ABDULLAH-AL MAMUN

Professor, Department of Fisheries and Marine Science, Noakhali Science and Technology University

ABDULLAH-AL MAMUN

Professor, Department of Fisheries and Marine Science, Noakhali Science and Technology University

  1. Professional Preparation
  • Post-Doctoral fellow, 2020 (IMMANA Fellow), Johns Hopkins University USA;

Mentors: Andrew Thorne-Lyman (JHU), Dr Shakuntala Thilsted (WFC), Dave Little (UoS, UK)   

  • PhD in Sustainable Aquaculture and Nutrition, 2017 (Commonwealth Scholar), University of Stirling, UK; Advisor: Prof. Dave Little
  • MS in in Fisheries Biology and Genetics, 2007, Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Bangladesh
  • B.Sc. Fisheries (Hons), 2005, Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Bangladesh

Refereed Journal Publications (h-index: 15 –google scholar) 47 in number 

 

  1. Abdullah-Al Mamun, Md Abdul Wahab, Ford Evans, Shabiha Islam, Shahroz Mahean Haque, Hillary Egna, 2025. Are nutrient contents of small indigenous fish and small-sized farmed fish equal in terms of how they contribute to food and nutritional security? Aquaculture, Volume 604, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2025.742447.
  2. Degonto Islam, Thun Thun Aye, Md Tariqul Islam, Debasish Saha, Priyanka Rani Majumdar, Shuva Bhowmik, Abdullah-Al Mamun (2025). Chitosan gel in extending the shelf-life of Nga-pi: A fermented fish product of Bangladesh. Food and Humanity, 100663.
  3. Md Asaduzzaman, Md Nahiduzzaman, Muhammad Tanvir Hossain Chowdhury, Md Moshiur Rahman, Abdullah-Al Mamun, Mohammad Mokarrom Hossain, Advancing low-trophic extractive mariculture (LTEM): Strategies for a thriving blue economy in Bangladesh, Marine Policy, Volume 173, 2025, 106557, ISSN 0308-597X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106557.
  4. Debasish Saha, Nishita Mojumder, Shuvagato Mondal, Md. Nahiduzzaman, Md. Jalilur Rahman, Abdullah-Al Mamun, Md. Abdul Wahab (2024), Combining Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) and Conventional Scientific Knowledge (CSK) for Exploring Nursery Grounds and Spawning Biology of Yellowtail Catfish Pangasius pangasius in the Meghna River Estuary, Bangladesh. Fisheries Management and Ecology,  https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12746
  5. Bhowmik Shuva , Mamun Abdullah-Al , Nordin Noordiana; 2024, Editorial: Effective occupational health and safety management in advancing global agri-food sustainability, Frontiers in Public Health, VOL. 12, 2024, https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1438907, DOI=10.3389/fpubh. 1438907, ISSN;2296-2565
  6. Abdullah-Al Mamun, M.A. Rifat, Md. Abdul Wahab, Muhammad Arifur Rahman, Md. Nahiduzzaman, Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, Marian Kjellevold, Nutrient composition of dried marine small fish in Bangladesh and their potential to address hidden hunger, Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, Volume 131, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2024.106241.
  7. Mohammad Zafar Iqbal, Farjana Akter Chamily, Md Moshiur Rahman, Rahanuma Tasnim, Md Mohiuddin, Fahmida Sultana, Sk. Mustafizur Rahman,  Abdullah-Al-Mamun, Mir Mohammad Ali, Md Asaduzzaman, Habitat salinity and source-induced variation in body shape of euryhaline long whiskers catfish (Mystus gulio), Regional Studies in Marine Science, Volume 69, 2024,

103308, ISSN 2352-4855, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2023.103308.

