Faculty Profile

Dr. Md. Nurshad Ali

Associate Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Associate Professor Institute of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801719840498
  • Email: nali-bmb@sust.edu, nur_rubd@yahoo.com

Biography

Dr. Ali is working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh. He joined the department as a Lecturer in 2017. He was a doctoral student at Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund, Germany, and received his Ph.D. in Natural Sciences in 2016 from TU Dortmund University, Germany. Later, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Imperial College London, UK. He also worked as a Visiting Researcher at University College London, UK. Dr. Ali earned his M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. He also served as a faculty member at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Gono University in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dr. Ali’s research focuses on Human Nutrition, Toxicology, Cancer Biomarkers, Biomarkers of Diseases, Hepatology, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease, Public Health, Epidemiology and Environmental Health.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Natural Sciences (area of Toxicology), Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Technical University of Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany. Dissertation title: “Biological monitoring and exposure assessment for-mycotoxins in inhabitants of Bangladesh and Germany”.
  • M.Sc. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Thesis title: “Plasma Cholinesterase activity as a biomarker for arsenicosis in humans”.
  • B.Sc. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Research Interests

  • Biochemical Toxicology
  • Toxicity of chemicals (mycotoxins, heavy metals and others)
  • Human biomonitoring (biomarker of exposure)
  • Risk assessment of chemicals
  • Environmental Health
  • Diabetes and Cardiovascular disease
  • Public Health
  • Food, Nutrition and Metabolism
  • Hepatology and Gastroenterology
  • Epidemiology
  • Kidney Disease
  • Cancer Biomarkers

Active Research Project

  • Assessment of the relationship between serum liver enzymes activity and metabolic syndrome: a study on Bangladeshi adults
  • The relationship between serum xanthine oxidase activity and hypertension prevalence: a cross-sectional study in Bangladesh.

Previous Research Project

  • Prevalence of hypertension and its associated risk factors in human population- A large scale cross-sectional study in Bangladesh
  • Biological monitoring and exposure assessment for mycotoxins in inhabitants of Bangladesh and Germany
  • Association of circulating biomarkers with type-2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases: A population-based study in Bangladesh.

