Education

  1. PhD in Nutritional Sciences (Aug 2023 to date): Monogastric Nutrition and Gut Health; Dept. of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences (HNFAS), College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience (CTAHR), University of Hawaii at Manoa (UH Manoa), Honolulu 96822

  2. MS in Animal Sciences (2021 to 2023): Animal science and monogastric nutrition; HNFAS, CTAHR, UH Manoa, Honolulu 96822

  3. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (2015 to 2020): Veterinary science and animal husbandry; Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

Awards, Fellowships and Honors

  1. PSA Hatchery's Student of the Year (2024): Poultry Science Association, USA

  2. East-West Center Foundation Scholar (2024-2025, 2025-2026): East West Center, Honolulu, HI, USA

    1. Bryan Bushley Memorial Scholarship (2024, 2025, 2026): East West Center, Honolulu, HI, USA

    2. Senen & Yolanda Bacani Fellowships (2024, 2026): East West Center, Honolulu, HI, USA

    3. Buddy & Melga Torre Gendrano Fellowships (2025): East West Center, Honolulu, HI, USA

    4. East-West Center Association Alumni Endowment Scholars Award (2025): East West Center, Honolulu, HI, USA

    5. Toufiq and Ulrike Siddiqi Scholars Award (2024, 2025): East West Center, Honolulu, HI, USA

  3. PSA Graduate Student Travel Award to attend 2023 Poultry Science Association Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, USA

  4. Katherine Bazore Gruelle and Nobue Nishimura Scholarship (2023-2024, 2024-2025): University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA

  5. Departmental Merit Scholarship (2023): University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
  6. Student Marshal for CTAHR (2023) at The 112th Annual Commencement Exercise, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
  7. Best Paper Award 2022 of the Journal Animals by MDPI [Animals, 2020, 10(10), 1863: 1-18]

  8. Graduate Research Assistantship (Aug 2021 to July 2024): University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA for MS study

  9. East West Center Student Affiliate (Aug 2021 to date): East West Center, Honolulu, HI, USA
  10. PSA Hatchery Brooder Development Award (2019): Poultry Science Association, USA
  11. Exchange Alumni (2018 to date): Department of State, United State of America
  12. Andrew F. Giesen III Undergraduate Internship (2018): Poultry Science Association and hosted by The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
  13. Merit Scholarship (2015): Bangladesh Agricultural University for DVM study

Academic & Professional Positions

  1. Lecturer (Nov 01 to Dec 31, 2025): Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences (HNFAS), College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience (CTAHR), University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA

  2. Graduate Teaching Assistant (Aug 2023 to May 2024): University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA
  3. Graduate Research Assistant (Aug 2021 to date): Animal Nutrition Lab; Prof. Dr. Rajesh Jha, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA
  4. Intern Student Member (Aug 8–11, 2019): Veterinary Medical Team, District Livestock Office, Mymensingh, People’s Republic of Bangladesh

Leadership, Service, and Professional Engagement

Professional Association Leadership

  1. Chair: PSA Hatchery Advisory Comittee (July 2025 to date): Poultry Science Association, USA

  2. Member: Strategic Planning Comittee (July 2025 to date): Poultry Science Association, USA
  3. Member: Careers Comittee (July 2025 to date): Poultry Science Association, USA
  4. Member: Board of Directors (July 2024 to date): Poultry Science Association, USA
  5. Member: PSA Hatchery Advisory Comittee (July 2024 to 2025): Poultry Science Association, USA
  6. Student Director (July 18, 2024 to date): Poultry Science Association, USA
  7. Chair: Project Innovation Committee (July 2022 to 2024): Poultry Science Association Hatchery, USA
  8. Regional Director, Region 5–West, USA (Sept 2021 to Sept 2022): Poultry Science Association Hatchery, USA for Region 5 – West, US
  9. Regional Director, Region 10–East Asia (July 2020 to Sept 2021): Poultry Science Association Hatchery, USA for Region 10 - East Asia (Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Srilanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam)
  10. University Ambassador (July 2020- July 2021): Poultry Science Association Hatchery, USA for Bangladesh Agricultural University

University Service and Governance

  1. Department Representative- Animal Sciences (Dec 15, 2022 to 2025): Graduate Student Organization, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA

Outreach, Community, and Scholary Service

  1. Judge (Feb 07, 2026): 2026 Honolulu District Science & Engineering Fair, USA
  2. Judge (Apr 19, 2024): IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence Undergraduate Biomedical Research Symposium, USA
  3. Judge: Animal Sciences (Apr 02, 2024): 67th Hawaii State Science & Engineering Fair, USA
  4. Deputy Judge : Animal Sciences (Apr 06, 2023): 66th Hawaii State Science & Engineering Fair, USA
  5. Founder President (2020-2021): International Students’ Association of Bangladesh Agricultural University (ISA-BAU)
  6. Coordinator (Mar 2019 to Jan 2020): Mymensingh-Gopalganj Chapter, Worldwide Nepalese Students' Organization (WNSO), Bangladesh
  7. Committee Member (2016-2020): Teacher Student Centre Council, Bangladesh Agriculture University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
  8. City and University Representative (June 2016 to Mar 2018): Worldwide Nepalese Students’ Organization, Bangladesh

Professional Affiliations

  1. American Society for Nutrition (January 2026 to date)

  2. United States Animal Health Association (July 2025 to date)

  3. Poultry Science Association (June 2017 to date)

  4. Applied Microbiology International (2023-2024)

  5. World Poultry Science Association-US Branch (2021 to date)
  6. World Poultry Science Association-Canada Branch (2022 to date)
  7. American Embryo Transfer Association (July 2018 to date)
  8. American Society for Microbiology (2018 to 2024)
  9. Microbiology Society (April 2018 to date)

Work Experience

  1. Lecturer: Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA
  2. Peer reviewer: For several high impact journals in the field
  3. Visiting Intern: Dr. Woo Kyun Kim’s lab, Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, Athens, USA
  4. Student Organizer: Workshop on safe poultry meat and egg production. Jointly organized by PSA Hatchery, Poultry Science Association, USA and Network for the Veterinarians of Bangladesh
  5. Undergraduate Research Assistant: Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
  6. Invited Trainer: International Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Rangpur, Bangladesh
  7. Event Management: Workshop on PowerPoint: a smart tool for interactive presentation. Organized by Network for the Veterinarians of Bangladesh
  8. Program coordinator: Different veterinary related volunteer works