  1. Ara, G., Little, D.C., Mamun, AA. et al. Factors affecting the micronutrient status of adolescent girls living in complex agro-aquatic ecological zones of Bangladesh. Sci Rep 13, 6631 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33636-8
  2. Shuva Bhowmik, Sanchita Dewanjee, Shabiha Islam, Debasish Saha, Partho Banik, Md. Kamal Hossain, Matiur Rahman, Md. Zia Uddin Al Mamun, Abdullah-Al Mamun (2023). Nutritional profile and heavy metal contamination of nursery, grower, and finisher feeds of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Bangladesh, Food Chemistry Advances, Volume 2, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.focha.2023.100235.
  3. Balai Chandra Bhowmik, Nazmun Naher Rima, Kamal Gosh, Md Abul Hossain, Francis J. Murray, David C. Little, Abdullah-Al Mamun (2023). Salinity extrusion and resilience of coastal aquaculture to the climatic changes in the southwest region of Bangladesh, Heliyon, Volume 9, Issue 3, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13935.
  4. Atik Uz Zaman, Patrik JG Henriksson, Abdullah-Al Mamun, (2023) Fuel use intensity of hilsa fisheries in the lower meghna river estuary of Bangladesh, Fisheries Research, Volume 263,

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106684.

  1. Grieve, E., Mamun, AA., de Roos, B. et al. Adolescent girls in aquaculture ecozones at risk of nutrient deficiency in Bangladesh development and validation of an integrated metric. BMC Public Health 23, 405 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15175-z
  2. M. A. Rifat, Md. Abdul Wahab, Muhammad Arifur Rahman, Md. Nahiduzzaman, Abdullah-Al Mamun (2023), Nutritional value of the marine fish in Bangladesh and their potential to address malnutrition: A review, Heliyon, Volume 9, Issue 2, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13385.
  3. Mamun, A. A., Bhowmik, S., Sarwar, M. S., Akter, S., Pias, T., Zakaria, M. A., & Little, D. C. (2022). Preparation and quality characterization of marine small pelagic fish powder: A novel ready-to-use nutritious food product for vulnerable populations. Measurement: Food, 8, 100067
  4. Alexandra Pounds, Alexander M Kaminski, Mausam Budhathoki, Oddrun Gudbrandsen, Björn Kok, Stephanie Horn, Wesley Malcorps, Abdullah-Al Mamun, Amy McGoohan, Richard Newton, Reed Ozretich, David C Little More Than Fish-Framing Aquatic Animals within Sustainable Food Systems. Foods. 2022 May 13;11(10):1413. doi: 10.3390/foods11101413. PMID: 35626983; PMCID: PMC9141230.
  5. Fahmida Sultana, Md Abdul Wahab, Md Nahiduzzaman, Md Mohiuddin, Mohammad Zafar Iqbal, Abrar Shakil, Abdullah-Al Mamun, Md Sadequr Rahman Khan, LiLian Wong, Md Asaduzzaman,

Seaweed farming for food and nutritional security, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and women empowerment: A review, Aquaculture and Fisheries, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aaf.2022.09.001.

