Profile

Academic Degrees and Qualification

• 2025- JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
• 2020- PhD in Plant Molecular Biology, Kyoto University, Japan.
• 2007- MS in Biotechnology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
• 2004- Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

Positions and Affiliations

• 24 August 2022 to Present- Professor, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
• 24 August 2019 to 23 August 2022- Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
• 24 August 2012 to 23 August 2019- Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
• 24 August 2010 to 23 August 2012- Lecturer, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Other Academic, Administrative and Scientific Research Involvements

• March 2020 to September 2020- Researcher, Laboratory of Crop Science, Kyoto University, Japan.
• March 2007 to April 2008- Research Fellow, Plant Breeding Division, Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA), Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

Awards and Scholarships

• JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan, November 2023 to November 2025.
• Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC-2 for PhD), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan. April 2018 to March 2020.
• Monbukagakusho Honors Scholarship, Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO), Japan. April 2017 to March 2018.
• Research Grants Fellowship, Tojuro Iijima Foundation for Food Science and Technology, Japan. April 2018 to March 2019.
• Research Assistant (RA), Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan. September 2017 to March 2018.

Role as Reviewer

• Editor-in-chief- Scholastic Agriculture Journal
• Executive editor- Journal of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences
• Editorial board member- Journal of Tropical Crop Science, Acta Scientific Agriculture, NL Journal of Agriculture and Biotechnology
• Reviewer- BMC Plant Biology, Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, The Plant Genome, Agronomy Journal, Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, Agronomy, Biology, Heliyon, Plants, Processes, Horticulturae, Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy, Crop Science Journal, ACS Food Science & Technology, International Journal of Plant Biology, Scientifica, Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, Gene Reports, Discover Food, Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science, International Journal of Agronomy, Journal of Horticultural Sciences, Plant Science Today, etc.

Professional Memberships

• Life member- Bangladesh JSPS Alumni Association
• Life member- Krishibid Institute of Bangladesh (KIB)
• Member- Crop Science Society of Japan
• Life member- Plant Breeding and Genetics Society of Bangladesh

Conference contributions (Oral Presentations)

• Okada T, FI Monshi, S Kudo, S Suzuki and T Katsube-Tanaka. Trypsin digestibility of novel zero-repeat subunit with 10 amino acids in buckwheat 13S globulin. The 250th Meeting of CSSJ. The Crop Science Society of Japan. 3-4 September, 2020. Page no. 57.
• Monshi FI and T Katsube-Tanaka. Identification of null-allele candidates for 2S albumin g13 and g28 in common buckwheat. Abstracts of the 247th Meeting of CSSJ, Crop Science Society of Japan. 28-29 March, 2019, Tsukuba, Japan. Page no. 99.
• Katsube-Tanaka T and FI Monshi. Diversity of the major allergen 2S albumin in common buckwheat. Abstracts of the 244th Meeting of CSSJ, Crop Science Society of Japan. 14-15 September, 2017, Gifu, Japan. Page no. 43.
• Monshi FI and MSU Bhuiyan. Adaptability of litchi germplasm in hilly areas of Sylhet Agricultural University and screening their genetic variation. Sylhet Agricultural University Research Progress Report. Volume no. 02. Dated: 26th January, 2015. Page No.: 1-6.

Conference contributions (Poster Presentations)

• Perveen K, AA Al-Huqail, S Debnath, AT Alfagham, F Khan, FI Monshi (2024). Enhancing soybean drought resilience with natural compounds: How curcumin and lupenone influence Heme Oxygenase-1. The 5th International Electronic Conference on Foods. 28-30 October 2024.
• Monshi FI and T Katsube-Tanaka. Phenotypic evaluation of g13_null homozygous plant for development of hypoallergenic common buckwheat. The 249th Meeting of CSSJ. The Crop Science Society of Japan. 26-27 March, 2020. Page no. 164.

Language

• Bangla, English