M. Anwar Hossain

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M Anwar Hossain
মো. আনোয়ার হোসেন
Born (1949-08-20) 20 August 1949 (age 74)
Sylhet, East Bengal, Pakistan (now Sylhet, Bangladesh)
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
Kyoto University
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Dhaka
Kyoto University
Kyoto Prefectural University
Purdue University
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Jahangirnagar University
North South University

M Anwar Hossain (born 20 August 1949) is a Bangladeshi scientist, writer, and politician. He is a professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of University of Dhaka and a member of the Standing Committee of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal.[1][2][3][4] He was the 14th vice chancellor of Jahangirnagar University and the former president of the Dhaka University Teachers' Association (DUTA) and Bangladesh Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.[5][6] Hossain was a freedom fighter of the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 during which he served as a staff officer of sector 11. Hossain has been detained and imprisoned twice by military rulers of Bangladesh and has been described by Senator Edward Kennedy as a 'prisoner of conscience'.[7][8]

Family and early life

Hossain was born in the Juri Station of

Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971. Four of Anwar's brothers, Lt. Colonel Abu Taher, Abu Yusuf Khan, Shakhawat Hossain Bahar and Waresat Hussain Belal
, were awarded the Bir Uttam, Bir Bikram, Bir Protik and Bir Protik respectively.

Career

Academic

Anwar obtained his bachelor's and master's from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Dhaka in 1971 and 1972 respectively. He did his MSc thesis under the supervision of Kamaluddin Ahmad.

vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University (JU) on 17 July 2012, a position which he served till January 2014.[13]

Research

Hossain has conducted research with world renowned plant scientists, among whom are Joseph C. Arthur Distinguished Professor of Plant Physiology and Emeritus Professor of Botany and Plant Pathology of Purdue University Thomas K Hodges, Japanese plant physiologist and Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University Kozi Asada, former president of the Australian Academy of Science Jim Peacock and Professor Kamaluddin Ahmad. With over 1400 citations, Hossain is one of the most cited plant scientists in Bangladesh.[14] His works have appeared in premier scientific journals including the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Plant Physiology, Plant Molecular Biology and Plant and Cell Physiology.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Hossain serves in the Editorial Board of Bioresearch Communications.[22] After his PhD he returned to Bangladesh for 2–3 years, and then again went to Kyoto Prefectural University as a part of a Biotechnology Career Fellowship Program (1987–1990). This time he studied plant genetic engineering.

From 1991 to 1994 and 1995–1996 he worked at Purdue University, USA and Kyoto University, Japan respectively as visiting scientist (full-time professor) during which he worked for developing submergence (flood) tolerant rice.

Awards

  1. Japanese Monbusho Scholarship in 1982
  2. University Grants Commission (UGC) Award 1985 for the research paper entitled, 'Monodehydroascorbate reductase from cucumber is a flavin adenine dinucleotide enzyme' which was adjudged as the best publication in 1985 in fundamental research in the field of Biological Sciences in Bangladesh.
  3. The Rockefeller Foundation Biotechnology Career Fellowship in 1987.
  4. The Rockefeller Foundation Visiting Scientist Fellowship in 1991.
  5. Justice Ibrahim Gold Medal for the year 1993 for outstanding research in Biological Sciences.
  6. Visiting professorship in Kyoto University, Japan in 1995.

Literature

Hossain's columns have appeared in leading national dailies such as bdnews24, Janakantha, Kaler Kantho, and Samakal.[23] He has written four books.

References

  1. ^ "Faculty Members List: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology".
  2. ^ "Inu for concerted effort to end politics of conspiracy". The Daily Sun. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  3. ^ "'JSD built strategic unity with Zia on 7th Nov' - Politics". News Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  4. ^ ‘যারা পক্ষে সাফাই গাইছে তারাই চিহ্নিত জঙ্গি’. banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 12 November 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  5. ^ "University of Dhaka - the highest echelon of academic excellence". www.du.ac.bd. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  6. ^ "New Executive Committee-2015". Bangladesh Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Senator Criticizes Academic Arrests". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Keynote Speech by Lawrence Lifschultz". The Pamphleteer's Press. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Ahmad, Kamaluddin". Banglapedia. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  10. ^ "History – DU-GEB". geb.du.ac.bd. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Pro-AL panel sweeps DUTA". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  12. ^ "High stakes in Bangladesh protests". 23 August 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  13. ^ Alim, Syed Fattahul (28 August 2013). "Embattled JU VCs". The Daily Star. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  14. ^ "M Anwar Hossain – Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  15. PMID 4055727
    . Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  16. PMID 7991697
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  17. PMID 7846174
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  18. S2CID 5553342
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  19. ISSN 0032-0781
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  20. ISSN 0032-0781
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  21. ISSN 0032-0781
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  22. ^ "Bioresearch Communications". www.bioresearchcommunications.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  23. ^ ড মো আনোয়ার হোসেন. bdnews24.com (Opinion) (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
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