Director
Dr. Md Abdul Malek is a Professor of Microbiology at University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He graduated from the University of Dhaka with BSc Hons (Soil
Science) in 1980 and MSc (Microbiology) in 1981, and joined in Department of Microbiology of the same University as a Lecturer 1987. Before joining the
teaching post, he also served as Microbiologist in Quality Control Division at Fisons (Bangladesh) Ltd and Food Division at Bangladesh Freedom Fighters'
Welfare Trust. He was awaded PhD degree in Bioscience and Biotechnology from the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, UK) in 1995 under the Commonwealth
Scholarship programme. He returned to the Microbiology Department of Dhaka University for teaching as Assistant Professor followed by Associated Professor
and Professor (since 2003). During that time, Dr. Malek served as Chairman of the Department of Microbiology, Chairman of the Department of Clinical
Psychology, Dean of the Faculty of Biological Sciences, Provost of Shahidullah Hall & Amar Ekushey Hall, Member of Senate, Member of Academic Council and
Members of Governing Bodies of several medical colleges affiliated with the University of Dhaka. He served Bangladesh Food Safety Authority, Government
of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, as founder Member (Public Health and Nutrition), and he also chaired Selection Committee for scholarships and
fellowships of Ministry of Science & Technology. Dr. Malek supervised more than sixty thesis works related to microbiological hazards in foods, foodborne
microbial disease, food spoilage, microbial biotechnology, environmental microbiology, public health, industrial microbiology, management of
microbiological safety and quality of food at the MSc, MPhil and PhD levels, and several important papers have been published in reputed national and
international research journals from his works. He also served the Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists as General Secretary and as President, Member
of Board of Editors of Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology, and reviewer of research papers of reputed journals. He has extensive experiences in
providing scientific advices on nutrition and food safety issues related to food policy, regulation and guidelines. He is Life Member of different
scientific and social communities. Dr. Malek joined the Centre for Advanced Research in Sciences, University of Dhaka, as Director on 23 October 2019.
ContactProf. Dr. Md. Abdul MalekDirector Centre for Advanced Research in Sciences (CARS) University of Dhaka. Email: cars@du.ac.bd, malek.1959@yahoo.com Phone: 9661920-73/7732 |
The list of the CARS directors.
Sl. | Name | Photo | Duration |
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1. | Prof. Dr. AKM Sirajul Islam Khan | ![]() |
01-02-2004 to 02-11-2004 |
2. | Prof. Amir Hossain Khan | ![]() |
02-11-2004 to 08-11-2006 |
3. | Prof. Syed Saleheen Qadri | ![]() |
09-11-2006 to 15-05-2009 |
4. | Prof. Dr. M. Muhibur Rahman | ![]() |
16-05-2009 to 02-10-2010 |
5. | Dr. Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana (Acting) | ![]() |
03-10-2010 to 19-01-2011 |
6. | Prof. Dr. Altaf Hussain | ![]() |
20-01-2011 to 29-06-2016 |
7. | Prof. Dr. Golam Mohammed Bhuiyan | ![]() |
03-08-2016 to 22-10-2019 |
8. | Prof. Dr. Md. Abdul Malek | ![]() |
23-10-2019 to Date |