Journal Publish

  • 1. Ali N, Habib A, Mahmud F, Tuba HR, Degen GH. Aflatoxin M1 Analysis in Urine of Mill Workers in Bangladesh: A Pilot Study. Toxins. 2024; 16(1):45. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins16010045
  • 2. Hasan A, Newaj A, Trisha AD, Hafsa JM, Mohanto NC, Ali N. Assessment of the Relationship Between Liver Enzymes and Cardiovascular Disease: A Study in Bangladeshi Adults. Endocrinol Diabetes Metab. 2024 Mar;7(2):e00481. doi: 10.1002/edm2.481.
  • 3. Ali N, Taher A, Trisha AD, Koley NJ, Fariha KA, Islam F. Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and its Related Factors in Bangladeshi Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study. Endocrinol Diabetes Metab. 2024 Jul;7(4):e00491. doi: 10.1002/edm2.491.
  • 4. Ali N, Taher A, Islam N, Sarna NZ, Islam F. Evaluation of the relationship between xanthine oxidase activity and metabolic syndrome in a population group in Bangladesh. Sci Rep. 2024 Sep 2;14(1):20380. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-71733-4.
  • 5. Das Trisha A, Hafsa JM, Hasan A, Habib A, Tuba HR, Degen GH, Ali N. Occurrence of ochratoxin A in breast milk and urine samples of nursing mothers in Bangladesh. Mycotoxin Res. 2023 Dec 1. doi: 10.1007/s12550-023-00510-5.
  • 6. Ali N, Katsouli J, Marczylo EL, Gant TW, Wright S, Bernardino de la Serna J. The potential impacts of micro-and-nano plastics on various organ systems in humans. EBioMedicine. 2023 Dec 6;99:104901. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104901.
  • 7. Ali N. The recent burden of dengue infection in Bangladesh: a serious public health issue. Journal of infection and public health. 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2023.12.003
  • 8. Ali N, Samadder M, Kathak RR, Islam F. Prevalence and factors associated with dyslipidemia in Bangladeshi adults. PLoS One. 2023;18(1):e0280672. Published 2023 Jan 20. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0280672
  • 9. Barman Z, Hasan M, Miah R, Mou AD, Hafsa JM, Trisha AD, Mahmud F, Ali N. Association between hyperuricemia and chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study in Bangladeshi adults. BMC Endocr Disord. 2023 Feb 21;23(1):45. doi: 10.1186/s12902-023-01304-7.
  • 10. Kyei NNA, Waid JL, Ali N, Cramer B, Humpf HU, Gabrysch S. Maternal exposure to multiple mycotoxins and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a prospective cohort study in rural Bangladesh. Arch Toxicol. 2023 Jun;97(6):1795-1812. doi: 10.1007/s00204-023-03491-7.
  • 11. Ali N, Ahmed S, Mahmood S, Trisha AD, Mahmud F. The prevalence and factors associated with obesity and hypertension in university academic staff: a cross-sectional study in Bangladesh. Sci Rep. 2023 May 5;13(1):7309. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-34574-1.
  • 12. Ali N, Xavier J, Engur M, Pv M, Bernardino de la Serna J. The impact of e-cigarette exposure on different organ systems: A review of recent evidence and future perspectives. J Hazard Mater. 2023 Sep 5;457:131828. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131828. Epub 2023 Jun 12. PMID: 37320902.
  • 13. Ali N, Kathak RR, Fariha KA, Taher A, Islam F. Prevalence of dyslipidemia and its associated factors among university academic staff and students in Bangladesh. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2023 Jul 21;23(1):366. doi: 10.1186/s12872-023-03399-1.
  • 14. Tabassum T, Farzana M, Nahar AN, Araf Y, Ullah MA, Rahaman TI, Faruqui NA, Islam Prottoy MN, Anwar S, Ali N, Hosen MJ. COVID-19 in Bangladesh: Wave-centric assessments and mitigation measures for future pandemics. Heliyon. 2023 Sep 21;9(10):e20113. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20113.
  • 15. Ali N, Samadder M, Mahmud F, Islam F. Association between liver enzymes and metabolic syndrome: a study in Bangladeshi adults. Expert Rev Endocrinol Metab. 2023 Oct 18:1-7. doi: 10.1080/17446651.2023.2272867.
  • 16. Ali N, Samadder M, Shourove JH, Taher A, Islam F. Prevalence and factors associated with metabolic syndrome in university students and academic staff in Bangladesh. Sci Rep. 2023 Nov 14;13(1):19912. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-46943-x.
