Research Associate, Fisheries Microbiology Laboratory                                    [Feb 2025 - December 2025]

• Project: Development of health management strategies to fight against emerging infectious diseases for sustainable shrimp a

• Best Poster Presentation Award, Young Fisheries Scientists Congress 2025, Fisheries Society of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, University of Dhaka
• National Science and Technology (NST) Fellowship (BDT 54,000 / approx. USD 450) for master’s thesis, Ministry of Science and Technology, Peoples Republic of Bangladesh
• Dhaka Education Board Scholarship based on outstanding results from Undergraduate Degree, Ministry of Education, Peoples of Republic of Bangladesh

Currently working as a Research Assistant at the Fisheries Microbiology Laboratory, contributing to two national projects focused on sustainable shrimp aquaculture through disease management and probiotic development. Previously interned at the Bangladesh Oceanographic Research Institute, studying microplastic pollution in coastal ecosystems. Also served as an enumerator at the Fish Population Dynamics and Climate Resilience Lab, assessing the recycling potential of discarded fishing nets.

Conference abstracts

1. Khan, M.I., Akil, A.R.A., Rahman, M.S. (2025), Phylogenomics and virulence factor-based pathogenicity of Vibrio alginolyticus strain HPV3 isolated from a shrimp hatchery of Bangladesh, 10th Biennial Conference of BFRF 2025, Dhaka, Bangladesh, P92
2. Rahman, M.S., Rohomania, T., Rahman, M.N., Khan, M.I., Akil, A.R.A., Ahmmed. S (2025), Innovative ‘Mass Culture’ Technique to Produce Indigenous Probiotics for Successful Shrimp Hatchery Operations in Bangladesh, International Conference on Marine Fisheries and Blue Innovations, Safeguarding Ocean Harmony, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh, P171
3. Akil, A.R.A., Eshik, M.E.E., Ahmmed, S., Khatun, S., Ahmed, S., Rahman, M.S (2025), First reporting of Ecytonucleospora hepatopenaei (EHP) in Penaeus monodon from Bangladesh confirmed by PCR and sequencing, Young Fisheries Scientist Conference (YFSC), Fisheries Society of Bangladesh (FSB), P175
4. Ahmed, S., Ahmmed, S., Rahman, M.N., Akil, A.R.A., Risk factors associated with AHPND prevalence in shrimp farms of southwestern region of Bangladesh, Young Fisheries Scientist Conference (YFSC), Fisheries Society of Bangladesh (FSB), P171
5. Khan, M.I., & Akil, A.R.A. (2025), Genome mining of biosynthetic gene cluster in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain (bcsir_p4_s20) as a model to explore novel bacteria from the Bay of Bengal, International Scientific Conference on Sustainable Aquaculture and Fisheries, Chattogram Veterinary & Animal Science University (CVASU), Bangladesh, P156
6. Akil, A.R.A., Chowdhury, S., & Rahman, M. S. (2024). Microplastics in three different species of fish of Karnafully River, Bangladesh. 3rd Biennial International Conference, Fisheries Society of Bangladesh (FSB), Bangladesh P203