Dr. Shams Galib

Teaching and research at universities

University of Rajshahi

Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh 

Associate Professor at the Department of Fisheries; 20 October 2021 - Present
Assistant Professor at the Department of Fisheries; 10 November 2015 - 19 October 2021
Lecturer at the Department of Fisheries; 10 November 2012 - 9 November 2015 

Jessore University of Science and Technology

Jessore, Bangladesh

Lecturer at the Department of Fisheries and Marine Bioscience; 7 February 2012 - 8 November 2012

Research project based jobs

December 2011 - February 2012

Data Enumerator at the WorldFish Center, Bangladesh and South Asia Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh.  [Cereal System Initiatives for South Asia (CSISA) project; job locations: Faridpur, Gopalganj and Narail districts of Bangladesh]

March 2011

Data Enumerator at the WorldFish Center, Bangladesh and South Asia Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh.  [Small Fish and Nutrition (SFN) project; job locations: Rangpur, Bangladesh]

November 2010 - February 2011 and 2009

Data Enumerator at the WorldFish Center, Bangladesh and South Asia Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh.  [Decentralized Seed Production (DSP) project; job locations: Rajshahi, Chapai Nawabganj and Naogaon districts of Bangladesh]

July 2009 - June 2010

Research Associate at the Department of Fisheries, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh. [Biodiversity of Exotic Aquarium Fishes in Bangladesh project. Job locations: Rajshahi, Thakurgaon, Natore, Jessore, Khulna, Mymensingh and Dhaka districts of Bangladesh]

2007-2008

Research Assistant at the University of Rajshahi/Bangladesh Fisheries Research Forum [Fish culture in ponds and rice fields by the poor Adivasi households in northwest and northern Bangladesh: Performances evaluation and livelihood aspects project; job location: Rangpur and Joypurhat districts of Bangladesh]

Academic background

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

• University of Durham, UK; 2016 - 2020

• Research title: The ecological impacts of signal crayfish in upland stream ecosystems [download]

• Supervisors: Prof Martyn Lucas and Prof A Rus Hoelzel; University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.

Master of Philosophy (MPhil)

• University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh; 2015

• Research title: Captive breeding of Trichogaster lalius (Hamilton, 1822) and Trichogaster fasciata Bloch and Schneider, 1801

• Supervisor: Dr. ABM Mohsin, Professor, Department of Fisheries, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Master of Science (MS) in Fisheries

• University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh; 2008 (held in 2010)

• Result: A+ (CGPA 4.00; First in the Faculty of Agriculture)

• Research title: Cultured and ornamental exotic fish diversity of Bangladesh

• Supervisor: Dr. ABM Mohsin, Department of Fisheries, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Fisheries (Honours)

• University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh; Year: 2006 (held in 2007)

• Result: First Class (Second in the Faculty of Agriculture)

• Research title: A study on fish diversity and fishing gears of Chalan Beel with reference to preservation of catches

• Supervisor: Dr. Md. Abdus Samad, Department of Fisheries, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC)

• Rajshahi University School, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

• Group: Science; Board: Rajshahi; Year: 2002

• Result: First Division

Secondary School Certificate (SSC)

• Rajshahi University School, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

• Group: Science; Board: Rajshahi; Year: 2000

• Result: First Division