ONGOING & RECENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
- Transboundary microplastics contaminations in fish and aquatic food chain along Brahmaputra River (funded by- Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research) (2021 – 2023)
- Evaluation of the effects of dietary salt supplementation on brackishwater Scatophagus argus for introduction into land-based freshwater aquaculture [Funded by: Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System (BAURES), Bangladesh Agricultural University)
- Toxicity of agriculturally derived pesticides on reproduction and biodiversity of freshwater fishes (funded by- Ministry of Education, Bangladesh)
- Microplastic pollution in coastal-marine fish & bivalve species from the upper Bay of Bengal off Bangladesh coast (funded by- Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute, Marine Fisheries Technology Station, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh)
- Growth, survival and physiological response of freshwater pearl mussel Lamellidens marginalis exposed to hypoxia (funded by- BAU Research System, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensngh, Bangladesh)
Other GRANTS & CONTRACTS
- Project Coordinator, Bangladesh Component: Impacts of Aquaculture & Human Activities on Aquatic Environment in Bangladesh and Myanmar. Funded & lead by- Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany. 2016 – 2017.
- Research Supervisor: Impacts of salinity intrusion on (stress) physiology of freshwater fishes in Bangladesh. Senior Thesis Project funded by AUW. 2015-17.
- Research Supervisor: Impacts of Climate Change on river discharge in two Himalayan Countries – Bhutan and Nepal. Senior Thesis Project funded by AUW. 2015-16.
- Research Supervisor: Metal contamination in Drinking water and the prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in Vavuniya District, Sri Lanka. Senior Thesis Project Funded by AUW. 2016-17.
- Project Coordinator: Integrated management of crop-fish-water resources to enhance agricultural production systems towards sustainable food security in Bangladesh. Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation for Higher Education (NUFFIC), The Netherlands. Grant amount: 2.5 million euro. 2013-2016
- Project Director (PD): Histological study of gametogenesis in riverine and marine populations of Tenualosa ilisha in Bangladesh. BAURES, BAU. Grant amount: 480000 BDT. 2013-15.
- Deputy PD: ICT-based automation of Bangladesh Agricultural University, World Bank-UGC, Bangladesh. Grant amount: 45000000 BDT. 2012-14.
- PD: Study of reproductive endocrinology of mud eel Monopterus cuchia for artificial propagation. Operational Fund for Research Projects under Research Grant of BARC. Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council, Dhaka (2011-2016). Grant amount: 2000000 BDT. Further Funded by BFRI from 2016-2017. Grant amount: 1500000 BDT.
- PD: Reproductive physiology of endangered ‘kala pabda’ (Ompok pabo) from the haor area of Mohonganj, Netrokona. Supported jointly by Bangladesh Agricultural University & University Grants Commission. Grant amount: 300000 BDT. 2010-12.
- PD: Induced breeding of great snakehead (Ghajar; Channa marulius) using molecular techniques. Supported by Bangladesh Agricultural University Research Systems, BAU. Grant amount: 150000 BDT. 2011-12.
- Team Member: Livelihood improvement of farming community in haor area through system approach. SPGR, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council, Dhaka. Grant amount: 1000000 BDT (for fisheries component). 2010-11.
- PD: Development of genetically improved climbing perch by intra-specific hybridization. Ministry of Science, Information & Communication Technology, Government of Bangladesh. Grant amount: 600000 BDT. 2008-09.