Md. Shiblur Rahaman
Bio
Dr. Md. Shiblur Rahaman is a highly motivated research scientist and academician with significant expertise in a broad array of molecular biology, cell biology, environmental toxicology, environmental health, and various biological applications in in vitro and in vivo research. He has been working as a full-time permanent faculty member in the Department of Environmental Science and Disaster Management at Noakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh, since 2015. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Environmental Science from Hokkaido University, Japan, in September 2020 and successfully completed a prestigious JSPS postdoctoral fellowship from Jichi Medical University, Japan (2021–2022). He is continuing his research collaboration with Jichi Medical University, Japan, as a visiting researcher. Dr. Md. Shiblur Rahaman is interested in the fields of environmental health, environmental toxicology, environmental pollution, and human health. Currently, he is working as a Research Scientist for an NIH-funded R01 project at the Department of Public Health, Sam Houston State University, USA.
Education
- BSc and MS in Environmental Sciences, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh
- PhD in Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Japan
- JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship, Jichi Medical University, Japan
Projects
- Health Risk Assessment of Arsenic and Iron in Drinking Water for School-going Children in Southeast Coastal Bangladesh
- Mechanism of arsenic-induced vascular endothelial dysfunction
- The Regulatory Roles of ACE2 and its Interaction with Nrf2 in Arsenic-induced Endothelial Dysfunction in Experimental and Epidemiological Studies
- Risk Assessment of atmospheric microplastics for human health
Areas of Expertise
- Neuroepidemiology
- Toxicological Study (In-vitro on cell line & In-vivo on mice)
- Cell culture, MTT assay, MDA assay, ELISA, Genomic DNA extractions, DNA fragmentation analysis, Agarose gel electrophoresis, Primer design and optimization, RT-qPCR, Protein extraction, Western blot, Flow-cytometry, Apoptosis analysis
- Cell death mechanisms, Animal (mice handling), AAS, ICP-MS, and so on. Acquainted with several software-guided applications for the analysis of scientific raw data