Mirza Hasanuzzaman

Dr. Mirza Hasanuzzaman (1978 -) was born in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh. He is a Professor of Agronomy at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He received his PhD on ‘Plant Stress Physiology and Antioxidant Metabolism’ from the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University, Japan with a Japanese Government (MEXT) scholarship. Later, he completed his postdoctoral research at the Center of Molecular Biosciences (COMB), University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan on a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) postdoctoral fellowship. Subsequently, he served as an Adjunct Senior Researcher at the University of Tasmania on an Endeavour Research Fellowship from the Australian Government. Prof. Hasanuzzaman has been engaged in research in the field of Crop Science, especially focusing on Environmental Stress Physiology, since 2004. He has published over 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals and books, edited 20 books and written 45 book chapters on various aspects of plant physiology, plant stress responses, and environmental problems in relation to plant species. Dr. Hasanuzzaman is named as the Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate AG. He is an Editor or Reviewer for more than 100 peer-reviewed international journals and received the Publons Global Peer Review Award in 2017, 2018, and 2019. He has been honored for his outstanding performance in different fields of research and education by various authorities and received e.g. the World Academy of Science (TWAS) Young Scientist Award in 2014, UGC Gold Medal 2018 and GNOBB Award 2021.