  • 17. Kathak RR, Sumon AH, Molla NH, Hasan M, Miah R, Tuba HR, Habib A, Ali N. The association between elevated lipid profile and liver enzymes: a study on Bangladeshi adults. Sci Rep. 2022 Feb 2;12(1):1711. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-05766-y.
  • 18. Assessment of multiple mycotoxin exposure and its association with food consumption: a human biomonitoring study in a pregnant cohort in rural Bangladesh. Arch Toxicol. 2022 Apr 19. doi: 10.1007/s00204-022-03288-0
  • 19. Ali N, Mahmud F, Akter SA, Islam S, Sumon AH, Barman DN, Islam F. The prevalence of general obesity, abdominal obesity, and hypertension and its related risk factors among young adult students in Bangladesh. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2022 Aug 23. doi: 10.1111/jch.14560.
  • 20. Ali N, Mohanto NC, Nurunnabi SM, Haque T, Islam F. Prevalence and risk factors of general and abdominal obesity and hypertension in rural and urban residents in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2022 Sep 8;22(1):1707. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14087-8.
  • 21. Hasan, M., Fariha, K. A., Barman, Z., Mou, A. D., Miah, R., Habib, A., Tuba, H. R., & Ali, N. (2022). Assessment of the relationship between serum xanthine oxidase levels and type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study. Scientific reports, 12(1), 20816. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25413-w
  • 22. Miah, R., Fariha, K. A., Sony, S. A., Ahmed, S., Hasan, M., Mou, A. D., Barman, Z., Hasan, A., Mohanto, N. C., & Ali, N. (2022). Association of serum xanthine oxidase levels with hypertension: a study on Bangladeshi adults. Scientific reports, 12(1), 21727. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26341-5
  • 23. Ali N, Fariha KA, Islam F, Mohanto NC, Ahmad I, Hosen MJ, Ahmed S. Assessment of the role of zinc in the prevention of COVID-19 infections and mortality: A retrospective study in the Asian and European population. Journal of Medical Virology. 2021 doi: 10.1002/jmv.26932.
  • 24. Ali N, Sumon AH, Fariha KA, Kathak RR, Molla NH, Asaduzzaman M, Mou AD, Barman Z, Hasan M, Miah R, Islam F. Assessment of the relationship of liver enzyme activity with general and abdominal obesity in an urban population of Bangladesh. Scientific reports. 2021.11:6640. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86216-z
  • 25. Ali N, Fariha KA, Islam F, Mishu MA, Mohanto NC, Hosen MJ, Hossain K. Exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 severity: a review of current insights, management and challenges. Integr Environ Assess Manag. 2021 Apr 29. doi: 10.1002/ieam.4435.
  • 26. Sumon AH, Islam F, Mohanto NC, Kathak RR, Molla NH, Rana S, Degen GH, Ali N. The Presence of Aflatoxin M1 in Milk and Milk Products in Bangladesh. Toxins (Basel). 2021 Jun 25;13(7):440. doi: 10.3390/toxins13070440.
  • 27. Islam F, Das Trisha A, Hafsa JM, Hasan A, Degen GH, Ali N. Occurrence of aflatoxin M1 in human breast milk in Bangladesh. Mycotoxin Res. 2021 Jun 22. doi: 10.1007/s12550-021-00436-w.
  • 28. Molla NH, Kathak RR, Sumon AH, Barman Z, Mou AD, Hasan A, Mahmud F, Fariha KA, Ali N. Assessment of the relationship between serum uric acid levels and liver enzymes activity in Bangladeshi adults. Sci Rep. 2021 Oct 11;11(1):20114. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-99623-z.
  • 29. Kyei NNA, Waid JL, Ali N, Gabrysch S. Awareness, Experience, and Knowledge of Farming Households in Rural Bangladesh Regarding Mold Contamination of Food Crops: A Cross-Sectional Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Sep 30;18(19):10335. doi: 10.3390/ijerph181910335.
  • 30. Mou AD, Barman Z, Hasan M, Miah R, Hafsa JM, Das Trisha A, Ali N. Prevalence of preeclampsia and the associated risk factors among pregnant women in Bangladesh. Sci Rep. 2021 Oct 29;11(1):21339. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-00839-w.
  • 31. Ali N, Hossain K. Liver injury in severe COVID-19 infection: current insights and challenges. Expert Review in Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2020, 44(4):e84-e86. doi:10.1080/17474124.2020.1794812
