Dr. SM Sharifuzzaman, my research journey started with Nanochloropsis sp. (Isolated phytoplankton) culture from 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 learned about 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. During this period, I worked on some projects as a Student Research Assistant. About this project, details are found in the Project tab.

My undergrad thesis is about the marine catfish diversity in the Bangladesh coast with molecular study. From this study, I have some good scientific data, and using those, I am preparing a manuscript.

To know more about myself, please visit my website.

Fisheries genetics        Biodiversity        Jellyfish        Seaweed        Phytoplankton        Bioinformatics