Short Biography:
I am Md. Rafiul Islam Ranga, currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mainly, I have been working on the molecular genomics of various RNA and DNA viruses, including foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV), lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV), SARS-CoV-2, and ...
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| Degree Name | Group/Major Subject | Board/Institute | Country | Passing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters | Microbiology | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2018 |
| Bachelor | Microbiology | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2017 |
| Title | Organization | Location | From Date | To Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor (Teaching and Research) | Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 03, Mar 2024 | Currently Working |
| House Tutor | Shahid Serjeant Zahurul Huq Hall, University of Dhaka, University of Dhaka. | Bangladesh | 19, Jun 2022 | Currently Working |
| Lecturer (Teaching and Research) | Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 03, Jan 2021 | 02-03-2024 |
| Research officer | Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) | Bangladesh | 09, Aug 2020 | 02-01-2021 |
| Expert Member | National Expert Pool for COVID-19 Pandemic Response in Bangladesh | Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) | 01, Jun 2020 | 31-12-2020 |
| Volunteer | Genome Centre, Jashore University of Science and Technology | Jashore, Bangladesh | 01, Apr 2020 | 15-05-2020 |
| Graduate Student with Research Assistantship | Microbial Genetics and Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 01, Jun 2018 | 31-12-2020 |
Research Interest
| Subject | Description | Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator) |
|---|---|---|
| Bioinformatics | Multi-omics and Host-microbiome-disease associations. |
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| Molecular Microbiology | Emerging antimicrobial resistance and novel antimicrobials. |
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| Virology | Emerging RNA and DNA viruses, virus-host-environment interaction, antiviral vaccines and therapeutics, viral evolution and genomics. |
Project/Research Supervision
| Level of Study | Title | Supervisor | Co-Supervisor(s) | Name of Student(s) | Area of Research | Current Completion |
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| No project/research supervision is found | ||||||
Project/Research Work
| Subject | Project Name | Source of Fund | From Date | To Date | Collaboration |
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| Mosquito-borne viruses | Molecular characterization of mosquito-borne viruses (Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika, and Japanese Encephalitis) circulating in Dhaka city. | Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) | 01-11-2025 | ||
| Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) | Implementing water quality monitoring and purification technologies to mitigate health risks for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the Dhaka Metropolitan area. | SATREPS Project of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA, BDT 500 million) | 01-07-2025 | PIs: Prof. Kozo Watanabe (Ehime University, Japan) and Prof. Anwar Hossain (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh). | |
| Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) | Development of effective vaccines for emerging lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) in Bangladesh. | University Grants Commission (UGC) and University of Dhaka (BDT 10,00,000) | 01-07-2024 | ||
| Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) | Molecular characterization of emerging lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) circulating in Bangladesh. | Research and Development Grants (R&D), MOST | 01-07-2023 | ||
| IBD and IBS | Gut microbiome dynamics in IBD and IBS patients in Bangladesh. | University of Dhaka | 01-07-2023 | ||
| SARS-CoV-2 | Post-vaccinal immune profiling against SARS-CoV-2 for strategic vaccination policy in Bangladesh. | University Grants Commission, Bangladesh | 01-07-2022 | ||
| Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) | Genomic insights into antibiotic resistance for novel drug targets. | MOST | 01-07-2022 | ||
| Environmental Metagenomics | Metagenomic investigation of environmental (soil, water and sediment) niches. | MOST | 01-07-2021 | ||
| Dengue virus (DENV) | Genomic and metatranscriptomic investigations of DENV | 01-07-2020 | 01-06-2021 | Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) | |
| Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) | Development of vaccine and diagnostic kit for FMDV in Bangladesh. | World Bank’s Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project | 01-01-1970 | ||
| Bovine mastitis | Metagenomic investigation of bovine mastitis for diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. Role: Graduate Research Student. | Ministry of Education | 01-01-1970 |
Invited Talk
| SL | Invited Talk |
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| 1 | Delivered a day-long hands-on training on Bioinformatics in FMD Vaccine Research to the scientists of the FMD Vaccine Production Section, Livestock Research Institute (LRI), Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh, 06 May 2024. |
| 2 | Delivered lectures and training on Application of Bioinformatics Tools in Infectious Disease Research at the 1st |
| SL | Collaboration & Membership Name | Type | Membership Year | Expire Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Life Member, Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists (BSM) | Professional Organization | 2024 | Life Time |
| 2 | Publicity Secretary, Dhaka University Microbiology Alumni Association (DUMAA) | Alumni Association | 2021 | 2024 |
| Journal Article | |
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| 1 |
: Priom, D.M., Mondol, S.M., Ema, N.T., Islam, M.R. and Rahaman, M.M., 2025. Complete genome analysis of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium strain K79 isolated from the Buriganga river sediment in Bangladesh. Microbiology Resource Announcements, pp.e00600-25. httpdoi.org/10.1128/mra.00600-25.,
, 2025
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| 2 |
: Mondol, S.M., Islam, M.R., Mia, M.E., Hassan, M.H., Farhad, F., Akter, K., Shakil, S.K., Islam, I., Rakhi, N.N., Mustary, J.F., Amiruzzaman and Rahaman M.M., 2025. Molecular and genomic insights into multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa causing burn wound infections in Bangladesh. Scientific Reports, 15(1), p.25445. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-11614-6.,
, 2025
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| 3 |
: Islam, M.R., Mondol, S.M., Hossen, M.A., Khatun, M.P., Selim, S., Amiruzzaman, Gomes, D.J. and Rahaman, M.M., 2025. First report on comprehensive genomic analysis of a multidrug-resistant Enterobacter asburiae isolated from diabetic foot infection from Bangladesh. Scientific Reports, 15(1), p.424. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-84870-7. ,
, 2025
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| 4 |
: Siam, M.H.B., Mondol, S.M., Shakil, M.S.K., Islam, M.R., Islam, I., Saha, O., Amiruzzaman, Datta, R., Ahmed, T., Gomes, D.J. and Rahaman, M.M., 2025. A whole-genome metagenomic approach to explore the gut microbiome of inflammatory bowel disease patients in Bangladesh. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 14(1), pp.e00738-24. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00738-24.,
, 2024
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| 5 |
: Akter, S., Rahman, M.S., Islam, M.R., Akther, M., Anjume, H., Marjia, M., Rahaman, M.M., Hossain, M.A. and Sultana, M., 2024. Development of Recombinant Proteins for Vaccine Candidates Against Serotype O and A of Foot and Mouth Disease Virus in Bangladesh. Access Microbiology, pp.000713-v1. https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000713.v4.,
, 2024
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| 6 |
: Mondol, S.M., Islam, I., Islam, M.R., Shakil, S.K., Rakhi, N.N., Mustary, J.F., Amiruzzaman, Gomes, D.J., Shahjalal, H.M. and Rahaman, M.M., 2024. Genomic landscape of NDM-1 producing multidrug-resistant Providencia stuartii causing burn wound infections in Bangladesh. Scientific Reports, 14(1), p.2246. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-51819-9.,
, 2024
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| 7 |
: Mondol, S.M., Islam, M.R., Rakhi, N.N., Shakil, S.K., Islam, I., Mustary, J.F., Shahjalal, H.M., Gomes, D.J. and Rahaman, M.M., 2024. Unveiling a high-risk epidemic clone (ST 357) of ‘Difficult to Treat Extensively Drug-Resistant’(DT-XDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa from a burn patient in Bangladesh: A resilient beast revealing coexistence of four classes of beta lactamases. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 36, pp.83-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2023.11.014.,
, 2023
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| 8 |
