EDUCATION

• 2024-present Graduate Student, Molecular Plant Science and Plant Biology at Michigan State University, USA

• 2021-2024 Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in Plant Health at the Georg August University of Göttingen, Germany and Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain

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

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

RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

• 08.2024 – present Graduate Research Assistant
  Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, 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, Sweden
  Project: Natural Selection on Deprecated Traits of Self-fertilizing Species
  
  

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

• 10.2021 – 01.2022 Research Assistant
        Department of Agroforestry Ecosystems, Universitat Politècnica de València, 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, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh
  Project: Development of Heat-Tolerant Tomato Variety
  
  

• 02.2019 – 04.2019 Research Assistant
  Department of Biotechnology, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh
  Project: Enhancing Plant Propagation Techniques via Tissue Culture

GRANTS AND HONORS

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

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

• 2022 The Regional Objectif Végétal Program Scholarship, University of Angers, France

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

• 2019 JENESYS 2019 Scholarship 1st Batch Agriculture, Japan

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

TEACHING AND MENTORING

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

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

CONSULTING AND 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

• 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. Hossain, M. J., Lee, S., Frommer, W. B., & Kim, J. (in preparation). Quantification of GUS levels in the leaf vasculature.

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. (submitted to PNAS). Local trade-offs shape flower size evolution across Arabidopsis thaliana distribution.

Published:

1. 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

2. Shahin, S. M. N. S., Begum, F., Hossain, M. B., Anik, A. H., & Hossain, M. J. (2021). Effect of different mulches on yellow leaf curl disease of tomato and its impact on yield. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Pathology, 37(1–2), 23–32.

3. Anik, A. H., Begum, F., Aminuzzaman, F. M., Hossain, M. J., Chakma, N., & Shahin, S. M. N. S. (2020). Effect of different planting time on tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) of tomato and its impact on yield in Bangladesh. International Journal of Environment, Agriculture and Biotechnology, 5(4), 907–915. https://doi.org/10.22161/ijeab.54.10

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.