Dr. Shamim Shamsi :: Faculty Profile

Biography

Dr. Shamim Shamsi, Professor of Botany, University of Dhaka, obtained B. Sc and M. Sc. degree in Botany from Dhaka University in 1980 and 1981 respectively and securing first class in both the examinations. She started her carrier as a Lecturer in the Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh since 28 October, 1984. Her major field of specialization ...

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Degree Name	Group/Major Subject	Board/Institute	Country	Passing Year
Ph.D.	Botany	Dhaka university	Bangladesh	2001
Masters	Botany	Dhaka university	Bangladesh	1981
Bachelor	Botany	Dhaka University	Bangladesh	1980

Title	Organization	Location	From Date	To Date
Lecturer	B.A.F. Shaheen School & College	(Kurmitola) , Dhaka	Dec 1982	Oct 1984

Research Interest

Subject	Description	Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator)
Management of leaf blight disease of wheat	Variability of Bipolaris sorokiniana (Sacc.) Shoemaker and Management of leaf blight disease of wheat
Fungi associated with cotton seed	Seed borne mycoflora of different varieties of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) and their management
Lichen	Lichen in Khadimnagor National Park, Sylhet, Bangladesh and Their Uses
Fungal isolation	Diversity and distribution of fungi in three ecological zones of Sundarbans Mangrove forest of Bangladesh
Identification of fungi associated with economically important plants	Morphological and molecular delection of fungi associated with economicallay imprortant plants of Bangladesh
Identification of endophytic fungi	Diversity and Ecology of Endophytic Mycoflora Associated with medicinal plant in Bangladesh

Project/Research Supervision

Level of Study	Title	Supervisor	Co-Supervisor(s)	Name of Student(s)	Area of Research	Current Completion
Masters	Management of seed borne fungi associated with selected newly released BRRI rice varieties	Professor Dr. Shamim Shamsi		Habiba Rashid Nishi	Mycology and Plant Pathology	Current Year
Masters	Study of Lichen flora of National Botanical Garden, Mirpur, Dhaka,	Professor Dr. Shamim Shamsi		Abdullah-Al-Kaium	Lichenology	2019
Masters	Variability among Pyricularia oryzae isolates causing wheat blast in Bangladesh	Professor Dr. Shamim Shamsi		Abdullah Al Noman	Mycology and Plant Pathology	2019
Masters	Fungi associated with Aloe vera L. and their pathogenic potentiality	Professor Dr. Shamim Shamsi		Anita Sutrodhor	Mycology and Plant Pathology	2010
Masters	. Fungi associated with Rosa spp., their identification and pathogenic potentiality	Professor Dr. Shamim Shamsi		Anita Ghos.	Mycology and Plant Pathology	2010
Masters	Fungi associated with Houttuynia cordata Thunb. Their identification and pathogenic potentiality	Professor Dr. Shamim Shamsi		Rumana Azad	Mycology and Plant Pathology	2010
Masters	A taxonomic study of fungi associated with Datura metel L. in Bangladesh	Professor Dr. Shamim Shamsi		Mahfuza Akhter	Mycology and Plant Pathology	2010
Masters	Study of selected fruit diseases in Dhaka City.	Prof. Dr. Md. Abul Bashar	Prof. Dr. Shamim Shamsi	Motaher Hossain	Mycology and Plant Pathology	2009
Masters	Fungi associated with infected maize plant (Zea mays L.) and chem- ical control of the selected pathogenic species			. Arju Yasmin	Mycology and Plant Pathology	2008
Masters	Study of fungi associated with some selected vegetables of Bangladesh	Professor Dr. Shamim Shamsi		Study of fungi associated with some selected vegetables of Bangladesh.	Mycology and Plant Pathology	2006
Masters	Taxonomic studies of some Dematiaceous hyphomycetes associated with diseased plant parts	Professor Dr. Shamim Shamsi		Salma Akhter	Mycology and Plant Pathology	2001
Masters	Induction of mutants, Camera Lucida drawing and Enzyme Activities of selected mutants in Neurospora crassa.	T.I.A.M. Mozmader	Prof. Dr. Shamim Shamsi	Shahana Yesmin	Genetics	1995
Masters	Studies on some species of Cercospora Fres., Cercosporella Sacc. and Pseudocercospora Speg. From Dhaka City.	Prof. Dr. A.Z.M. Nowsher Ali Khan	Prof. Dr. Shamim Shamsi	Ferdousi Shahriar	Mycology	1994
Masters	. A study of some Dematiaceous hyphomycetes associated with dead plants parts.	Prof. Dr. A.Z.M. Nowsher Ali Khan	Prof. Dr. Shamim Shamsi	. Rubina Akhter	Mycology	1993
Masters	Association of fungi with Arachis hypogeae L. and their pathogenicpotentiality		Prof. Dr. Shamim Shamsi	Shaila Sharmin	Mycology and Plant Plathology
Masters	Isolation characterization and identification of fungi associated with Oxalis spp. and their pathogenic potentiality	Professor Dr. Shamim Shamsi		Yasmin Fatema	Mycology and Plant Pathology
Masters	Identification and interaction of fungi associated with Leea macrophylla Roxb. Ex Harnem.	Professor Dr. Shamim Shamsi		Rokeya Hoq	Mycology and Plant pathology

