Team Leader
Prof. Dr. Kazi Ahsan Habib
Dr. Kazi Ahsan Habib is a Professor and Chairman of the Department of Fisheries Biology and Genetics at the Faculty of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Science in Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), Dhaka, Bangladesh. He also served as the Dean of the Faculty. He is the director of Aquatic Bioresource Research Lab. (ABR Lab) at SAU.
His research interests include marine biodiversity, DNA taxonomy, population genomics, phylogeography and conservation biology of aquatic organisms. He has been engaged in execution of several national and international research projects and scientific programs including census of aquatic life and ecosystem boundary delineation of Saint Martin’s Island and Sundarbans wetland; cataloging coastal fisheries resources of Bangladesh through DNA barcoding; monitoring, conservation and population genetics of shark and rays of Bangladesh, and ocean literacy movement in Bangladesh. He also served as the expert member of the national technical committee of ‘Nujhum Dwip’ marine protected area (MPA).
Prof. Habib has published about 70 research articles in different peer reviewed national and international journals beside a number of scientific popular articles. He is also the author of four textbooks and three scientific books. He participated in a number of national and international conferences at home and abroad, and presented his research works and delivered keynote speeches. He is also the life member of different professional societies including Bangladesh Fisheries Research Forum (BFRF), Oceanographic Society Bangladesh (OSB), Zoological Society of Bangladesh (ZSB), Krishibid (Agriculturist) Institution of Bangladesh (KIB), Bangladesh Barcode of Life (BdBOL) network and Ocean Literacy Network in the Bay of Bengal region, and he is actively involved with the activities of these associations.
Prof. Habib graduated and received B.Sc. Fisheries and M.S. in Aquaculture from Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), and obtained Ph.D. in Marine Biology from the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) under the University of Science and Technology (UST), South Korea. He is the eldest son of Mrs. Hasina Azad and Late. Prof. Dr. Azad F. M. Sharfuddin, Former Head, Department of Horticulture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh.
For more details:
http://www.sau.edu.bd/teacher/313
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kazi-Habib-3
Team Leader
Prof. Dr. Kazi Ahsan Habib
Dr. Kazi Ahsan Habib is a Professor and Chairman of the Department of Fisheries Biology and Genetics at the Faculty of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Science in Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), Dhaka, Bangladesh. He also served as the Dean of the Faculty. He is the director of Aquatic Bioresource Research Lab. (ABR Lab) at SAU.
His research interests include marine biodiversity, DNA taxonomy, population genomics, phylogeography and conservation biology of aquatic organisms. He has been engaged in execution of several national and international research projects and scientific programs including census of aquatic life and ecosystem boundary delineation of Saint Martin’s Island and Sundarbans wetland; cataloging coastal fisheries resources of Bangladesh through DNA barcoding; monitoring, conservation and population genetics of shark and rays of Bangladesh, and ocean literacy movement in Bangladesh. He also served as the expert member of the national technical committee of ‘Nujhum Dwip’ marine protected area (MPA).
Prof. Habib has published about 70 research articles in different peer reviewed national and international journals beside a number of scientific popular articles. He is also the author of four textbooks and three scientific books. He participated in a number of national and international conferences at home and abroad, and presented his research works and delivered keynote speeches. He is also the life member of different professional societies including Bangladesh Fisheries Research Forum (BFRF), Oceanographic Society Bangladesh (OSB), Zoological Society of Bangladesh (ZSB), Krishibid (Agriculturist) Institution of Bangladesh (KIB), Bangladesh Barcode of Life (BdBOL) network and Ocean Literacy Network in the Bay of Bengal region, and he is actively involved with the activities of these associations.
Prof. Habib graduated and received B.Sc. Fisheries and M.S. in Aquaculture from Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), and obtained Ph.D. in Marine Biology from the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) under the University of Science and Technology (UST), South Korea. He is the eldest son of Mrs. Hasina Azad and Late. Prof. Dr. Azad F. M. Sharfuddin, Former Head, Department of Horticulture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh.
For more details:
http://www.sau.edu.bd/teacher/313
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kazi-Habib-3