Md. Sherazul Islam, PhD

Professor

Department of Fisheries & Marine Bioscience

Jashore University of Science & Technology (JUST)

Jashore-7408, Bangladesh

Email: dms.islam@just.edu.bd

Professor Dr. Md. Sherazul Islam was the founder chairman of the Department of Fisheries and Marine Bioscience, Jashore University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh where he joint as an assistant professor in 2009. Now he is serving as Professor and Chairman of the same department. He served as pioneer provost of the Shaheed Mashiur Rahman Hall (Male students’ Hall) and Principal of the JUST school & Collage. At present he is working as the director of Transport Administration Jashore University of Science & Technology. He already conducted eleven research projects that financed by the University Grant Commission, Ministry of Science & Technology, Ministry of Education, Bangladesh and Bangladesh Academy of Sciences. He has more than 30 international publications and already published two books.

EXPERTISE/INTERESTS

·        Breeding biology (especially Mud crab & SIS fish)

·        Mangrove aquatic biodiversity and sustainable management

·        Tropical coastal zone management

·        Freshwater/coastal aquaculture (Shrimp/prawn/crabs)

·        Biological oceanography

Education

PhD (Global fisheries Science), The University of Tokyo, Japan, 2008

M.S., (Aquaculture & Aquatic Resource Management), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand, 2005

M.S., (Fisheries), Khulna University, Bangladesh, 2003

B.SC. (Fisheries), Khulna University, Bangladesh, 2000

CONDUCTING COURSES

Breeding biology & Fish behavior, Shellfish biology, Coastal Aquaculture & Mariculture, Biological Oceanography, Research Methodology, Advanced Aquaculture-II (focused on Mariculture), Integrated Coastal Zone Management

Editors/Associate editors

1.      Associate editor: Journal of Fisheries; www.bdfish.org

2.      Associate editor: Journal of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (RALF)

3.      Editorial Member: International Journal of Oceanography and Aquaculture

4.      Editorial member: Progress in Aqua Farming and Marine Biology

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Member: Crustacean Society, Australia
• Member: Japan Fisheries Society, Japan
• Member: Asian Fisheries Society, Philippines
• Member: The Alliance for Global Sustainability (AGS), The University of Tokyo
• Member: World Student community for Sustainable Development, USA.
• Member: “Dhakhina” an organization for the development of Resources and welfare of the Coastal people of Khulna Region
• Member: Japanese University Alumni Association in Bangladesh (JUAB), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• Member: Krishibid Society Bangladesh
• Member: Bangladesh Fisheries Research Forum (BFRF)
• Member: South West Aquaculture Advisory Networking Foundation (SWAAN)
• Chief Advisor: Koyra Student Association of JUST (KSAJUST)