Project/Research Work

Subject	Project Name	Source of Fund	From Date	To Date
Botany	Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Ministry of Science and Technology	Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Ministry of Science and Technology	01-07-2020	30-06-2021
Botany	Special Allocation for Science and Technology	Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Ministry of Science and Technology	01-07-2019	20-06-2030
Botany	CARS	Centre for Advanced Studies and Research in Biological Science	01-07-2019	01-01-1970
Botany	CARS	Centre for Advanced Studies and Research in Biological Science	01-07-2018	30-06-2019
Botany	CARS	Centre for Advanced Studies and Research in Biological Science	01-07-2016	30-06-2017
Botany	Research Grant	UGC Research Grant	01-07-2016	01-01-1970
Botany	CARS	Centre for Advanced Studies and Research in Biological Science	01-07-2015	30-06-2016
Botany	Research Grant	UGC Research Grant	01-07-2015	01-01-1970
Botany	NSICT Fellowship project	Ministry of Science , Information and Technology	01-07-2007	30-06-2008
Botany	NSICT Fellowship project	Ministry of Science , Information and Technology	01-07-2006	30-06-2007
Botany	Special Allocation for Science and Technology’	Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Ministry of Science and Technology	01-01-1970	30-06-2017
Botany	CARS	Centre for Advanced Studies and Research in Biological Science	01-01-1970	01-01-1970
Botany	NSICT Fellowship project	Ministry of Science , Information and Technology	01-01-1970	30-06-2021

Invited Talk

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SL	Collaboration & Membership Name	Type	Membership Year	Expire Year
1	Bangladesh Botanical Society	Member	1995	Life Time

