Dr. Mamun Ahmed is a professor of the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka. He did his PhD in virology from Nihon University School of Medicine, Japan & Post-doctoral fellowship in translational & clinical virology at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. Dr Mamun worked as Research Associate Professor at Thomas E. Starzl Transplant Institute, Pittsburgh & University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA.

Dr. Mamun teaches general biochemistry courses, especially virology at undergraduate level and Molecular Diagnostics at master’s level. He has published about 53 research articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals. Dr Mamun has keen interest in translational research on molecular virology & viral molecular diagnostics. Main focus of his research is to develop molecular diagnostic tests and apply those in the field of clinical virology. Dr Mamun has over two decades of Clinical Experience & Expertise in developing & customizing new diagnostic procedure and taking those from research environment to the diagnostic laboratory. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic he has been in the frontline to tackle SARS-CoV-2 in Bangladesh.

Dr. Mamun Ahmed served as elected general secretary of Dhaka University Teachers' Association. He is also an elected member of Dhaka University Senate for three terms.