Associate Professor: Department of Plant Pathology, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh (October, 2021 – Present).

Research Student: Laboratory of Plant Stress Responses, School of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan (October, 2017 – September, 2018).

Assistant Professor: Department of Plant Pathology, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh (October, 2016 – October, 2021).

Lecturer: Department of Plant Pathology, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh (October, 2014 – October, 2016).

Pathogenic and Environmental Stress Physiology of Plants, Plant Pathology, Molecular Biology

• Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) scholarship for “Four Years Doctoral Program” 2017-2021 supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology-Japan
• Dean’s award 2019, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• ComBio Student Travel Awards 2018 supported by the Australian Society of Plant Scientists, Australia.
• National Science and Information and Communication Technology (NSICT)
  Fellowship, 2013-14, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.

1. “Protective role of propiconazole fungicide to control leaf blight (Bipolaris sorokiniana) of wheat  via enhancement of antioxidant defense systems”– funded by the Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Research System (SAURES), 2023-2024 (Worked as Principal Investigator)—Completed
2. “Detection, isolation and molecular identification of causal agent(s) of leaf spot disease of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) in Bangladesh”– funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, 2023-2024 (Worked as Principal Investigator)— Completed
3.  “Triazole and strobilurin fungicide-mediated improvement of blast disease tolerance in rice plants by enhancing antioxidant defense mechanisms”– funded by the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, 2022-2023 (Worked as Principal Investigator)— Completed
4. “Improving Drought and Blast Disease Tolerance in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) through Trehalose-Mediated Growth Enhancement”– funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, 2022-2023 (Worked as Associate Investigator)—Completed
5.  “Effect of Triazole fungicides on Magnaporthe oryzae triticum to control blast of wheat: In processes of reactive oxygen species generation and antioxidant defense responses”– funded by the Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Research System (SAURES), 2022-2023 (Worked as Principal Investigator)—Completed
6. “Biodiversity, distribution, molecular characterization and conservation of fleshy and woody wild mushrooms from mangrove forest region of Bangladesh”– funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, 2016-2017 (Worked as Associate Investigator) —Completed
7.  “Evaluation of Health Status of Cucurbits Seeds Collected from Different Local Markets of Dhaka”–funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (R&D),  2014-2015 (Worked as Principal Investigator) —Completed

Research article:

