Profile

Academic Degrees and Qualification

• International Master of Health Management in Aquaculture, Ghent University, Belgium.
• MS in Fish Health Management, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh.
• B. Sc. Honours in Fisheries, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh.

Positions and Affiliations

• Ph.D. Fellow (Veterinary Pathology), Department of Food, Agricultural, Environmental and Animal Sciences, University of Udine, Udine 33100, Italy.
• Assistant Professor, Dept. of Fish Health Management, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh. (2020-To date)
• Lecturer, Dept. of Fish Health Management, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh. (2018-2020)

Awards and Recognitions

• Magna Cum Laude in International Master of Health Management in Aquaculture, Ghent University, Belgium.
• Chancellor's Gold Medal for Excellence in MS in FIsh Health Management, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh.
• Distinction for outstanding Result in B. Sc. Fisheries (Hon's), Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh.

Awards and Scholarships

• Erasmus Mundus Scholarship for Master of Science In Health Management in Aquaculture (2021)

Professional Memberships

• Member, European Aquaculture Society
• Member, Krishibid Institution Bangladesh.

Other Social and Cultural Organization Involvement

• Member, Krishibid Institution Bangladesh - KIB.
• Member, BD Clean Sylhet, Bangladesh.
• Founder Member, PRADHIKAR, animal rights organization, Sylhet Agricultural University.

Conference contributions (Oral Presentations)

• "RECORDING DISEASES AND BIODIVERSITY OF EUROPEAN FLAT OYSTER Ostrea edulis IN THE BELGIAN PART OF THE NORTH SEA: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR RESTORATION AND SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE" - Aquaculture Europe 2023, Vienna, Austria. https://aquaeas.org/MeetingAbstracts/PaperDetail/40781
• “Parasitological study of the Mediterranean horse mackerel (Trachurus mediterraneus) from north-western Mediterranean”. Scientific Conference VII, Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology, The Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. (09/06/2022)
• "Present Status of Formalin Use in Four Commercial Fish Species of the North Eastern Bangladesh" - 1st International Conference on Sustainable Fisheries 2019, Faculty of Fisheries, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Conference contributions (Poster Presentations)

• Tofael Ahmed Sumon, Isabelle Arzul, Thomas R.H. Kerkhove, Annelies Declercq (2023). Disease-free European Flat Oyster (Ostrea edulis) in the Belgian part of the North Sea: opportunities for restoration and sustainable aquaculture. 21st International Conference on Diseases of Fish and Shellfish, Aberdeen, UK. 9p
• Talukdar A, Sumon T A and Islam M M (2019). Fishers' Perceptions on the Performances of Hilsha Shad (Tenualosa ilisa) Sanctuaries in the Meghna Estuary of Bangladesh. Book of Abstracts. 1st International Conference on Sustainable Fisheries, Faculty of Fisheries, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh. 162p.

Attended Conferences and Workshops

• Scientific Conference VII, Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology, The Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. (09/06/2022)
• Annual Research Review Workshop - 2020 by Sylhet Agricultural University Research System. 11-12 February, 2020.
• 1st International Conference on Sustainable Fisheries - 2019, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh.

Training

• Internship Comprehensive Project (March 2022 - June 2022), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, The Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain.
• 25th Foundation Training for University Teachers by Graduate Training Institute (GTI), Mymensingh. 1-27 March, 2020.
• Training on Accounts and Financial Management by Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Sylhet Agricultural Unversity. June, 2019.
• Orientation Training Program for Newly Recruited Lecturers of Sylhet Agricultural University. 23-24 December, 2018.

Language

• Bangla
• English