I have started as NAM S&T Fellow at the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) in Bremen, Germany. My fellowship with ZMT Bremen is for three months, January-March 2019. Together with four other NAM-ZMT fellows this year, my fellowship is…
Prof. Harunur Rashid attends post-survey (Dr Fridtjof Nansen) expert meeting on marine fishery resources & environment
[17 October 2018; Ministry of Fisheries & Livestock (MOFL), Dhaka] Professor Harunur Rashid has provided his expert opinion during a meeting by Bangladesh Ministry of Fisheries & Livestock on marine fishery and environment survey in the Upper Bay of Bengal. This…
[Research Project] Growth, survival and physiological response of freshwater pearl mussel Lamellidens marginalis exposed to hypoxia
Funded by: Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh Project Period: 2018-2020 Project Description: Oxygen is one of the most important constituents for energy and metabolism of air breathing organisms. For aquatic organisms, oxygen is more critical…
[Research Project] 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 4700, Bangladesh Duration: 2018-2021 Project Description: Research on microplastic pollution in the coastal-marine ecosystem and investigating its presence in fish and bivalve is noble research on Bangladesh context.…
[Research Project] Toxicity of agriculturally derived pesticides on reproduction and biodiversity of freshwater fishes
Funded by: Ministry of Education, Bangladesh Project Duration: 2018-2021 Project Description: Agriculture practices in this green delta, Bangladesh, are an integrated interaction of land and aquatic habitats. It is dry cultivable floodplains in winter are inundated with water during monsoon…
Prof Rashid attends Bhandari Lab at the University of North Carolina Greensbora as Fulbright Visiting Research Fellow
From 01 May 2018, Professor Harunur Rashid is attending Bhandari Lab at the University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNCG). Prof Rashid is awarded with Fulbright Visiting Research Fellowship to attend Bhandari Lab under the Environmental Health Sciences Program of the…
Bangladeshi native fish for mosquito control
Prof Harunur Rashid and his student Chhimi Lhamo recommends ‘Biological Control of Mosquito Larvae Grown in Waterlogged Environment using Larvivorous Fishes‘ and the research findings were was presented during BAPA-BEN Special Conference on Flood, Waterlogging and Landslides held at Dhaka (12-13…
Harunur Rashid attends International Conference on Challenges for Future Agriculture 2018
Professor Harunur Rashid has attended the International Conference on Challenges for Future Agriculture 2018 held at Bangladesh Agricultural University (Mymensingh, Bangladesh) during 27-28 January 2018. A total of 5 papers, co-authored by Prof Rashid, were presented during this conference, which are…