  • 32. Ali N. Is SARS-CoV-2 associated with liver dysfunction in COVID-19 patients? Clinics and Research in Heapatology and Gastroenterology 2020; 44(4):e84-e86. doi.org/10.1016/j.clinre.2020.05.002
  • 33. Islam S, Rahman S, Haque T, Sumon AH,Ahmed AZ, Ali N. Prevalence of elevated liver enzymes and its association with type 2 diabetes: A cross‐sectional study in Bangladeshi adults. Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism 2020; 3(2):e00116. doi:10.1002/edm2.116
  • 34. Ali N. Kidney injury in COVID-19: an emerging concern to the clinician. SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine 2020; 24:1-2. doi: 10.1007/s42399-020-00482-y.
  • 35. Rahman S, Islam S, Haque T, Kathak RR, Ali N. Association between serum liver enzymes and hypertension: a cross-sectional study in Bangladeshi adults. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2020; 20(1):128. doi: 10.1186/s12872-020-01411-6.
  • 36. Ali N. Elevated level of C-reactive protein may be an early marker to predict risk for severity of COVID-19. Journal of Medical Virology 2020; 30:10.1002/jmv.26097. doi: 10.1002/jmv.26097.
  • 37. Anwar S, Araf Y, Khan AN, Ullah MA, Haque N, Sarkar B, Reshad R, Islam R, Ali N, Hosen MJ. Women’s knowledge, attitude and perceptions towards COVID-19 in lower-middle-income countries: a representative cross-sectional study in Bangladesh. Frontiers in Public Health 2020; 8:571689. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.571689
  • 38. Ali N. Relationship between COVID-19 infection and liver injury: a review of recent data. Frontiers in Medicine 2020; 7:458. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2020.00458.
  • 39. Ali N, Islam F. The effects of air pollution on COVID-19 infection and mortality-a review on recent evidence. Frontiers in Public Health 2020; 8:580057. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.580057
  • 40. Ali N, Degen GH. Biological monitoring for ochratoxin A and citrinin and their metabolites in urine samples of infants and children in Bangladesh. Mycotoxin Research 2020; 36(4):409-417 doi: 10.1007/s12550-020-00407-7
  • 41. Ali N. Role of vitamin D in preventing of COVID-19 infection, progression and severity. Journal of infection and Public Health 2020; 13(10):1373-1380. doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2020.06.021
  • 42. Saadi MM, Roy MN, Haque R, Tania FA Mahmood S, Ali N. Association of microalbuminuria with metabolic syndrome: a cross-sectional study in Bangladesh. BMC Endocrine Disorders 2020; 20(1):153. doi: 10.1186/s12902-020-00634-0
  • 43. Ali N, Manirujjaman M, Rana S, Degen GH. Determination of aflatoxin M1 and deoxynivalenol biomarkers in infants and children urines from Bangladesh. Archives of Toxicology, 2020; 94(11):3775-3786. doi: 10.1007/s00204-020-02857-5
  • 44. Ali N, Miah R, Hasan M, Barman Z, Mou AD, Hafsa JM, Trisha AD, Hasan A, Islam F. Association between serum uric acid and metabolic syndrome: a cross-sectional study in Bangladeshi adults. Scientific Reports 2020; 10(1):7841. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-64884-7.
  • 45. Ali N, Perveen R, Rahman S, Mahmood S, Rahman S, Islam S, Haque T, Sumon AH, Kathak RR, Molla NH, Islam F, Mohanto NC, Nurunnabi SM, Ahmed S, Rahman M. Prevalence of hyperuricemia and the relationship between serum uric acid and obesity: A study on Bangladeshi adults. PLoS One. 2018 Nov 1;13(11):e0206850. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206850.
  • 46. Ali N, Rahman S, Islam S, Haque T, Molla NH, Sumon AH, Kathak RR, Asaduzzaman M, Islam F, Mohanto NC, Hasnat MA, Nurunnabi SM, Ahmed S. The relationship between serum uric acid and lipid profile in Bangladeshi adults. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2019 Feb 21;19(1):42. doi: 10.1186/s12872-019-1026-2.
  • 47. Malir F, Louda M, Ostry V, Toman J, Ali N, Grosse Y, Malirova E, Pacovsky J, Pickova D, Brodak M, Pfohl-Leszkowicz A, Degen GH. Analyses of biomarkers of exposure to nephrotoxic mycotoxins in a cohort of patients with renal tumours. Mycotoxin Res. 2019 Jun 29. doi: 10.1007/s12550-019-00365-9.
