Profile

Research Interests

• Chemical Ecology, Insect-Plant interactions, Vegetables and Fruits Pest, Bio-pesticides, IPM, Insect as food and feed, Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA), Pollinators

Research Support

• Phenology and life cycle of newly introduced invasive Sap beetle Epuraea sp. of bottle gourd in Sylhet. Funding Agency: Ministry of Science and Technology, Role: Principal Investigator: Duration: July, 2023-June, 2024
• The role of silicon (Si) supplementation on reducing insect pest of rice ecosystem. Funding Agency: University Grand Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh and Sylhet Agricultural University Research System (SAURES), Role: Co-Principal Investigator: Duration: July, 2023-June, 2024
• Challenges and potentialities of sustainable Black Soldier Fly (BSF) mass rearing in the farm level of Bangladesh. Funding Agency: University Grand Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh and Sylhet Agricultural University Research System (SAURES), Role: Principal Investigator: Duration: July, 2023-June, 2024
• Insect Pest Management Practices and Biosafety Status of Country Bean (Lablab Purpureus L.) in Bangladesh; Funding Agency: USAID; Role: Principal Investigator: Duration: July, 2020- till date
• Invasiveness of Rugose spiraling whitefly, Aleurodicus rugioperculatus (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae): A newly introduced pest of coconut in Bangladesh Funding Agency: University Grand Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh and Sylhet Agricultural University Research System (SAURES); Role: Principal Investigator: Duration: July, 2021-June, 2022
• Population dynamics of insects pests and beneficial arthropods of vegetable crops grown in rooftop gardening (RTG); promoting agricultural sustainability in urban areas. University Grand Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh and Sylhet Agricultural University Research System (SAURES); Role: Co-Principal Investigator: Duration: July, 2021-June, 2022
• Evaluation of pest exclusion netting towards developing an eco-friendly pest management approach against brinjal shoot and fruit borer, Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee. Funding Agency: Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh; Role: Co-Principal Investigator: Duration: July, 2021-June, 2022
• Mass rearing of industrial insect Black Solider Fly (Hermetia illucens L) for future use as an alternative protein source for poultry and fish feed in Bangladesh; Funding Agency: University Grand Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh and Sylhet Agricultural University Research System (SAURES); Role: Principal Investigator: Duration: July, 2020-June, 2021
• Farmers Perception on seasonal abundance of insect pest complex of cashew tree (Annacardium occidentale Linn.) In Bangladesh; Funding Agency: University Grand Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh; Role: Principal Investigator: Duration: June, 2020-July, 2021
• Farmers perception on seasonal abundance of insect pest complex of cashew tree (Annacardium occidentale Linn.) in Bangladesh; Funding Agency: University Grand Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh; Role: Principal Investigator: Duration: June, 2020-July, 2021
• Impact of chemical pesticides on the conservation of natural enemies in tea ecosystem: impediments towards sustainable tea pest management; Funding Agency: University Grand Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh and Sylhet Agricultural University Research System (SAURES); Role: Co-Principal Investigator: Duration: June, 2020-July, 2021
• Response to enhance technical capacity for the monitoring and management of Fall Armyworm in Bangladesh; Funding Agency: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations Role: Co-Principal Investigator: Duration: 01 October 2019 to 31 January 2020
• People’s perception and current apiculture practices in mustard fields of haor areas of Moulvibazar; Funding Agency: University Grand Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh and Sylhet Agricultural University Research System (SAURES); Role: Principal Investigator: Duration: June, 2019-July, 2020
• A comprehensive survey on the insect community of Agar Forest in Sylhet region; Funding Agency: University Grand Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh; Role: Principal Investigator: Duration: June, 2018-July, 2019
• Assessment of nutritional composition of most available edible insect consumed by Garo and Marma ethnic community of Bangladesh; Funding Agency: University Grand Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh and Sylhet Agricultural University Research System (SAURES); Role: Principal Investigator: Duration: June, 2018-July 2019
• Microbial and bio-rational management approaches for controlling Okra fruit and shoot borer (Earias vittella Fab) of Bangladesh; Funding Agency: University Grand Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh and Sylhet Agricultural University Research System (SAURES); Role: Co-Principal Investigator: Duration: June, 2018-July, 2019
• Vertical farming: The future solutions for organic vegetable productions in urban area; Funding Agency: World Bank (World Bank), Government of Bangladesh, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Role: Principal Investigator: Duration: May, 2017-September, 2018
• Insect as food: Bangladesh Perspectives; Funding Agency: University Grand Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh and Sylhet Agricultural University Research System (SAURES); Role: Principal Investigator: Duration: June, 2017-July, 2018
• Alkaloids impact on pollinator behavior and ecology; Funding Agency: University Grand Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh and Sylhet Agricultural University Research System (SAURES); Role: Co-Principal Investigator: Duration: June, 2017-July, 2018
• Identification of farmers adaptive practices for cultivation of T. Aman rice against climate change induced flood in Haor area of Sylhet district; Funding Agency: Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh; Role: Co-Principal Investigator: Duration: June, 2017-July, 2018