Professions:

Teaching; Date of birth: 01 February, 1978 

Nationality:  Bangladeshi by birth; Marital status: Married

Languages: Bengali (native), English (fluent)

Present Position: Professor and Chairman, Department of Microbiology, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore-7408, Bangladesh

Phone : +8801709818178 E-mail : ikjahid_mb@just.edu.bd, ikjahid@gmail.com

Key Qualifications: 

Teaching experiences: 

Assistant Professor of General Microbiology, Microbial Ecology, Food microbiology, Food Safety, environmental microbiology, Microbial biotechnology, research methodology, Analytical microbiology, industrial microbiology, molecular biology of department of microbiology and nutrition and food technology, Jashore university of Science and technology from June 2009 to May , 2015. 

Associate Professor of General Microbiology, Microbial Ecology, Food microbiology, Food Safety, environmental microbiology, Microbial biotechnology, research methodology, Analytical microbiology, industrial microbiology, molecular biology of department of microbiology and nutrition and food technology, Jashore university of Science and technology from May 2015 to November, 2018.

Professor of Environmental Biotechnology, Bioprocess techniques department of microbiology, Jashore university of Science and technology from December, 2018 to present.

General Qualifications in laboratory:

Environmental Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Molecular Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Water chemistry, Water and sanitation impact on Health, Pathogenic Aquatic Microorganisms, Biofilm related research.

Specific experiences for laboratory:

Microbiological experiences:  worked with the microbiological analysis of water as well as fish and other foods such as total coliform (both membrane and MPN methods), faecal coliform (both membrane and MPN methods), total bacterial count, isolation of Vibrio cholerae Salmonella spp, Shigella spp., Escherichia coli, Pseusdomonas spp, Staphylococccus aureus by biochemical, serological, antibiogram and molecular techniques. 

Molecular Techniques:

PCR, Colony Blot Hybridization, assaying polyphosphate, biofilm formation, stress survival, phosphatase assay, electroporation, plasmid analysis, conjugation, RT-PCR, Suckling mouse, ELISA, SDS-PAGE, Ion torrent capillary electrophoresis and S5 NGS sequesing.

Water Chemistry:

Chemical analysis of water quality such as pH, total and free chlorine, Total dissolved solids (TDS), conductivity, Salinity, Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Chlorophyll content, Free CO2, Bicarbonate, Carbonate, Nitrite-nitrogen, Soluble reactive phosphorus, Hardness, Alkalinity, turbidity, Iron content etc, Phosphate.

Statistical analysis experiences: SAS, SPSS and Graph Pad for statistical analysis. Prediction modeling by Weibull model.

Education and Qualifications: 

Doctor of Philosophy from Department of Food Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea, year 2014 results: 4.36 (out of 4.5)

Title of the dissertation: Factors Affecting Aeromonas hydrophila Biofilms Formation and Reduction on Foods and Food Contact Surfaces

Master of Science in Microbiology from the Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, year 1999, result: First Class position 10th  

Title of the M.Sc thesis: Phenotypic and Genotypic characteristic of Vibrio cholerae isolated from biofilm communities

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Microbiology with Biochemistry and Chemistry as minor subjects from the Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, year 1998, Result: First Class 7th 

Employment History:

03/2003-02/2004:

Senior Research Assistant, Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, ICDDR,B, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh.

02/2004-02/2005:

Research Officer, Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, ICDDR,B, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh

03/2005-02/2006:

Research Scholar, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive, S.W., Atlanta, GA, USA.

03/2006-09/2007:

Research Officer, Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, ICDDR,B, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh.

10/2007-11/2007:

Senior Research Officer, Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, ICDDR,B, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh 

11/2007-06/2009:

Research Fellow, Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.

06/2009- 05/2015:

Assistant Professor, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, Bangladesh.

05/2015- 11/2018:

Associate Professor, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, Bangladesh.

12/2018 to present:

Professor, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, Bangladesh.

Experience and Research:

Worked temporarily (2002-2003) in studying samples of a project of the entitled “Molecular ecology of Vibrio cholerae” funded by the Stamford University. USA.

Worked in a project of the same Laboratory (2002-2004) entitled “Genomic assessment of phenotypic plasticity in an aquatic bacterium” funded by the Dartmouth University, USA. 

Worked in the ICDDR,B in a project of (2004-2005) entitled “Chlorine spot treatment of flooded tube wells, an efficacy trial” funded by the UNICEF, Bangladesh.

Worked in the ICDR,B (2003-2004) of the project entitled “Microbiological and chemical analysis of water, fish and other foods” which is self-sustaining project of this laboratory. 

Worked in a project of Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (2005-2006), entitled “Role of polyphosphate for biofilm formation and stress survival of Vibrio cholerae” funded by NIH.

Worked in the ICDDR,B in a project (2007 April to 2007 October) “ Health impact of study” funded by UNICEF, Bangladesh.

Worked at Dhaka University, Bangladesh on the project “Assessment of microbial pollution and diversity of Escherichia coli and ShigAditional Responsibility 

1)   Dean, faculty of biological Science & Technology, JUST (1^st February 2016 to 31^th January 2018).

2)   Chairman, Department of Microbiology, JUST (July 2009 to August 2011) and (August 2014 to Continue).

3)   Provost, Sheed Moshiur Rahman Hall, JUST (09^th November, 2015 to February, 2019).

4)   Member, Bangladesh Food Safety Network, Jashore.

5)   Join Secretary, Bangladesh Society of Microbiology (January, 2018 to Continue)

Websites:

1.    http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Z9D6grcAAAAJ&hl=en

2.    https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Iqbal_Jahid3/publications/

3.    http://livedna.net/?dna=880.5040

4.    https://chungang.academia.edu/MdIqbalJahid

Ad Hoc reviewer:

International Research Journal of Public and Environmental Health

Biomed Research International

Editorial Board member:

Bioscience and Biomedical Engineering

Website: http://www.bioscibioeng.com/?page_id=95

Microbial bioactives

http://microbialbioactives.emanresearch.org/Journal-Info-Microbial%20Bioactives.htmlella in freshwater resources in Bangladesh” from nov, 2007 to Jun, 2009.

Popular article published:

Dr. Md. Iqbal Kabir Jahid, Over hygiene might lead child to cancer and diabetes, Daily observer, June 22, 2018.

Dr. Md. Iqbal Kabir Jahid, Laptop on top of may cause cancer, the independent, July 30, 2018. 

Dr. Md. Iqbal Kabir Jahid, Gut microbes: friends, not enemies Daily observer, August 31, 2018. 

Dr. Md. Iqbal Kabir Jahid, Fattened cattle: How bad are they for your health? Opinion Page: bdnews24.

https://opinion.bdnews24.com/2018/08/21/fattened-cattle-how-bad-are-they-for-your-health/