Faculty Profile

Morgina Akter

Assistant Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Department of Oceanography, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801728118762
  • Email: m.akter-ocg@sust.edu, Aktermorgina87@gmail.com

Biography

Morgina Akter is a Lecturer of the Department of Oceanography, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST). In 2018, She received an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master degree in Aquaculture, Environment & Society from University of the Highlands and Islands (United Kingdom), University of Crete (Greece) and University of Nantes (France). Before that, she has earned her BSc and MSc degree in Marine Science from the Institute of Marine Sciences and Fisheries at the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. During her second MSc, she has worked in various reputed laboratory including Hellenic Center for Marine Research, Greece and French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER), France. Prior to joining at SUST, Morgina Akter worked as a research Assistant at Resilient Small Scale Fisheries Program of WorldFish, Bangladesh.

Education

  • Joint MSc (2018) : UHI, UK; Uoc, Greece and Uon, France.
  • MS (2011): Institute of Marine Sciences and Fisheries, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • BSc (2010): Institute of Marine Sciences and Fisheries, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Research Interests

  • Fisheries oceanography, Aquaculture, Marine biology.

Journal Publications

  • 1. Akter, M., S. M. Sharifuzzaman, X. Shan, and Md Rashed-Un-Nabi. "Reproduction, Growth, Mortality and Yield of the Goatfish Upeneus sulphureus in Northern Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh." Journal of Ichthyology 60, no. 3 (2020): 441-452
  • 2. Sarker, S., Yadav, A.K., Akter, M., Shahadat Hossain, M., Chowdhury, S.R., Kabir, M.A., Sharifuzzaman, S.M., 2020. Rising temperature and marine plankton community dynamics: Is warming bad? Ecological Complexity 43, 100857
  • 3. Katharios, Pantelis, Panos Varvarigos, Kleoniki Keklikoglou, Maja Ruetten, Jerry Sojan, Morgina Akter, Maria Chiara Cascarano, Maria Ioanna Tsertou, and Constantina Kokkari.