Professional Positions 

• May 2021 – April 2024, Graduate Research Assistant, CFRES, MTU, USA

Project: Social implications of genetically improved trees: assessing public and forest owner attitudes and risk perceptions (Funded by USDA-NIFA, AFRI)  

• June 2016 – November 2017, Research Assistant, DGPB, BSMRAU, Bangladesh

Project: Breeding Jatropha curcas for seed and oil yield as a source of renewable energy (Funded by MOST-GoB) 

Teaching Experience

• Spring 2024 - Guest Lecture on "GWAS and Mixed Linear Models" 

      Course: FW5411 Applied Data Analysis and FW5412 Data Analysis in R (Instructor: Dr. Carsten Külheim)

Training Experiences

• Social/Behavioral Research, CITI (Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative) Program

• Fundamental Bioinformatics: Databases & Data Mining, cBLAST, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Diploma in Information & Communication Technology, Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC), Bangladesh

• Introduction to Computer Application Packages and Programming with Unicode Bangla, BCC, Bangladesh

Technical Skills

• Wet lab: CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing, DNA extraction, RNA extraction, PCR, Gel electrophoresis and documentation, Primer designing, Insect rearing, Insect bioassay, Plant phenotyping

• Dry lab: Unix, NGS data analysis, R, Python, Machine Learning

Grants Received

Research Grant

• Spring 2022, Genomic adaptation of two oak species in drought condition (Awarded, Role: Main applicant, Guided by Dr. Carsten Külheim); Sponsor: Ecosystem Science Center (ESC), CFRES, MTU, MI, USA ($1000) 

Travel Grants

• GSG Travel Grant, MTU (Fall 2023)

• ESC Student Travel Grant, MTU (Spring 2022, Spring 2023)

• Bangladesh Sweden Trust Fund Travel Grant (2018)

Awards, Scholarships, and Fellowships

• Doctoral Finishing Fellowship (Summer 2024)

• GSG Research Chair Fellowship (Fall 2023, Spring 2024)

• GSCAAS Scholarship (2018)

• Beijing Government Scholarship (2018)

• Merit Scholarship, BSMRAU (2016)

Presentations 

Oral Presentations

• "Tree genetic improvement methods: current trends and future". Graduate Research Colloquium; March 29, 2023; MTU, USA

• "Development of rice varieties through participatory plant breeding” at BSMRAU, Gazipur, Bangladesh

Poster Presentations

• Comparative genome analysis of Quercus rubra and Q. ellipsoidalis. Submitted to TAGC24: The Allied Genetics Conference, Genetics Society of America; March 6-10, 2024; Washington DC, USA.

• "Tree genetic improvement methods: current trends and future". Plant Biology 2023, American Society of Plant Biologists; August 5-9, 2023; Savannah, Georgia, USA

• "Comparative analysis of the Quercus rubra and Q. ellipsoidalis genome structure". 18th Annual ESC Student Research Forum (March 29, 2022), and Graduate Research Colloquium (March 29, 2023), MTU, USA

• “Using the Eucalyptus polybractea genome improved genetic variant identification compared to using a pseudo-reference”. GSA Conference PEQG22: Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics Conference; June 7-10, 2022; Pacific Grove, California, USA.

• "Trends in Tree Genetic Improvement Techniques from 1990-2021”. 17th Annual ESC Student Research Forum (March 29, 2022), and Graduate Research Colloquium (April 12, 2022), MTU, USA

Mentoring Experience

• Co-supervised Zhang Yating, undergraduate intern student, College of Life Sciences, Jilin Agricultural University, China

Leadership and Volunteer Services

• Founder President, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Club at MTU (2023-2024)

• Research Chair, Graduate Student Government (GSG),  MTU (2023-2024)

• CFRES GSG Representative, MTU (2022-2023, 2023-2024)

• GSG Representative, President's Council on Health and Well-being, MTU (2023-2024)

• GSG Liaison, Academic Integrity Committee, Michigan Tech (2023-2024)

• Graduate Student Alternate, CFRES Dean Search Committee, Michigan Tech (2023-2024)

• President, Bangladeshi Student Association at MTU (2022-2023) 

• Volunteer, 1st International Congress of Biological Control (2018), Beijing, China

Professional Societies

• Member, American Society of Plant Biologists

• Member, Genetics Society of America 

• Member, North American Forest Genetics Society