  1. Gosh, Kamal, Santa Chowdhury, Debasish Chandra Acharjee, Abdullah-Al Mamun, and Robin Ghosh. 2022. “Assessing the Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on the Aquaculture and Fisheries Sectors in Relation to Food Security: A Critical Review” Sustainability 14, no. 14: 8766. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14148766
  2. Lahiri, T., Rahman, M. A., & Mamun, A. A. (2022). Reassessing the food security implications of export-oriented aquaculture in Bangladesh. Aquaculture International, 1-20
  3. Mohammad Khairul Alam Sobuj, Ahmad Fazley Rabby, Shafiqur Rahman, Shanur Jahedul Hasan, Shuva Bhowmik, Md. Ariful Islam, Md. Mohidul Islam, Md. Golam Mostofa, Abdullah-Al Mamun 2022 Knowledge, attitudes, and practices on food safety and hygiene of wet and dry fish handlers in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
  4. Shuva Bhowmik, MUM Abu Zakaria, Md. Shahid Sarwar, Sayma Benta Shofi,  Syduzzaman, Farzana Akter, Md. Monirul Islam, Abdullah-Al Mamun, Development and nutritional index of ready to use fish products (RUFPs) from small fish species: Future superfoods for consumers, Applied Food Research, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2022, 100111,ISSN 2772-5022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.afres.2022.100111.
  5. M.U.M. Abu Zakaria, Debabrata Paul, Raju Das, Shuva Bhowmik, Md. Sazedul Hoque, Abdullah-Al Mamun (2022) Evaluation of occupational health management status and safety issues of the small-scale fisheries sector in Bangladesh. International Maritime Health 2022; 73(1):10-19, DOI: 10.5603/IMH.2022.0002.
  6. Stacia Stetkiewicz,Rachel A Norman,Edward Hugh Allison,Neil L Andrew,Gulshan Ara,Gill Banner-Stevens, Benjamin Belton,Malcolm Beveridge,Jessica R Bogard,Simon R. Bush,Peter Coffee,Margaret Crumlish, Peter Edwards,Mahmoud El tholth,Lynne Falconer,Joao G Ferreira,Angus Garrett,Iain Gatward, Faruk U Islam,Alexander M Kaminski,Marian Kjellevold,Froukje Kruijssen,William Leschen, Abullah-Al Mamun, Bruce McAdam,Richard Newton,Birgitte Krogh-Poulsen,Alexandra Pounds,Belinda Richardson, Nanna Roos,Elin Röös,Andrea Schapper,Tori Spence-McConnell,Sharon K Suri, Shauntala Haraksingh Thilsted, Kim D Thompson,Michael F Tlusty,Max Fredrik Troell,Raffaele Vignola,James A Young,Wenbo Zhang, Dave C Little (2021). Seafood in Food Security: a call for bridging the terrestrial-aquatic divide. Front. Sustain. Food Syst. – Agroecology and Ecosystem Services, DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2021.703152
  7. Mamun A, Murray FJ, Sprague M, Mcadam BJ, Roos N, De Roos B, Pounds A & Little DC (2021) Export-driven, extensive coastal aquaculture can benefit nutritionally vulnerable people. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2021.713140
  8. Md Robiul Hasan, Abdullah‑Al Mamun, Md Yeamin Hossain (2021) Biometric Indices of Four Crustaceans and Two Mangrove Fishes From Coastal Waters in Bangladesh. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences. https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s41208-021-00355-8
  9. Taushik Lahiri, K. M. Shahriar Nazrul, Muhammad Arifur Rahman, Debasish Saha, Hillary Egna, Md. Abdul Wahab, Abdullah-Al Mamun. Boom and bust: Soft-shell mud crab farming in south-east coastal Bangladesh. AquacultureResearch, 2021; 00: 1– 13. https://doi.org/10.1111/are.15377
  10. Belton, Ben, Leah Rosen, Lucinda Middleton, Saadiah Ghazali, Abdullah-Al Mamun, Jacqueline Shieh, Hamia S. Noronha et al. “COVID-19 impacts and adaptations in Asia and Africa’s aquatic food value chains.” Marine Policy 129 (2021): 104523
  11. Shankar C. Mandal, Puja Boidya, Md. Inja-Mamun Haque, Anwar Hossain, Zubair Shams, Abdullah-Al Mamun, The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fish consumption and household food security in Dhaka city, Bangladesh, Global Food Security, Volume 29, 2021, 100526, ISSN 2211-9124, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100526.
  12. M. Robiul Hasan, Abdullah-Al Mamun and M. Yeamin Hossain, Biometric indices of eleven mangrove fish species from southwest Bangladesh, Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejar.2020.11.002
  13. Mohammad Hashanuzzaman, Shuva Bhowmik, Md. Shafiqur Rahman, M.U.M. Abu Zakaria, Liton Chandra Voumik, Abdullah-Al Mamun (2020). Assessment of food safety knowledge, attitudes and practices offish farmersand restaurants food handlers in Bangladesh. Heliyon 6 (2020) e05485
  14. Indrani Kanungo, M. Shahanul Islam and Abdullah-Al Mamun (2020) Breeding Performance and Pond Habitat Management of Critically Endangered Black Soft-Shell Turtle (Nilssonia nigricans) in Bangladesh. Proc Zool Soc https://doi.org/10.1007/s12595-020-00350-6
  15. Abdullah-Al Mamun  (2020). Influence of salinity on aquaculture species richness in the mangrove-river connected zone of southwest Bangladesh   Bioflux AACL  Vol. 13, Iss. 4,  (Aug 2020): 2180-2195.
  16. Md. Robiul Hasan, Abdullah-Al Mamun, Md. Yeamin Hossain, (2020) Length-weight relationships of 12 indigenous fishes and 3 shellfishes from mangrove and floodplain ecosystems in Southwestern Bangladesh. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries 24(5):69-76 
  17. A. Islam, M.S. Islam, M.U.M.A. Zakaria, S.C. Paul and A.A. Mamun (2020) Extraction and Worth Evaluation of Chitosan from Shrimp and Prawn Co-products. Am. J. Food Technol., 15 (2): 43-48
  18. Baukje de Roos, Nanna Roos, Abdullah-Al Mamun, Tahmeed Ahmed, Francis Murray, David Little (2019) Linking agroecosystems producing farmed seafood with food security and health status to better address the nutritional challenges in Bangladesh. Public Health Nutrition Public Health Nutr. 2019 Nov; 22(16):2941-2949. doi: 10.1017/S1368980019002295. Epub 2019 Sep 5.
  19. Baukje de Roos, Nanna Roos, Gulshan Ara, Tahmeed Ahmed, Abdullah-Al Mamun, Francis Murray, David Little (2020) Linkages between agroecosystems producing farmed seafood, food security, nutritional status and adolescent health – a global perspective Maternal & Child Nutrition 16 (2020): e13017.
  20. David C. Little, James, A. Young, Wenbo Zhang, Richard Newton, Abdullah-Al Mamun and Francis   Murray (2017) Sustainable intensification of aquaculture value chains between Asia and Europe: A framework for understanding impacts and challenges. Aquaculture Vol. 493, 338-354.
  21. Mahmud, A. I. and Abdullah-Al Mamun. 2013. Marketing of mud crab Scylla serrata (Forksal) from Khulna district to International Markets. European Journal of Agricultural Sciences. Vol. 11 2013, ISSN (paper) 2668-3245, ISSN (online) 2668-3547. www.BellPress.org.
  22. M. Shamsur Rahman, Abdullah-Al Mamun, Maksudur Rahman, M. Belal Hossain, Maruf Hossain Minar and Nusrat Jahan Maheen (2013) Illegal Marketing of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises in Different Markets of Bangladesh. American-Eurasian Journal of Scientific Research 8 (1): 15-23.
  23. Tonny, U. S., Nazrul, K. M. S., Islam, M. S., Afroz, K. B., Rafiquzzaman, S. M. and Abdullah-Al Mamun,. 2012. Genetic variation between two different strains GIFU and GIFT of Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus using allozyme marker. International Journal of Life Sciences Biotechnology and Pharma Research, 1(2): 340-345.
  24. Hasan, M. M., Sarker, B. S., Nazrul, K. M. S., Rahman, M. M. and Abdullah-Al Mamun. 2012. Marketing channel and export potentiality of freshwater mud eel (Monopterus cuchia) of Noakhali region in Bangladesh. International Journal of Life Sciences Biotechnology and Pharma Research, 1(3): 226-233.
  25. Nazrul, K. M. S., Abdullah-Al Mamun, Sarker, B. S. and Tonny, U. S. 2011. Morphological variability of the 11th generation strain of nile tilapia, (Oreochromis niloticus) and traditional genetically improved farmed tilapia. Journal of Bangladesh Agricultural University, 9(2): 345-349.
  26. Begum, M., Shah, M.M.R., Abdullah-Al Mamun and Alam, M.J. (2007). Feasibility of bi-culture of mud crab (Scylla serrata) with shrimp (Penaeus monodon). Bangladesh J. Fish. Res. 11(2):189-196.