: Hossain, K.A., Anjume, H., Akther, M., Alam, K.M., Yeamin, A., Akter, S., Islam, M.R., Sultana, M. and Hossain, M.A., 2023. Epidemiological Surveillance and Mutational Pattern Analysis of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreaks in Bangladesh during 2012–2021. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/8896572.,
, 2023
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| 9 |
: Sarkar, M.M.H., Rahman, M.S., Islam, M.R., Rahman, A., Islam, M.S., Banu, T.A., Akter, S., Goswami, B., Jahan, I., Habib, M.A. and Uddin, M.M., 2023. Comparative phylogenetic analysis and transcriptomic profiling of Dengue (DENV-3 genotype I) outbreak in 2021 in Bangladesh. Virology Journal, 20(1), p.127. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-023-02030-1.,
, 2023
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| 10 |
: Mark Mondol, S., Das, D., Priom, D.M., Shaminur Rahman, M., Rafiul Islam, M. and Rahaman, M.M., 2022. In Silico Identification and Characterization of a Hypothetical Protein From Rhodobacter capsulatus Revealing S-Adenosylmethionine-Dependent Methyltransferase Activity. Bioinformatics and Biology Insights, 16, p.11779322221094236. https://doi.org/10.1177/11779322221094236.,
, 2022
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| 11 |
: Rahaman, M.M., Sarkar, M.M.H., Rahman, M.S., Islam, M.R., Islam, I., Saha, O., Akter, S., Banu, T.A., Jahan, I., Habib, M.A. and Goswami, B., 2022. Genomic characterization of the dominating Beta, V2 variant carrying vaccinated (Oxford− AstraZeneca) and nonvaccinated COVID‐19 patient samples in Bangladesh: A metagenomics and whole‐genome approach. Journal of Medical Virology, 94(4), pp.1670-1688. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.27537. ,
, 2021
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| 12 |
: Rahman, M.S., Hoque, M.N., Puspo, J.A., Islam, M.R., Das, N., Siddique, M.A., Hossain, M.A. and Sultana, M., 2021. Microbiome signature and diversity regulates the level of energy production under anaerobic condition. Scientific Reports, 11(1), pp.1-23. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99104-3. ,
, 2021
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| 13 |
: Saha, O., Islam, M.R., Rahman, M.S., Hoque, M.N., Hossain, M.A. and Sultana, M., 2021. First report from Bangladesh on genetic diversity of multidrug-resistant Pasteurella multocida type B: 2 in fowl cholera. Veterinary World, 14(9), p.2527. https://doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2021.2527-2542. ,
, 2021
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| 14 |
: Hoque, M.N., Akter, S., Mishu, I.D., Islam, M.R., Rahman, M.S., Akhter, M., Islam, I., Hasan, M.M., Rahaman, M.M., Sultana, M. and Islam, T., 2021. Microbial co-infections in COVID-19: Associated microbiota and underlying mechanisms of pathogenesis. Microbial Pathogenesis, p.104941. (review article) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2021.104941.,
, 2021
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| 15 |
: Rahman, M.S.*, Hoque, M.N.*, Islam, M.R., Islam, I.*, Mishu, I.D., Rahaman, M.M., Sultana, M. and Hossain, M.A., 2021. Mutational insights into the envelope protein of SARS-CoV-2. Gene Reports, 22, p.100997. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genrep.2020.100997.,
, 2020
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| 16 |
: Rahman, M.S.*, Islam, M.R.*, Alam, A.R.U., Islam, I., Hoque, M.N., Akter, S., Rahaman, M.M., Sultana, M. and Hossain, M.A., 2021. Evolutionary dynamics of SARS‐CoV‐2 nucleocapsid protein and its consequences. Journal of Medical Virology, 93(4), pp.2177-2195. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.26626.,
, 2020
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| 17 |
: Hoque, M.N., Istiaq, A., Rahman, M.S., Islam, M.R., Anwar, A., Siddiki, A.Z., Sultana, M., Crandall, K.A. and Hossain, M.A., 2020. Microbiome dynamics and genomic determinants of bovine mastitis. Genomics, 112(6), pp.5188-5203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.09.039.,
, 2020
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| 18 |
: Rahman, M.S.*, Islam, M.R.*, Hoque, M.N.*, Alam, A.S.M.R.U., Akther, M., Puspo, J.A., Akter, S., Anwar, A., Sultana, M. and Hossain, M.A., 2021. Comprehensive annotations of the mutational spectra of SARS‐CoV‐2 spike protein: a fast and accurate pipeline. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 68(3), pp.1625-1638. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13834.,
, 2020
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| 19 |
: Islam, M.R.*, Hoque, M.N.*, Rahman, M.S.*, Alam, A.R.U., Akther, M., Puspo, J.A., Akter, S., Sultana, M., Crandall, K.A. and Hossain, M.A., 2020. Genome-wide analysis of SARS-CoV-2 virus strains circulating worldwide implicates heterogeneity. Scientific Reports, 10(1), pp.1-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70812-6.,
