Dr. Md. Tanvir Rahman
ProfessorBangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh
Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Veterinary Sciences from Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh
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Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Veterinary Sciences from Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh
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Dr. Md. Tanvir Rahman is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Science at Bangladesh Agricultural University. He is also the DIRECTOR of the Professor Mohammad Hossain Central Laboratory (PMHCL) of Bangladesh Agricultural University.
He is also an Adjunct Visiting Professor of Xinxiang University, Henan, China. Dr. Rahman completed DVM from Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in 1993. Later he completed MSc and PhD from University of Guelph, Canada and University of Warwick, UK respectively and Postdoc from the Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany.
Earlier Dr. Rahman worked as the Senior Regional Vaccine Consultant for the Government of Bangladesh, PI for LPVRPC(Livestock and Poultry Vaccine Research and Production Centre), Bangladesh Agricultural University and Head, Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, BAU. Currently Prof. Rahman is an the General Secretary, Bangladesh Society for Veterinary Education and Research. In addition, Member, Technical expert committee for the development of AMR surveillance protocol, Department of Livestock Services, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. And also the member, Technical Committee on Biological Risk and Biosecurity, Bangladesh Food Safety Authority, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
His major expertise includes antibiotic resistance, molecular ecology, virulence and public health. So far he has published more than 95 papers in peer-reviewed National and International journals including Veterinary Microbiology, The ISME Journal, Microbial Drug Resistance, Journal of Bacteriology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology etc. As a research team leader Dr. Rahman has worked as supervisor and co-supervisor for 85 MS and PhD students. Dr. Rahman is also working as the member of the editorial board of several peer-reviewed journals including Bangladesh Veterinary Journal, Veterinary Infectious Diseases (Frontiers in Veterinary Science), Frontiers in Terrestrial Microbiology. Microbiological Research (Elsevier). Veterinary World etc.