Journal Article
1	Shamsi, S., A.Z.M. Nowsher A. Khan, A.K.M. Shahjahan and S.A. Miah : Prevalence of Sarocladium oryzae (Sawada) W. Gams and D. Hawksw in different parts of rice grain, Bangladesh J. Bot. , vol.24 , no.2 , pp.217-219 , 1995 .
2	Haque, T. and S. Shamsi : Effects of some fungicides on Colleotrichum corchori, The casual organism of anthracnose of jute., J. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. Sci. , vol.22 , no.1 , pp.117-118 , 1996 .
3	Mozmader,T.I.M.A., Tahsina Haque, S. Shamsi, Farhana Hossain and Hosne Ara Mustafa : Induction of morphological mutations in Neurospora crassa Ema (5297) with formaldehyde solution and characterization of few selected mutants., Dhaka Univ. J. Biol. Sci. , vol.6 , no.2 , pp.211-215 , 1997 .
4	Shamsi, S. : Effects of some plant extracts on development of sheath rot disease in rice seedlings, J. Asiat. Soc. Bangladesh Sci. , vol.24 , no.1 , pp.151-154 , 1998 .
5	Shamsi, S : Colony interaction between Sarocladium oryzae and other fungi associated with sheath rot affected rice varieties, J. Asiatic. Soc. Bangladesh Sci. , vol.25 , no.2 , pp.369-371 , 1999 .
6	Khan, A.Z.M. Nowsher A., S. Shamsi and R. Akhter : Hyphomycetes from Bangladesh II, Bangladesh J. Bot. , vol.32 , no.1 , pp.47-48 , 2003 .
7	Shamsi, S. and A. Yasmin : Curvularia harveyi Shipton: A new hyphomycetes record for Bangladesh, Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. , vol.14 , no.1 , pp.67-69 , 2007 .
8	Shamsi, S. and R. Sultana : Trichothecium roseum Link- A new record of hyphomycetous fungus for Bangladesh, Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxon. , vol.15 , no.1 , pp.77-80 , 2008 .
9	Shamsi, S. and Razia Sultana : Gibberella zeae (Schw.) Petch – A new record of ascomyceteous fungus for Bangladesh, Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon , vol.15 , no.2 , pp.163-165 , 2008 .
10	Shamsi, S. and Z. Yasmin : Bipolaris australiensis (M.B. Ellis) Tsuda & Ueyama – a new dematiaceous hyphomycetes record for Bangladesh, B.angladesh J. Plant Taxon. , vol.16 , no.1 , pp.91-93 , 2009 .
11	Shamsi, S. and R. Sultana : New records of two hyphomycetous fungi Monodictys putredinis (Wallr) Hughes and Stachybotrys atra corda for Bangladesh, Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon , vol.17 , no.1 , pp.101-103 , 2010 .
12	Lutfunnessa, R.J.F. and S. Shamsi : Fungal diseases of cotton plant- (Gossypium hirsutum L.) in Bangladesh, Dhaka Univ. J. Biol. Sci. , vol.20 , no.2 , pp.139-146 , 2011 .
13	Haque, J. and S. Shamsi : Study of fungi associated with some selected vegetables of Dhaka city, Bangladesh J. Sci. Res. , vol.24 , no.2 , pp.181-184 , 2011 .
14	Bashar, M. A., S. Shamsi and M. Hossain : Fungi associated with rotten fruits in Dhaka Metropolis, Bangladesh J. Bot. , vol.41 , no.1 , pp.115-117 , 2012 .
15	Shamsi, S. and R. Sultana : New records of two species of Corynespora on sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) from Bangladesh, Bangladesh Journal of Plant Pathol. , vol.27 , no.1&2 , pp.75-76 , 2012 .
16	Yasmin, F. and S. Shamsi. : Phylloplane mycoflora of Gerbera spp. and their pathogenic potentiality, Journal of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences , vol.37 , no.2 , pp.211-17 , 2013 .
17	Shafa, S., S. Shamsi and M.A. Bashar : Indoor fungi on damp walls of buildings and their management, Dhaka Univ. J. Biol. Sci. , vol.23 , no.1 , pp.9-16 , 2014 .
18	Shamsi, S., M.A. Bashar and A. Aziz : Fungi on indoor walls and their management by fungicides, Bangladesh J. Bot. , vol.43 , no.2 , pp.239-242 , 2014 .
19	Chowdhury P., MA Bashar and S Shamsi : In vitro evaluation of fungicides and plant extracts against pathogenic fungi of two rice varieties, Bangladesh J. Bot. , vol.44 , no.2 , pp.251-259 , 2015 .