1. Parvin K., Hasanuzzaman M., Mohsin S.M., Nahar K., Fujita M. 2024. Vanillic acid modulates antioxidant defense and methylglyoxal detoxifiation systems to combat drought stress in tomato seedlings. Plants 13: 3114. doi:10.3390/plants13223114. 
2. Tran D.Q., Pham A.C., Tran T.-G.T, Vo T.C., Vu H.D., Bui T.T., Ho G.T., Mohsin S.M. 2024. High tolerance and adaptive responses to salinity of a valuable medicinal plant Grangea maderaspatana. Acta Botanica Brasilica 38: e20230243. doi:10.1590/1677-941X-ABB-2023-0243. 
3. Tran D.Q., Pham A.C., Nguyen T.T.T., Vo T.C., Vu H.D., Ho G.T., Mohsin S.M. 2024. Growth, Physiological, and Biochemical Responses of a Medicinal Plant Launaea sarmentosa to Salinity. Horticulturae 10: 388. doi:10.3390/horticulturae10040388.
4. Mohsin S.M., Fardus J., Nagata A., Tamano N., Mitani H., Fujita M. 2022. Comparative Study of Trehalose and Trehalose 6-Phosphate to Improve Antioxidant Defense Mechanisms in Wheat and Mustard Seedlings under Salt and Water Deficit Stresses. Stresses, 2, 336–354. doi:10.3390/stresses2030024
5. Jannat S., Hussain M.A., Abdullah A.H.M., Shompa B.N., Hossain M.S.,  Mohsin S.M. 2022. Yield potentiality and grain physio-chemical properties of some advanced lines and high yielding varieties of rice in Bangladesh. Journal of Plant Sciences 17: 134-143.
6. Begum M.A., Islam M.R., Sultana N., Bhuiyan M.S.R., Mohsin S.M. 2021. Crop Loss Assessment of Onion Due to Attack of Purple Blotch Complex. The Agriculturists 19(1&2):118-127
7. Mohsin S.M., Hasanuzzaman M., Parvin K., Fujita M. 2021. Effect of tebuconazole and trifloxystrobin on Ceratocystis fimbriata to control black rot of sweet potato: processes of reactive oxygen species generation and antioxidant defense responses. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 37:148 doi: 10.1007/s11274-021-03111-5. 
8. Mohsin S.M., Hasanuzzaman M., Parvin K., Hossain M.S., Fujita M. 2021. Protective role of tebuconazole and trifloxystrobin in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under cadmium stress via enhancement of antioxidant defense and glyoxalase systems. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants. 27: 1043–1057.
9. Parvin K., Hasanuzzaman M., Mohsin S.M., Nahar K., Fujita M. 2021. Coumarin improves tomato plant tolerance to salinity by enhancing antioxidant defense, glyoxalase system and ion homeostasis. Plant Biology 23:181–192. 
10. Mohsin S.M., Hasanuzzaman M., Nahar K., Hossain M.S., Bhuyan M.H.M.B., Parvin K., Fujita M. 2020. Tebuconazole and trifloxystrobin regulate the physiology, antioxidant defense and methylglyoxal detoxification systems in conferring salt stress tolerance in Triticum aestivum L. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants 26: 1139–1154.
11. Mohsin S.M., Hasanuzzaman M., Parvin K., Fujita M. 2020. Pretreatment of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seedlings with 2, 4-D improves tolerance to salinity-induced oxidative stress and methylglyoxal toxicity by modulating ion homeostasis, antioxidant defenses, and glyoxalase systems. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 152: 221–231.
12. Parvin K., Nahar K., Hasanuzzaman M., Bhuyan M.H.M.B., Mohsin S.M., Fujita, M. 2020. Exogenous vanillic acid enhances salt tolerance of tomato: Insight into plant antioxidant defense and glyoxalase systems. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 150:109–120.
13. Bhuyan M.H.M.B., Parvin K., Mohsin S.M., Mahmud J.A., Hasanuzzaman M., Fujita M. 2020. Modulation of cadmium tolerance in rice: Insight into vanillic acid-induced upregulation of antioxidant defense and glyoxalase systems. Plants 9:188. doi:10.3390/plants9020188.
14. Hossain M.S., Abdelrahman M., Tran C.D., Nguyen K.H., Chu H.D., Watanabe Y., Hasanuzzaman M., Mohsin S.M., Fujita M., Tran L.S.P. 2020. Insights into acetate-mediated copper homeostasis and antioxidant defense in lentil under excessive copper stress. Environmental Pollution 258:113544. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113544.
15. Mohsin S.M., Hasanuzzaman M., Bhuyan M.H.M.B., Parvin K., Fujita M. 2019. Exogenous tebuconazole and trifloxystrobin regulates reactive oxygen species metabolism toward mitigating salt-induced damages in cucumber seedling. Plants 8:428. doi:10.3390/plants8100428.
16. Parvin K., Hasanuzzaman M., Bhuyan M.H.M.B., Nahar K., Mohsin S.M., Fujita M. 2019. Comparative Physiological and Biochemical Changes in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) under salt stress and recovery: Role of antioxidant defense and glyoxalase systems. Antioxidants 8:350. doi:10.3390/antiox8090350 .
17. Hasanuzzaman M, Alam M.M., Nahar K., Mohsin S.M., Bhuyan M.H.M.B., Parvin K., Barbara Hawrylak-Nowak, Fujita M. 2019. Silicon-induced antioxidant defense and methylglyoxal detoxification works coordinately in alleviating nickel toxicity in Oryza sativa L. Ecotoxicology 28:261–276. 
18. Parvin K., Hasanuzzaman M., Bhuyan M.H.M.B., Mohsin S.M., Fujita M. 2019. Quercetin mediated salt tolerance in tomato through the enhancement of plant antioxidant defense and glyoxalase systems. Plants 8:247. doi:10.3390/plants8080247.
19. Rahman H., Mohsin S.M., Islam M.R., Hasanuzzaman M. 2019. Improvement of cucurbit seed health status by salicylic acid and fungicides. Journal of Plant Sciences 14:1–14.
20. Marzana A., Aminuzzaman F.M., Chowdhury M.S.M., Mohsin S.M., Das K. 2018. Diversity and ecology of   macrofungi in rangamati of chittagong hill tracts under tropical evergreen and semi-evergreen forest of Bangladesh. Advances in Research 13:1–17.
21. Nayem S.A., Ali M.S., Mohsin S.M., Chowdhury M.S.M. 2017. Competence of silicon to mitigate bacterial leaf spot disease in bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) by inducing resistance. The Journal of Plant Pathology 116:216–222.
22. Mohsin S.M., Islam M.R., Ahmmed A.N.F., Nisha H.A.C., Hasanuzzaman M. 2016. Cultural, morphological and pathogenic characterization of Alternaria porri causing purple blotch of onion. Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca 44:222–227. 
23. Mohsin S.M., Solaiman A.H.M., Nayem S.A., Islam M.R., Hasanuzzaman M. 2016. Effect of partially uv-blocking films on purple blotch of onion. Advances in Agriculture and Botanics 8:26–35.
24. Hussain M.A., Hossain M.S., Bhuiyan M.S.R., Zeba N., Mohsin S.M. 2016. Field performance and genetic analysis in some advanced lines of mustard (Brassica rapa L.). The Agriculturists 14:112–121.
25. Chowdhury H.A., Islam N., Hossain B., Ahmed M., Mohsin S.M.,  Islam M.R. 2015. A comparative analysis of culture media for optimizing the mycelial growth and sporulation of Stemphylium vasicarium causes of white blotch of onion. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology A 5:440–448.
26. Solaiman A.H.M., Nishizawa T., Nayem S.A., Mohsin S.M., Chowdhury M.S.M. 2015. Effect of partially uv-blocking films on Xanthomonas axonopoides pv. Citri causing citrus (Citrus aurantifolia) canker. World Journal of Agricultural Sciences 11:202–209.
27. Mohsin S.M., Islam M.R., Ahmmed A.N.F., Nisha H.A.C., Borna R.S., Islam M.N. 2015. The genetic variability of Alternaria porri in Bangladesh. Romanian Journal of Biology- Plant Biology 60:47–57.

