Faculty Profile

Dr. Mohammad Zahangir Alam

Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Professor Institute of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801712121397
  • Email: mzalam-geb@sust.edu, mzalamgen@gmail.com

Biography

Dr. Mohammad Zahangir Alam was born at Nabinagar, Brahmanbaria in 1976. He finished Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSC) in 1992 from Dhakadakshin Multi lateral High School, Golapgonj, Sylhet and obtained first division with outstanding marks. Then he attended Comilla Victoria Government College for Higher Secondary Certificate in 1994. After that, he completed Bachelor of Science (Honors) in Animal Husbandry and Master of Science (MS) in Animal Breeding and Genetics from Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh in 2001 and 2003 respectively. He started his professional career as a Scientific Officer at District Artificial Insemination center, Sylhet under Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock and served from July 2003 to February 2004. Later he joined as a lecturer of Animal genetics and breeding under Barisal Govt. Veterinary college affiliated with Patuakhali Science and technology University and served from March 2004 to November 2004. Dr. M Z Alam joined as a lecturer at the Department of Genetics of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in December 2004. He was awarded research grant at the University of Bonn, Germany in 2007 and stayed in Germany from March 2007 to June 2007. He promoted as an Assistant Professor in July 2007 and act as a Head of the Department of Genetics until the former Genetics and Biotechnology department merged together to form Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in December 2009. Dr. M Z Alam awarded Erasmus Mundus Scholarship from European Union in order to pursue a Master degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology and successfully completed the course with outstanding grade from University of Aveiro, Portugal and Aalborg University, Denmark. Dr. Alam was promoted as an Associate Professor in February 2014. He received a fellowship from the Yeungnam University, South Korea to complete his Phd study in Biotechnology. Dr. Alam promoted as a Professor of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology since May 2019. He successfully earned his Phd degree in February 2020 specialized in Bioinformatics. Dr. Alam visited several countries to attend in scientific conferences, workshops, tour in Denmark, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Italy, South Korea, Japan, UAE, Saudi Arabia etc. He is currently working on the improvement of production traits of livestock species.

Education

  • Phd in Biotechnology (Yeungnam University, South Korea)
  • Master in Molecular and Cellular Biology (Universidade de aveiro, portugal)
  • Master of Science in Animal Breeding and Genetics (Bangladesh Agricultural University)
  • B.Sc in Animal Husbandry (Bangladesh Agricultural University)

Research Interests

  • Animal Genetics
  • Human Genetics
  • Bioinformatics
  • Food Biotechnology

Active Research Project

  • 1. Genetic characterization of Sarail Hound to conserve the rare dog breed of Bangladesh. (SUST research grant/2022-2023)

Previous Research Project

  • 1. Molecular and immunological characterization of local Naked Neck (Na+/Na+) and Aseel chicken and evaluation of growth performance of F1 Cross progeny to develop meat production traits. (SUST research grant /2016-17)
  • 2. Development of bioinformatics platform for the genome wide association studies (GWAS) of economically important traits of livestock species. (SUST research grant /2020-21)

Journal Publish

  • 1. Genome-Wide Association Study to Identify QTL for Carcass Traits in Korean Hanwoo Cattle. Alam, M.Z.; Haque, M.A.; Iqbal, A.; Lee, Y.-M.; Ha, J.-J.; Jin, S.; Park, B.; Kim, N.-Y.; Won, J.I.; Kim, J.-J. Animals 2023, 13, 2737.
  • 2. Estimation of genetic correlations and genomic prediction accuracy for reproductive and carcass traits in Hanwoo cows Md Azizul Haque, Asif Iqbal, Mohammad Alam, Yun-Mi Lee, Jae-Jung Ha, Jong-Joo Kim J Anim Sci Technol 2023
  • 3. Genome-Wide Association Studies for Body Conformation Traits in Korean Holstein Population. Md Azizul Haque; Mohammad Zahangir Alam; Asif Iqbal; Yun-Mi Lee; Chang-Gwon Dang; Jong-Joo Kim
  • 4. Genetic characteristics of Korean Jeju Black cattle with high density single nucleotide polymorphism
  • 5. The effectiveness of genomic selection for milk production traits of Holstein dairy cattle.
  • 6. Comparison of genomic predictions for carcass and reproduction traits in Berkshire, Duroc and Yorkshire populations in Korea
  • 7. Antibiofilm Activity of Crude Cell Free Extract from Bacillus subtilis S01 against E. coli.
  • 8. Biochemical characterization and Antibiotic susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus from lame broiler chicken and mastitic cows of Sylhet city, Bangladesh.
  • 9. Evaluation of Antibiotic Sensitivity Pattern and Plasmid Isolation of Klebsiella Pneumoniae Isolates from Clinical Specimens in Sylhet City, Bangladesh.
  • 10. Prevalence Rate and Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Salmonella Spp. Isolated From Broiler Chicken Collected from Different Market Area of Sylhet Region Bangladesh.
  • 11. Studies on yogurt production using Lactobacillus Bulgaricus and streptococcus thermophiles isolated from market yogurt.
  • 12. Determination of amino acids misincorporation in recombinant protein by mass spectrometry.
  • 13. Heterologous expression and purification of β galactosidase protein using affinity chromatography.
  • 14. Collection, grading and evaluation of cumulus-oocyte complexes for in vitro maturation in sheep.
  • 15. Study on morphometric, productive and reproductive traits of native cattle at Sylhet district.
  • 16. N N Begum, M Z Alam, Asif Iqbal, M Ashrafuzzaman and NS Talukder. Study on culture and life cycle of Drosophila melanogaster under various cultural and environmental conditions. International journal of bio resource. 10(1):13-19.
  • 17. Alam M Z, A K F H Bhuiyan, M O Faruque and M S A Bhuiyan 2004. Studies on albumin polymorphism in Bangladeshi cattle. Bangladesh journal of genetics and biotechnology. 5 (1&2):53-56.

Teaching

  • Principles of Genetics
  • Animal Reproduction and embryology
  • Animal Genetics and Breeding
  • Animal cell technology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Techniques in molecular biology
  • Recombinant DNA technology
  • Proteomics, Genomics and Bioinformatics
  • Animal Biotechnology
  • Food Biotechnology

Graduate Supervision

  • Undergraduate thesis supervision: 10
  • MS thesis supervision : 7