, 2020
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| 20 |
: Rahman, M.S., Hoque, M.N., Islam, M.R., Akter, S., Alam, A.R.U., Siddique, M.A., Saha, O., Rahaman, M.M., Sultana, M., Crandall, K.A. and Hossain, M.A., 2020. Epitope-based chimeric peptide vaccine design against S, M and E proteins of SARS-CoV-2, the etiologic agent of COVID-19 pandemic: an in silico approach. PeerJ, 8, p.e9572. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9572.,
, 2020
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| 21 |
: Al Amin, M., Ali, M.R., Islam, M.R., Alam, A.R.U., Shill, D.K., Rahman, M.S., Siddique, M.A., Sultana, M. and Hossain, M.A., 2020. Development and serology based efficacy assessment of a trivalent foot-and-mouth disease vaccine. Vaccine, 38(32), pp.4970-4978. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.05.079.,
, 2020
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| 22 |
: Islam, M.R., Rahman, M.S., Amin, M.A., Alam, A.R.U., Siddique, M.A., Sultana, M. and Hossain, M.A., 2021. Evidence of combined effect of amino acid substitutions within G‐H and B‐C loops of VP1 conferring serological heterogeneity in foot‐and‐mouth disease virus serotype A. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 68(2), pp.375-384. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13687.,
, 2020
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| 23 |
: Alam, A.R.U., Islam, M.R., Rahman, M.S., Islam, O.K. and Hossain, M.A., 2021. Understanding the possible origin and genotyping of the first Bangladeshi SARS‐CoV‐2 strain. Journal of Medical Virology, 93(1), pp.1-4. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.26115.,
, 2020
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| Award Type | Title | Year | Country | Description |
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| Local | Research Award | 2025 | Bangladesh | DU Research Excellence Recognition, University of Dhaka. |
| Local | Dean’s Research Award | 2024 | Bangladesh | Dean’s Research Award (Lecturer Category), Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Dhaka. |
| Local | Fellowship | 2022 | Bangladesh | Research and Development (R |
| Local | Best Paper Award | 2021 | Bangladesh | Awarded by the Dhaka University Microbiology Alumni Association (DUMAA) for outstanding scientific publication. |
| Local | Merit Award | 2020 | Bangladesh | Secured Merit Award (3rd Position) from the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) for outstanding performance in the 45-day Foundation Training. |
| Local | Merit Scholarship | 2020 | Bangladesh | Merit Scholarship, University of Dhaka, for excellence in BS (Hons) and MS Exams. |
| National | National Science and Technology (NST) Fellowship | 2019 | Bangladesh | NST Fellowship offered by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh for conducting thesis works in Masters level. |
| Local | Merit Scholarship | 2018 | Bangladesh | Merit Scholarship, University of Dhaka, for excellence in BS (Hons) and MS Exams. |
| Local | Outstanding Academic Performance Award | 2018 | Bangladesh | For securing the highest CGPA in the MS Examination 2018 in the Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka. |
| Local | Outstanding Academic Performance Award | 2017 | Bangladesh | From the Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, for securing the 2nd highest CGPA in the BS Examination 2017. |
| Local | Dean’s Award | 2017 | Bangladesh | Dean’s Award (2017) in recognition of outstanding academic performance in the Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| International | Sumitomo Corporation Scholarship | 2014 | Japan | Awarded the Sumitomo Corporation Scholarship (Japan) throughout my BS for consistent academic excellence. |
| Local | Education Board Scholarship | 2013 | Bangladesh | For outstanding results in Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC-12 years of education) Examination 2013. |
| Local | Education Board Scholarship | 2011 | Bangladesh | For outstanding results in Secondary School Certificate (SSC-10 years of education) Examination 2011. |
| Local | Scholarship | 2008 | Bangladesh | Secured 1st position in the Junior School Certificate (JSC) Examination (2008) in Rangpur District. |
| Local | Primary Education Scholarship | 2005 | Bangladesh | For outstanding performace in Primary School Certificate (PSC) Exam 2005 (5 years of Education). |
Md. Rafiul Islam Ranga
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology
Faculty of Biological Sciences
Email: rafiul@du.ac.bd
Phone: 01609583134