 

  1. Abdullah-Al Mamun, Begum, M., Mia, M.Y. and Alam, M.J. (2008) Food and feeding habits of mud crab (Scylla serrata) in Bangladesh. J. Bangladesh Soc. Agric. Sci. & Technol., 5 (3&4):141-144.
  2. Abdullah-Al Mamun, Sarder, M.R.I. and Rahman, M.M. (2010). Growth performance of genetically     male (GMT) and hormone induced sex reversed male tilapia (oreochromis niloticus l.) in earthen pond aquaculture system. Bangladesh J. Zool. 38(2): 163-169.
  1. Begum, M., Abdullah-Al Mamun and Alam, M.J. (2009) Comparative studies on growth performance between male and female of estuarine cat fish (Mystus gulio). Bangladesh J. Agril. Sci. 36(1):75-80
  1. Begum, M., Abdullah-Al Mamun, Islam, M.L., Islam, M.A. and Alam, M.J. (2008) Morphometric characters and their relationship in estuarine catfish. J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 6(2):349-353.
  2. Begum, M., Shah, M.M.R., Abdullah-Al Mamun and Alam, M.J.(2009) Comparative study of mud crab (Scylla serrata) fattening practices between two different systems in Bangladesh. J. Bangladesh Agril. University 7(1):151-156.
  1. Begum, M., Shah, M.M.R., Abdullah-Al Mamun and Alam, M.J. (2008) Optimization of the compartment size of cage for mud crab (Scylla serrata) fattening in lentic and lotic water system in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Soc. Agric. Sci. & Technol., 5 (1&2):213-216.
  1. Alam M.J, Begum, M., Pal, H.K., Islam, M.A. and Abdullah-Al Mamun. 2008. Preliminary success on the hormone induced captive breeding of goldspot mullet (Liza parsia). Bangladesh J. Fish. Res. 12(2):151-156.
  1. Begum, M., Abdullah-Al Mamun, Pal, H.K., Islam M.A. and Alam, M.J. (2008) Effects of stocking density on the growth and survival of M gulio in nursery ponds. Bangladesh Journal of Fisheries Research 12(2):179-186.
  1. Begum M., Abdullah-Al Mamun and M.J. Alam. 2010. Polyculture of shrimp (Penaeus monodon) mud crab (Scylla serrata), and GIFT (Oreochromis nilotica). Bangladesh J. Agri. 35(2):7-12.

