ড. মশিউজ্জামান
Dr. Mohammed Mosihuzzaman
Home district: Jhenaidha Shailkupa
 

Dr. Mohammed Mosihuzzaman was born on 06 Aug 1940 in the village of Dahakhula, PS Shailkupa, Dist Jhenidah, Bangladesh. He is married and has 3 daughters.
Phone (+880 2) 8837055 (Home); Mobile: (+88) 0167 064 2020; 01717790003
Email::  mmosihuzzaman@yahoo.com
Flat 5 B, House # 4, Road # 76, Gulshan-2, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh


Education: 1959-1962 B.Sc.(Hons) in Chemistry,
   University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
1962-1963 M.Sc. in Chemistry, University of Dhaka
1965-1968 Ph.D. in Chemistry, Birmingham
University, UK.
1968-1970 Post-doctoral Fellow, Ohio State
University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
1977-1978 Research Fellow, Swedish University
of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala
Sweden.

TEACHING/RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Fellow,            1963-64 Chemistry Department, DU
Senior Lecturer  1964-65      Chemistry Department, DU
Commonwealth Scholar  1965-68      Birmingham University, UK
Post Doctoral Fellow         1968-70 Ohio State University, USA
Assistant Professor         1970-74      Chemistry Department, DU
Associate Professor        1974-87 Chemistry Department, DU
Professor                1987-2006       Chemistry Department, DU

Foreign Professor February 2007 – December 2008
   H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry
   International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences
   University of Karachi
   Karachi-75270, Pakistan
Honorary Director Since January 2009
International Centre for Natural Product Research (ICNPR)
                Bangladesh Institute of Health Sciences (BIHS)
   59/C Darussalam, Kallyanpur, Dhaka-1216
   Bangladesh

TEACHING

Successfully taught various courses of Organic Chemistry at the undergraduate and graduate levels for 40 years.


RESEARCH

Organized a research laboratory at the Department of Chemistry, University of Dhaka and led a research group producing more than 100 M. Sc., 5 M. Phil. and 19 Ph. D.s. Published more than 110 research papers. Research areas include plant and bacterial polysaccharides, natural products, medicinal plants specially anti-diabetic, anticancer and anti-HIV plants, and organic pollutants. Currently concentrating on scientific validation of Herbal Medicine.

RESEARCH GRANT/SUPPORT RECEIVED

International Foundation for Science (IFS), Sweden        1979-83 $    40,000
(Project on Plant Polysaccharides)
International Program in the Chemical Sciences (IPICS)    1980-07           $1100,000
Uppsala University, Sweden (Projects on Carbohydrates,
Medicinal Plants and Organic Pollutants)                             
Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with   1982-86 $    75,000
Developing Countries (SAREC), Sweden (Carbohydrates)
Bose Centre for Advanced Research, Dhaka University       1982-88 $    13,600
(Organic Pollutants and Fungi projects)   2002-07 $      9,600
University Grants Commission, Bangladesh                   1986-88 $      3,000
Shaman Pharmaceuticals Inc., South San Francisco, USA    1997-98 $    15,000
Natural Product Division, National Cancer Institute,  1996-07 $    10,000
Frederick, Maryland, USA
Ministry of Science and Information & Communication
Technology, Government of Bangladesh      1999 & 2002 $    12,000
Higher Education Commission, Pakistan   2007-08 $    17,000

RESEARCH COLLABORATION

International

1. Department of Chemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,
Uppsala, Sweden (1977-2006)

  Field of Study             : Jute, Plant Polysaccharides,  Dietary Fiber,
                                        Natural   Products, Medicinal Plants. 
2. Department of Organic Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
            (1985-1995)
Field of Study             :  Bacterial Polysaccharides.

3. Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
           (1989-1999)
     Field of Study              :  Mechanism of blood-sugar lowering action
                                      of  anti-diabetic plant materials.

4. Department of Chemistry, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
            (1985-1994)
  Field of Study      :  Medicinal Plants

5. Natural Products Division, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, USA
  (1995-2006)
Field of Study              : Anticancer and Anti-HIV Plant Materials

6. Shaman Pharmaceuticals Inc., South San Francisco, California, USA
            (1995-1999)
  Field of Study              :  Anti-diabetic Plant Materials

7.        Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, Sweden
           (2005-2009).
            Field of Study   :           Organic Pollutants

8.        HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Pakistan
           (1988-2009)
           Field of Study   : Natural Product Chemistry

National

1. Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation of Diabetic, Endocrine        
       Metabolic Disorders (BIRDEM),  Dhaka (1989-2009).
            Field of Study   :  Development of new anti-diabetic         drugs from plant sources 
2. International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B),   Dhaka (1988-1996)
Field of Study  : Structural and immunological studies of lipopolysaccharides
isolated from  new bacterial strains causing diarrhoea                              
3.        Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Gazipur. (2003-2007)
            Field of study: Fate of pesticides used in crop protection


ORGANIZER

(A. Academic)
Founder Chairman of the Asian Network of Research on Antidiabetic Plants (ANRAP). Functioning since 1994. Supported by IFS (International Foundation for Science), IPICS and UNESCO.
Founder Coordinator of the Network of Instrument Technical personnel and user Scientists of Bangladesh (NITUB). Functioning since 1994. Supported by the IPICS, IFS and UNESCO.
Chairman, National Organizing Committee, ASOMPS X (Tenth Asian Symposium on Medicinal Plants, Spices and Other Natural Products)  held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 18-23 November 2000. Sheikh Hasina, the then Prime Minister inaugurated the Symposium.
President, Bangladesh Chemical Society for the years 2001-2004.
Chairman, AFASSA (Africa, Asia and South America) Coordinating Group in Natural Product Chemistry, 2004-2006.
Founder-Director, OPRC (Organic Pollutants Research Centre), 2005-2007, Department of Chemistry, University of Dhaka, established in November 2005.

(B. Administrative)
Senate member, DU for five terms
Syndicate Member, DU for two terms, elected as Dean
General Secretary, Dhaka University Teachers Association (DUTA), 1984 and 1985.
Vice-President, DUTA 1988
President DUTA, 1989.
President, Bangladesh Federation of University Teachers Associations, 1989-90.
Founder Chairman, Dhaka University Teachers Co-operative Society 1989-2002




ADMINSTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Dean       1991-95      Faculty of Science,   DU
Chairman          1991-93     Chemistry Department, DU
Chairman (on Deputation) 1997- 2001   BCSIR, Dhaka 
Vice Chancellor                     2012-todate          Hamdard University Bangladesh


PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

Attended conferences and presented papers (>100) in Australia, Botswana, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Ethiopia, Finland, France,  Germany,  Holland, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Sri Lanka, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, UK, USA, Uruguay and Vietnam.


List of publications: Published more than 110 Research Papers in National and International Scientific Journals