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2017 – Present
Emeritus Scientist, Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, Laboratory Sciences and Services Division (LSSD), icddr,b
1995 – till date
External Examiner and External Research Supervisor, Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka
1988 – till date
External Examiner and External Research Supervisor, Department of Botany, Jahangirnagar University
2015 – 2017
Emeritus Scientist, Office of the Executive Director, icddr,b
2012 - 2015
Acting Director, Centre for Food and Waterborne Diseases, icddr,b
2008 - 2010
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Mozambique, Beira, Mozambique.
2007 - 2008
Visiting Professor, Disaster and Development Centre, School of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
2003 - 2004
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Department of Biology, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
2001 – 2015
Environmental Microbiologist,LSSD and Centre for Food and Waterborne Diseases, icddr,b
1990 - 2015
Head, Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, icddr,b
1998 - 2012
Acting Director, LSSD, icddr,b
1995 - 1997
Acting Division Director, LSSD, icddr,b
1994 – 2001
Scientist, LSSD
1996
Visiting Scholar of the University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
1995
Visiting Scholar of Stanford University in California, USA.
1994 - 1995
Acting Head, Department of Laboratory Research, icddr,b
Visiting Professor of the Kyushu University, Fukuoka City, Japan.
1993
Visiting Scholar of the Department of Microbiology, University of Maryland at College Park, Maryland, USA.
Visiting Scholar of Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C., USA.
1992 -1994
Associate Scientist, LSSD
1990 - 2000
Postgraduate Student Coordinator, Laboratory Sciences Division, icddr,b
1990 – 1991
Member, Government Selected Specialized Committee for the Environmental Quality Standard, Department of Environment, Government of Bangladesh
1988 – 1992
Assistant Scientist, LSSD
1988 - 1990
Acting Chief, Environmental Microbiology Section, LSSD, icddr,b
1988 - 1989
Acting Head, Research Microbiology Branch, icddr,b
1987 – 1992
PhD Scholar, University of London
1979 – 1983
Senior Research Officer, icddr,b
1978 – 1979
Research Assistant, icddr,b
1977
Research Scholar, National Council of Science and Technology, Government of Bangladesh
Research Scholar, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
Awards
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