 

  1. Research brief:

Abdullah-Al Mamun, David C. Little, Shakuntala H. Thilsted, Andrew L. Thorne-Lyman. ‘Quantifying the nutrients in by-products from fish processing for use in sustainable aquaculture in Bangladesh’. IMMANA brief (2022)

  1. Conference Paper:

 

  1. Abdullah-Al Mamun, Shuva Bhowmik, David C Little, Shakuntala H. Thilsted, Andrew L. Throne-Lyman 2022 Fish by-products from conventional processing could be used for sustainable aquaculture. World Aquaculture Singapore 2022 International Conference & Exposition, Nov29-Dec 2, 2022- Singapore
  2. Abdullah-Al Mamun, Shuva Bhowmik, Md. Shahid Sarwar 2022 Ready to user fish powder (RUFPs) are critical in combating adolescent female malnutrition. 2nd International conference on sustainable fisheries (ICSF) 16-18 September 2022
  3. David C. Little, Abdullah-Al Mamun, Nanna Roos, Baukje de Roos, Eleanor Grieve, Gulshan Ara, Francis J. Murray, Alan Sneddon, Md Abul Hossain, Tahmeed Ahmed (2018). Impact of different agroecosystems on household food consumption, health outcomes and autonomy of adolescent girls in seafood farming communities in Bangladesh, 3rd Annual Agriculture, Nutrition & Heath Academy Week. 25-29 June 2018, Kempinski Hotel, Gamel Abdul Nasser Avenue PMB 66, Accra, Ghana
  4. Abdullah-Al Mmaun, David C Little, Matthew Spargue, Francis J Murray (2017) Impact of salinity on Shrimp-prawn farming, household food consumption and nutritional outcomes of adolescent girls at different agro-ecological landscape in Bangladesh. 6th Global Summit on Aquaculture and Fisheries, held during May 25-26, 2017 in Osaka, Japan.
  5. Abdullah-Al Mamun, David C. Little, Matthew Sprague, M. A. Haque, Francis Murray (2015) Comparing intra-household food allocation and nutritional outcomes for adolescent girls in more and less saline affected communities in shrimp producing areas of SW Bangladesh. 2nd International conference on global food security, October 11-14, 2015, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
  6. Abdullah-Al Mamun, David C. Little, J. G. Bell, Francis Murray (2014) Impact of salinity on shrimp-prawn farming and household food consumption pattern at different agro-ecological landscape in Bangladesh. 5th Annual LCIRAH Research Conference, London, UK.

 

  1. Abdullah-Al Mamun, David C. Little, G.J. Bell and Francis J. Murray. 2015. Is it only shrimp farming: A quest to understand the farming practice and species diversity in different agro-ecological landscape in Bangladesh. Book of Abstracts, PhD conference at Institute of aquaculture, University of Stirling, UK.