  • 48. Ali N, Degen GH. Biomonitoring of zearalenone and its main metabolites in urines of Bangladeshi adults. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 2019, 130:276-283. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2019.05.036.
  • 49. Haque T, Rahman S, Islam S, Molla NH, Ali N. Assessment of the relationship between serum uric acid and glucose levels in healthy, prediabetic and diabetic individuals. Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome, 2019, 11:49. doi: 10.1186/s13098-019-0446-6..
  • 50. Ali N, Mahmood S, Islam F, Rahman S, Haque T, Islam S, Rahman S, Haque N, Mosaib G, Rasheda Perveen R and Khanum FA. Relationship between serum uric acid and hypertension: a crosssectional study in Bangladeshi Adults. Scientific Reports. 2019. 9(1): 9061. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-45680-4
  • 51. Ali N. Aflatoxins in rice: Worldwide occurrence and public health perspectives. Toxicology Reports 2019; 6:1188-1197. doi: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2019.11.007.
  • 52. Ali N, Degen GH. Citrinin biomarkers: a review of recent data and application to human exposure assessment. Archives of Toxicology. 2019; 93(11):3057-3066. doi: 10.1007/s00204-019-02570-y.
  • 53. Ali N, Degen GH. Urinary biomarkers of exposure to the mycoestrogen zearalenone and its modified forms in German adults. Archives of Toxicology. 2018 Jul 6.doi: 10.1007/s00204-018-2261-5.
  • 54. Mahmood S, Biswas SK, Saqueeb SN, Zaman S, Manirujjaman M, Perveen R, Ali N. Vitamin D and parathyroid hormone status in female garment workers: a case- control study in Bangladesh. BioMed Research International 2017, 2017:4105375. doi: 10.1155/2017/4105375.
  • 55. Ali N. Co-occurrence of citrinin and ochratoxin A in rice in Asia and its implications for human health. J Sci Food Agric. 2017 Sep 12. doi: 10.1002/jsfa.8667.Review
  • 56. Ali N, Hossain K, Degen GH. Blood plasma biomarkers of citrinin and ochratoxin A exposure in young adults in Bangladesh. Mycotoxin Res. 2017 Nov 16. doi: 10.1007/s12550-017-0299-5.
  • 57. Degen GH, Ali N, Ursula Gundert-Remy U. Preliminary data on citrinin kinetics in humans and their use to estimate citrinin exposure based on biomarkers. Toxicology Letters 2017. pii: S0378-4274(17)31418-2. doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2017.
  • 58. Ali N, Mahmood S, Manirujjaman M, Perveen R, Al Nahid A, Ahmed S, Khanum FA, Rahman M. Hypertension prevalence and influence of basal metabolic rate on blood pressure among adult students in Bangladesh. BMC Public Health. 2017, 25;1858. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4617-9.
  • 59. Ali N, Blaszkewicz M, Degen GH. Determination of aflatoxin M1 in urines indicates frequent dietary exposure to aflatoxin B1 in the Bangladeshi population. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 2017 220:271-281. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2016.11.002.
  • 60. Ali N, Muñoz K, Degen GH.Ochratoxin A and its metabolites in urines of German adults-An assessment of variables in biomarker analysis. Toxicology Letters 2017, 275:19-26. doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2017.04.013.
  • 61. Ali N, Blaszkewicz M, Manirujjaman M, Degen GH. Biomonitoring of concurrent exposure to ochratoxin A and citrinin in pregnant women in Bangladesh. Mycotoxin Research 2016, 32:163-72; DOI 10.1007/s12550-016-0251-0
  • 62. Ali N, Blaszkewicz M, Degen GH. Assessment of deoxynivalenol exposure among Bangladesh and German adults by a biomarker based approach. Toxicology Letters 2016, 258: 20–28
  • 63. Ali N, Blaszkewicz M, Mohanto NC, Rahman M, Alim A, Hossain K, Degen GH. First results on citrinin biomarkers in urines from rural and urban cohorts in Bangladesh. Mycotoxin Research 2015, 31: 9-16
  • 64. Gerding J, Ali N, Schwartzbord J, Cramer B, Brown DL, Degen GH, Humpf HU. A comparative study of the human urinary mycotoxin excretion patterns in Bangladesh, Germany and Haiti using a rapid and sensitive LC-MS/MS approach. Mycotoxin Research 2015, 31:127–36