Review article:

1. Hasanuzzaman M., Bhuyan M.H.M.B., Zulfiqar F., Raza A., Mohsin S.M., Mahmud J.A., Fujita M., Fotopoulos V. 2020. Reactive oxygen species and antioxidant defense in plants under abiotic stress: Revisiting the crucial role of a universal defense regulator. Antioxidants 9:681. doi:10.3390/antiox9080681.
2. Bhuyan M.H.M.B., Hasanuzzaman M., Parvin K., Mohsin S.M., Mahmud J.A., Nahar K., Fujita M. 2020. Nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide: two intimate collaborators regulating plant defense against abiotic stress. Plant Growth Regulation 90:409–424.
3. Hasanuzzaman M., Alhaithloul H.A.S., Parvin K., Bhuyan M.H.M.B., Tanveer M., Mohsin S.M., Nahar K., Soliman M.H., Mahmud J.A., Fujita M. 2019. Polyamine action under metal/metalloid stress: Regulation of biosynthesis, metabolism, and molecular interactions. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20:3215. doi:10.3390/ijms20133215 .
4. Hasanuzzaman M., Bhuyan M.H.M.B., Mahmud J.A., Nahar K., Mohsin S.M., Parvin K., Fujita M. 2018. Interaction of sulfur with phytohormones and signaling molecules in conferring abiotic stress tolerance to plants. Plant Signaling & Behavior 13:e1477905. doi:10.1080/15592324.2018.1477905.