 

  1. Abdullah-Al Mamun, David C. Little, J. Gordon Bell, Francis J. Murray and R. Kamaruddin. 2014. Family driven small scale polyculture of shrimp in Bangladesh: An Issue of sustainability and local nutritional security. Book of Abstract, European Aquaculture society, San Sebastian, Spain, P 624.
  2. Abdullah-Al Mamun, Nazrul, K. M. S., Sarker, B. S., Rahman M. M. and Tonny, U. S. (2011) Morphometric and meristic characteristics and their variations between two different strains (GIFT & GIFU) of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus In: Proceedings of the ninth International symposium on Tilapia in aquaculture (Published by the AquaFish Collaborative Research Support Program), Editors: Liping, L. and Fitzsimmons, K., 22-24 April 2011, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China, p228-235.
  3. Nazrul, K. M. S., Abdullah-Al Mamun, Sarker, B. S., and Tonny, U. S. Morphological variability of the 11th generation strain of nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus and traditional GIFT. Book of Abstracts p 26. 5th Fisheries Conference and Research Fair 2012. BFRF, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  4. Nazrul, K. M. S., Abdullah-Al Mamun, Sarker, B. S. and Tonny, U. S. 2012. Morphological variability of the 11th generation strain of nile tilapia, (Oreochromis niloticus) and traditional GIFT. Abstract published on 142nd Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Minneapolis- St Paul, MN. (online access: https://afs.confex.com/afs/2012/webprogram/html)

 

  1. Abdullah-Al Mamun, Ahmed, S., and Phillot, A., (2011) History, present status and future prospect of sea turtle research and conservation in Bangladesh. 31st International Sea Turtle Symposium, 12-15 April, San Diego, California, USA. http://iconferences.seaturtle.org/preview.shtml? event_id=18&abstract_id=4005

 

  1. Rafiqul Islam Sarder, Vibeke Simonsen, Md. Faridul Islam and Abdullah-Al Mamun. 2007. Effects of hybridization on growth and production of Indian major carps (Catla catla. Labeo rohita. Cirrhinus cirrhosus) and their hybrids. In: Fisheries and Aquaculture: Strategies outlook for Asia, Book of Abstracts. 8th Asian Fisheries Forum (Organized by Asian Fisheries society, Indian brance). November 20-23, 2007. Kochi, India, p 133.
  2. Report:

 

Abdullah-Al Mamun, Jacqueline Shieh and Ben
Belton. 2020. Qualitative assessment of COVID-19 impacts on aquatic food value chains
in Bangladesh. Penang, Malaysia: CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems.
Program Report.

 

Abdullah-Al Mamun and Ben Belton. 2021. Qualitative assessment of COVID-19 impacts on aquatic food value chains in Bangladesh (Phase-2). Penang, Malaysia: CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems. Program Report (In press)

 

  1. Booklets

 

Alam. M. J., Begum, M., Pal, H. K., Islam, M. A., Abdullah-Al Mamun, 2009. Biology, Breeding and Seed Production of Selected Estuarine Finfish (Mystus gulio & Liza parsia). Final Report. Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute, Brackishwater Station, Paikgacha, Khulna-9280, Bangladesh. 49p.

 

Begum, M., Abullah-Al Mamun and Alam, M. J. (2009) Eco-friendly Integrated Improved Mud crab Fattening, Shrimp and Fish Culture Technique. Extension Booklet#34. Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute, Brackishwater Station, Paikgacha, Khulna-9280, Bangladesh. 28p.

 

Academic Awards and Honors

  • Post-doctoral Fellowship (2020 onward) host institute: John Hopkins University, USA; Funded by IMMANA Fellowships (https://immana.lcirah.ac.uk/)
  • Commonwealth Scholarship for PhD study (2012-2016; ID BDCA07-2012) from Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, UK (http://cscuk.dfid.gov.uk/)
  • Best oral presenter Award (2022) in “International Conference on Food & Agriculture Advanced Technology for Sustainable Development 2022” held at Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam, November 24-27th, 2022
  •  Innovation Award (2024) (2nd position), NSTU innovation fair held in Noakhali Science and Technology University, Innovation fair, 8th May 2024

