EDUCATION

• 2025-present PhD Student at Université Paris-Saclay (UPSaclay), France

• 2024-2025         Graduate Student, Molecular Plant Science and Plant Biology at Michigan State University (MSU), USA (Withdrawn)

• 2021-2024 Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Plant Health at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (UGOE), Germany
                                  and Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Spain

• 2022 Plant Health and Quality Summer School at University of Angers (UA), France

• 2016-2021 Bachelor of Science in Agriculture at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), Bangladesh

RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

• 10.2025 – present Researcher
  INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institute Jean-Pierre Bourgin for Plant Sciences (IJPB), France
  Project: Sugar Transport, Transporters and CO2 Acclimation in Plant
  
  

• 08.2024 – 08.2025 Graduate Research Assistant
  Department of Plant Biology, MSU, USA.
  Project: Investigating Aureochrome Signaling in Nannochloropsis Algae
  
  

• 04.2023 – 08.2024 Master Thesis Student
  Institute of Synthetic Biology and Institute for Molecular Physiology, Heinrich Heine Universität, Germany.
  Project: Enhancing Long-distance Sucrose Transport in Plant
  
  

• 12.2022 – 03.2023 Project Intern
  Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen, Germany
  Project: Deep Learning for Single Cell Analysis Framework on Scientific Compute Cluster
  
  

• 07.2022 – 09.2022 Research Project Intern
  Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden
  Project: Natural Selection on Deprecated Traits of Self-fertilizing Species
  
  

• 01.2022 – 06.2022 Research Project Intern
  Department of Plant Production, UPV, Spain
  Project: Molecular Characterization of Involved Amino Acid Permeases in Phloem Loading
  
  

• 10.2021 – 01.2022 Research Assistant
        Department of Agroforestry Ecosystems, UPV, Spain, in collaboration with the University of Chile, Chile
  Project: Stress Physiology of Stipa caudata in Response to Salinity and Drought
  
  

• 02.2020 – 02.2021 Research Assistant
  Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, SAU, Bangladesh
  Project: Development of Heat-Tolerant Tomato Variety
  
  

• 02.2019 – 04.2019 Research Assistant
  Department of Biotechnology, SAU, Bangladesh
  Project: Enhancing Plant Propagation Techniques via Tissue Culture

AWARDS, HONORS, & FELLOWSHIPS

• 2025 – 2028 Fully-funded Doctoral Contract for Ph.D., UPSaclay, France

• 2025 Summer Supplemental Fellowship, Michigan State University, USA ($.4K)

• 2025 Rodman Botany Scholarship, Michigan State University, USA ($2.1K)

• 2024 Molecular Plant Science Fellowship, Michigan State University, USA ($68.8K)

• 2024 PULSe Lynn Fellowship, Purdue University, USA ($70.4K, declined)

• 2023 Winner of the 1st EMA International Poster Competition 2023: Tranquility Through Research

• 2022 The Regional Objectif Végétal Program Scholarship, University of Angers, France (€.5K)

• 2021 – 2023 Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree Fellowship (Plant Health), EU (€49K)

• 2021 Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree Fellowship (emPLANT+), EU (€49K, declined)

• 2019 JENESYS 2019 Scholarship 1st Batch Agriculture, Japan

• 2017 – 2019 Nagao Natural Environment Foundation Fellowship, Japan (¥108K)

TEACHING & MENTORING

• 2023 – 2025 Deputy Director of Research and Development Unit, Univ, Bangladesh

• 2017 – 2020 Lecturer, Protiva Multi Education Foundation, Bangladesh

CONSULTING & MANAGEMENT

• 2023 – present Engagement and Innovation Strategist, Research and Innovation Unit, Erasmus Mundus Association (EMA-AISBL), EU

• 2020 – 2021 Joint Convener, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Science Club, Bangladesh

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• The French Society of Plant Biology (SFBV)

• Erasmus Mundus Association (EMA-AISBL), EU

• American Phytopathological Society (APS)

• American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

• Asian Phytopathological Society (ASPS)

PUBLICATIONS

In preparation or submitted:

1.

Published:

1.  Keller, I., Hossain, M. J., Bourgeois, S., Thouzellier, J., Dieuaide-Noubhani, M., & Le Hir, R. (2025). Unlocking sugar subcellular dynamics: The crucial function and regulation of tonoplast sugar transporters in plant response to climate change. Journal of Experimental Botany. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraf525 

2. Sartori, K., Mestre, C. F., Hossain, M. J., Estarague, A., Gaignon, E., Moulin, P., Lasky, J. R., Vile, D., Vasseur, F., Violle, C., & Sicard, A. (2025). Local trade-offs shape flower size evolution across Arabidopsis thaliana distribution. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.19.649637

3. Manda, R. R., Addanki, V. A., Giabardo, A., Benjamin, J., Hossain, M. J., Khanna, S., Gaddam, M., Kumar, R., & Srivastava, S. (2023). Soil health management and microorganisms: Recent developments. In U. B. Singh, R. Kumar, & H. B. Singh (Eds.), Detection, diagnosis and management of soil-borne phytopathogens (Chapter 18). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8307-8_18

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2025 Jiménez-Benavente, E., Renau-Morata, B., Gil-Villar, D., Hossain, M. J., Pineda, B., Alcántara, A., Moreno, I., Gómez-Minguet, E., Baroja-Fernández, E., Castro-Rodríguez, V., Medina-Morales, B., Almagro, G., Romero, G., Medina, J., Molina, R. V., & Nebauer, S. G. (2025). Regulation of nitrogen partitioning to improve crop yield in a low-input agriculture: Role of amino acid permeases (P52). PlantACT! Conference, Madrid, Spain. April 7–9.

2023 Gil-Villar, D., Hossain, M. J., Carreres, P., Renau-Morata, B., Moreno, I., Pineda, B., Gómez, E., Carrillo, L., Moreno, V., Medina, J., Molina, R. V., & Nebauer, S. G. (2023). Identification of key AAP permeases in tomato regulating the partition of amino acids for yield in response to nitrogen (PS9-16). Iberian Plant Biology, Braga, Portugal. July 9–12.