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Faculty Agriculture Genetics and Plant Breeding Faculty Members Dr. Delara Akhter

Dr. Delara Akhter

Professor

B.Sc. Ag. (Hons.), BAU; MS in Genetics and Plant Breeding, BAU; Ph.D. in Crop Genetics and Breeding, Zhejiang University, China; Postdoc fellow, Zhejiang University, China

Research interests: Genetics and Plant Breeding, Molecular Stress Physiology and Breeding, Stress Response and Damage Repair Mechanisms, the Participation and Inter-organellar Collaboration of Different Organelles in Plant Development and Physiology.

delara.gpb@sau.ac.bd

delaraakhter@yahoo.com
+8801854818593
Dept. of Genetics and Plant Breeding

Academic Degrees and Qualification

  • Ph.D. in Crop Genetics and Breeding, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, 2019
  • MS in Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh, 2010
  • B.Sc. Ag. (Hons.) in Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh, 2008

Positions and Affiliations

  • Post-Doctoral Researcher at College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China 01/01/2020 to till date.
  • Assistant Professor at SAU from 24/08/2012 to till date.
  • Lecturer at SAU 24/08/2010 To 23/08/2012

Awards and Scholarships

  • OCPC International Postdoctoral Exchange Fellowship Program (Talent-Introduction Program), Zhejiang University, China, 2019
  • Chinese Government Scholarship for PhD from Zhejiang University, China.(Sep, 2015- July, 2019).
  • National Science Information and Communication Technology (NSICT) Fellowship awarded by the Ministry of National Science Information and Communication Technology, Bangladesh for Masters’ thesis research project, 2009.

Role as Reviewer

  • Transgenic Research
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Journal of Plant Growth Regulation

Professional Memberships

  • Krishibid Institute of Bangladesh (KIB)
  • Life member of Bangladesh Plant Breeding Society

Language

  • English
  • Bengali