20	Shamsi, S. and N. Naher : Disease severity and mycoflora associated with anthracnose on leaves of five angiosperms, Bangladesh J. Sci. and Res. , vol.28 , no.2 , pp.103-111 , 2015 .
21	Aktar, M. and S. Shamsi : Repot on blight of Tagetes spp., caused by Curvularia lunata (Wakker) Boedijn., Bangladesh J. Bot. , vol.45 , no.1 , pp.167-173 , 2016 .
22	Yasmin, Z. and S. Shamsi : Report on endophytic fungi associated with Rouolfia serpentina (L.) Benth ex Kurz - a herbal medicinal plant, Bioresearch Communications , vol.2 , no.1 , pp.279-282 , 2016 .
23	Shamsi, S. and S. Hosen : Report on Mycoflora associated with infected stems and capsules of Nigella sativa L. (Black Cumin), Bioresearch Communications , vol.3 , no.1 , pp.298-301 , 2017 .
24	Al-Ameen M., S. Shamsi and M. A.. Bashar. : Mycoflora associated with infected fruits of different varieties of Musa sapientum L. and their pathogenic potentiality, Dhaka Univ. J. Biol. Sci. , vol.26 , no.1 , pp.101-110 , 2017 .
25	Aktar, M and S. Shamsi : Incidence and Severity of Blight Disease of Tagetes erecta and T. patula, Bioresearch Communications , vol.4 , no.1 , pp.464-469 , 2018 .
26	Naher N., S. Shamsi, M. R. Ali and M.A. Bashar : Variation in cultural characteristics, mycelia compatibility and pathogenic potentiality among the isolates of Sclerotinia Sclerotioum (Lib.) De Bary the causal agents of stem rot of mustard, Bangladesh J. Bot. , vol.46 , no.4 , pp.1347-1355 , 2018 .
27	Aktar, M. and S. Shamsi : Mycoflora associated with seeds of Tagetes species., Plant Environment Development , vol.8 , no.1 , pp.21-24 , 2019 .
28	Nahar, M.N. and S. Shamsi : In vitro screening of fungicides and plant extracts against six pathogenic fungi isolated from cotton (Gossypium arborium L.) seed, Bangladesh J. Bot. , vol.49 , no.2 , pp.197-204 , 2020 .
29	Yasmin, Z and S. Shamsi : Mycoflora associated with symptomatic leaves of Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurze. in Bangladesh, Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. , vol.27 , no.2 , pp.129-136 , 2020 .
30	Kaium, A. A. and S. Shamsi : Lichen flora of National Botanical Garden, Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. , vol.27 , no.2 , pp.447-451 , 2020 .
31	Al Noman, M. A. and S. Shamsi : An improved and effective protocol for monoconidial isolation of Pyricularia oryzae, Journal of Plant Pathology. Società Italiana di Patologia Vegetale. , pp.1-4. , 2021 .
32	Aktar, M. and S. Shamsi : Mycoflora associated with infected plant parts of Tagetes erecta L. and Tagetes patula L., Bangladesh J. Bot. , vol.50 , no.1 , pp.131-140 , 2021 .

Award Type	Title	Year	Country	Description
International	Lifetime Achievement Award ( VDGOOD 11th International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science and Medicine KISA 2020	2020	India	• Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award ( VDGOOD 11th International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science and Medicine KISA 2020 (17
National	BARC In-Country Scholarship (PL 480) in the field of Crop Botany	1990	Bangladesh	Awarded BARC In-Country Scholarship (PL 480) in the field of Crop Botany during the period of Ph.D. studies from December 1990 to November 1994.
National	NST fellowship	1981	Bangladesh	NST fellowshp awarded by the Government of the Peoples's Republic of Bangladesh during the period 31st October 1981 to 31st December 1983.
National	Awarded Dhaka University Undergraguate Scholarship	1979	Bangladesh	Awarded Dhaka University Undergraduate Scholarship during the tanure of 01 July 1979 30 June 1980.
National	Dhaka University Undergraduate Scholarship	1975	Bangladesh	Awarded Dhaka University Undergraduate Scholarship during the period of 1st July 1975-30 June 1978.

Name & designation Dr. Shamim Shamsi Honorary Professor

Department Department of Botany Faculty of Biological Sciences

Email prof.shamsi@gmail.com

Phone 880-2-9887890