  • 65. Ali N, Blaszkewicz M, Degen GH. Occurrence of the mycotoxin citrinin and its metabolite dihydrocitrinone in urines of German adults. Archives of Toxicology 2015, 89:573–8
  • 66. Ali N, Blaszkewicz M, Nahid AA, Rahman M, Degen GH. Deoxynivalenol exposure assessment for pregnant women in Bangladesh. Toxins (Basel) 2015, 7:3845–57
  • 67. Ali N, Hossain K, Blaszkewicz M, Rahman M Mohanto NC, Alim A, Degen GH. Occurrence of aflatoxin M1 in urine from rural and urban adult cohorts in Bangladesh. Archives of Toxicology 2015, DOI: 10.1007/s00204-015-1601-y
  • 68. Ali N, Blaszkewicz M, Alim A, Hossain K, Degen GH. Urinary biomarkers of ochratoxin A and citrinin exposure in two Bangladeshi cohorts: follow-up study on regional and seasonal influences. Archives of Toxicology 2015, DOI:10.1007/s00204-015-1654-y
  • 69. Föllmann W, Ali N, Blaszkewicz M, Degen GH. Biomonitoring of mycotoxins in urine: Pilot study in mill workers. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A 2015, 79: 1015-1025
  • 70. Huda N ,Hossain S, Rahman M, Karim MR, Islam K, Mamun AA, Hossain MI, Mohanto NC, Alam S, Aktar S, Arefin A, Ali N, Salam KA, Aziz A,Saud ZA, Miyataka H, Himeno S, Hossain K. Elevated levels of plasma uric acid and its relation to hypertension in arsenic-endemic human individuals in Bangladesh. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 2014 281: 11-18.
  • 71. Ali N, Blaszkewicz M, Manirujjaman M, Perveen R, Nahid AA, Mahmood S, Rahman M, Hossain K, Degen GH. Biomonitoring of ochratoxin A in blood plasma and exposure assessment of adult students in Bangladesh. Molecular Nutrition and Food Research 2014, 58: 2219-2225.
  • 72. Islam K, Haque A, Karim MR, Fajol A, Hossain E, Salam KA, Ali N, Saud ZA, Rahman M, Rahman M, Karim MR, Sultana P, Hossain M, Akhand AA, Miyataka H, Himeno S, Hossain K. Dose-response relationship between arsenic exposure and the serum enzymes for liver function tests in the individuals exposed to arsenic: a cross sectional study in Bangladesh. Environmental Health 2011 10:64.
  • 73. Ali N, Hoque MA, Haque A, Salam KA, Karim MR, Rahman A, Islam K, Saud ZA, Khalek MA, Akhand AA, Hossain M, Mandal A, Karim MR, Miyataka H, Himeno S, Hossain K. Association between arsenic exposure and plasma cholinesterase activity: a population based study in Bangladesh. Environmental Health 2010, 9:36.
  • 74. Karim MR, Haque A, Islam K, Ali N, Salam KA, Saud ZA, Hossain E, Fajol A, Akhand AA, Himeno S, Hossain K. Protective effects of the dietary supplementation of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) on sodium arsenite-induced biochemical perturbation in mice. Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin 2010 36:82-88.
  • 75. Karim MR, Salam KA, Hossain E, Islam K, Ali N, Haque A, Saud ZA, Yeasmin T, Hossain M, Miyataka H, Himeno S, Hossain K. Interaction between chronic arsenic exposure via drinking water and plasma lactate dehydrogenase activity. Science of the Total Environment 2010, 409: 278-83.

External Affiliations

  • Editorial Board Member for the journal of- 1) BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2) BMC Nutrition, 3) Scientific Reports-Nature, 4) PLOS ONE, 5) Frontiers in Nutrition 6) Advances in Therapy
  • Reviewer for a number of international peer-reviewed journals.
  • Member, National Young Academy of Bangladesh
  • Member, Graduate Biochemists Association, Bangladesh

Awards & Recognition

  • Undergraduate Merit Scholarship 2006, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh.
  • Travel Bursary Award, Eurotox congress 2015, Porto, Portugal.
  • DAAD fellowship for doctoral studies in Germany, 2012-2016.
  • Best poster award, 39th Mycotoxin Workshop 2017, Bydgoszz, Poland.
  • Poster Award, BSBMB Conference 2018, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Vice Chancellor Award 2019, Shahjal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.
  • University Grants Commission of Bangladesh Gold Medal Award 2019

Teaching

  • Nutritional Biochemistry
  • Environmental Biochemistry
  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Plant Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology

Graduate Supervision

  • Fifteen (15)