. International Networks and Cooperation

  • University of Stirling, UK   University of Aberdeen, UK University of Copenhagen Jhons Hopkins University, USA Oregon State university, USA  icddr’b Bangladesh
  1. Funding
  1. Climate-resilient aquatic food systems for healthy lives of young women and girls in Bangladesh (AQUAFOOD) project no. 23-M07- KU, DKK 9,999,720, PI- NSTU part (DKK 2.973.500), 2023-2025).
  2. Impact of market orientation on nutrient rich ready-to-use (RTU) fish and seaweed powder Funded by Enhanced Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh II (ECOFISH II), WFC, 2023 USD 18000
  3. Artemia meal (AM) to replace fish meal (FM) in formulation of novel diets for mud crab (Scylla olivacea) nursing and farming in Bangladesh Funded by Artemia for Bangladesh WFC, 2023 USD 20000
  4. Development of a model of intensive fish production through mechanization, BAS-USDA Endowment fund, BAS, Dhaka USD 61000 (2023-2026)
  5. Traditional Knowledge of Bangladeshi Fauna (Co-PI), Laboratory of Entomology (LE), Department of Agriculture (DA), Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU), Bangladesh (BD) (2023). Funded by Korean govt.
  6. Up scaling of hatchery-based mud crab (Scylla olivacea) farming by using novel feed for sustainable aquaculture development in Bangladesh Sustainable Coastal and Marine Fisheries Project, Department of Fisheries, Dhaka USD 77061
  7. UGC funded research project on ‘The contribution of Kaptai lake-based small indigenous fish species on food and nutritional security in Bangladesh, 2022 USD 2500
  8. Linking health and nutritional status of adolescent girls (11-19 years) with the livelihood profiles of household in rural area of north-western Bangladesh (Co-PI) Funded by Mujib grant icddrb ‘Mujib 100 Research Grants for Women (Mujib 100 RGfW)’ 2022 USD 43,249 (ongoing)
  9. Diversification of ready-to-use fish and seaweed products and potential role in women empowerment and nutritional security Funded by Enhanced Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh II (ECOFISH II), WFC, 2022 USD 25000
  10. Preparation of fish-based product (fish powder) from dry pelagic fishes and its use to address malnutrition among women and children in Bangladesh, Funded by Enhanced Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh II (ECOFISH II), WFC, 2021 USD 25000
  11. Post-Harvest Fish Losses (PHFLs) and Its Potential Utilization in Aqua-Value Chain of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI), Marine Fisheries and Technology Station (MFTS) Cox’s Bazar DPP Project Proposal (2021-2022), USD 9000
  12. Challenges of biofloc technology in Bangladesh Aquaculture: An ambiguous media hype? (Co-PI) Funded by Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (KGF) Dhaka, 2021, USD 11000.
  13. Assessing of nutritional profile, heavy metals, mycotoxin and antibiotic residues in cage farmed tilapia ( niloticus) in Bangladesh: A food safety aspects, Funded by Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh, 2020, USD 2300.
  14. Development of formulated diet for mud crab (Scylla serrata) fattening in the brackishwater area in Bangladesh, Funded by Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh, 2019, USD 2300
  15. Global Goals Sandpit Event (2020) for Internal Interdisciplinary Funding bids from GCRF/ODA, co-applicants: Institute of Aquaculture – Society and Technology Interface Team, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh, 2020; £34500
  16. Small fish nutrition fund (2019), funded by Oregon State University Feed the future innovation lab USD 70,000
  17. Fish powder for household nutrition security (2019-2021), funded by BARC GBP 80,000
  18. IMMANA funded MEFANIG project (round-2); consortium NSTU-UoS-UoG-UoA-Copenhagen University- ICDDR’B from 2016-2018; £247000.
  19. UGC funded research project on Post-harvest nutrition loss of major fish species in Bangladesh, 2018-19, £2500
  20. British council funded INSPIRE project in between NSTU-UoS (UK) from 2014-2017 £36000.
  21. EU-FP-7 Sustainable Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project fund for food security research-£15000,
  22. Commonwealth Commission special research fund for PhD field & lab research-£7500.
  23. Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (KGF) funded project on integrated aquaculture in seasonal floodplain areas in greater Noakhali region in association with Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute -£72000
  24. DANIDA funded project integrated farming system and impact on food security in Noakhali region in association with Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh -£62000
  25. NSTU core funded project on seasonal floodplain aquaculture £6000
  26. BARC ATT funded research project on mud crab fattening in coastal floodplain area in Khulna region, 2007-08- £5000
  27. BFRI funded core research projects on mud crab culture, mud crab fattening, artificial breeding on estuarine catfish, artificial propagation of goldspot mullet at BFRI Brackishwater station, Paikgacha, Khulna in between 2007-2009.