Book Chapter:

1. Parvin K., Nahar K., Mohsin S.M., Mahmud J.A., Fujita M., Hasanuzzaman M. 2022. Plant phenolic compounds for abiotic stress tolerance. In: Hasanuzzaman M., Ahammed G.J., Nahar K. (eds) Managing plant production under changing environment. Springer, Singapore. pp.193-237.
2. Hasanuzzaman M., Bhuyan M.H.M.B., Nahar K., Mohsin S.M., Mahmud, J.A., Parvin K., Fujita M. 2020. Exogenous nitric oxide-and hydrogen sulfide-induced abiotic stress tolerance in plants. In: Roychoudhury A., Tripathi D.K. (eds) Protective chemical agents in the amelioration of plant abiotic stress: Biochemical and molecular perspectives. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, pp.174–213. doi: 10.1002/9781119552154.ch8
3. Hasanuzzaman M., Mohsin S.M., Bhuyan M.H.M.B., Bhuiyan T.F, Anee T.I., Masud A.A.C., Nahar K. 2020. Phytotoxicity, environmental and health hazards of herbicides: Challenges and ways forward, In: Prasad M.N.V. (ed) Agrochemicals detection, treatment and remediation. Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, London, pp.55–99. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-103017-2.00003-9
4. Bhuyan M.H.M.B, Mohsin S.M., Mahmud J.A., Hasanuzzaman M. 2020. Use of biostimulants for improving abiotic stress tolerance in Brassicaceae plants. In: Hasanuzzaman M. (ed) The plant family Brassicaceae. Springer, Singapore, pp 497–531. doi:10.1007/978-981-15-6345-4_19

Gene Submission in NCBI:

1. Mohsin S.M., Nahar B., Shompa B.N., Chowdhury M.S.M., Rahman J., Aminuzzaman F.M., Islam M.N., Arafat M.I., Santo S.S., Shoaib A.M. 2024. Alternaria arborescens isolate SMM-AaQSAU-1 small subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) GenBank. Accession no.   PQ432828.
2. Mohsin S.M., Nahar B., Shompa B.N., Chowdhury M.S.M., Rahman J., Aminuzzaman F.M., Islam M.N., Arafat M.I., Santo S.S., Shoaib A.M. 2024. Alternaria arborescens isolate SMM-AaQSAU-1 internal transcribed spacer 1, partial sequence; 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene and internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and large subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) GenBank. Accession no.   PQ432830.
3. Mohsin S.M., Nahar B., Shompa B.N., Chowdhury M.S.M., Rahman J., Aminuzzaman F.M., Islam M.N., Arafat M.I., Santo S.S., Shoaib A.M. 2024. Alternaria arborescens isolate SMM-AaQSAU-1 large subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) GenBank. Accession no.   PQ432834.
4. Mohsin S.M., Hasan A., Nahar B., Shompa B.N., Chowdhury M.S.M., Rahman J., Islam M.R., Islam M.N., Arafat M.I., Das, A.K. 2024. Curvularia alcornii isolate SMM-CaQSAU-1 small subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) GenBank. Accession no.   PQ432837.
5. Mohsin S.M., Hasan A., Nahar B., Shompa B.N., Chowdhury M.S.M., Rahman J., Islam M.R., Islam M.N., Arafat M.I., Das, A.K. 2024. Curvularia alcornii isolate SMM-CaQSAU-1 internal transcribed spacer 1, partial sequence; 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene and internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and large subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) GenBank. Accession no.   PQ432867.
6. Mohsin S.M., Hasan A., Nahar B., Shompa B.N., Chowdhury M.S.M., Rahman J., Islam M.R., Islam M.N., Arafat M.I., Das, A.K. 2024. Curvularia alcornii isolate SMM-CaQSAU-1 large subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) GenBank. Accession no.   PQ432868.