Career

• February 1998 - September 2000, Lecturer, Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
• April 1997 - September 1997, Foreign Researcher, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, Japan.                           
• October 1999 ‐ December 2001, Special Researcher, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, Japan.                      
• January 2004 ‐ March 2004, Special Researcher, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, Japan.                       
• April 2004 - March 2007, Senior Researcher, Biotechnology Division, Fukuoka Agricultural Research Center, Fukuoka, Japan.                                                                                                             
• April 2007 - August 2007, Special Researcher, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, Japan.                           
• September 2007 ‐ February 2010, Senior Researcher, National Agricultural Research Center for Western Region, Hiroshima, Japan.
• March 1, 2010 - October 4, 2013, Associate Professor, Dept. of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore-7408, Bangladesh.                                                                                                 
• October 5, 2013 - Present, Professor, Dept. of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore-7408, Bangladesh.                                              

Research fellowships

Post graduate fellowship

• January 1990-December 1991, National Science and Technology (NST) fellowship, Bangladesh.                             
• January 1992 - March 1997, Ministry of Science, Education and Culture (Monbukagakusho) scholarship, Japan.                                                                                                                 

Post doctoral fellowship

• October 1997 - September 1999, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Saga Univ., Japan.                             
• January 2002 - December 2003, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), National Agricultural Research Center for Western Region, Hiroshima, Japan.                                                             

Inventions

• Soybean varieties with oil for low cholesterol and long-term preserved quality
• Soybean varieties with oil for healthy margarine, soysauce and icecream quality

Patents

• Soybean varieties at Saga Prefecture, Japan
• Soybean varieties in USA (by an agreement among Iowa State University, Saga University and Saga Prefecture Government)

Awards

• Best Student (1989) in M.Sc. in Faculty of Life and Earth Sciences, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh (received gold medal and certificate)
• Scientist of the Year (2001) by Japanese Society of Breeding, Japan (received gold medal and certificate)