Md. Maniruzzaman Sikder was graduated from the Department of Botany, Jahangirnagar University with First Class First Position as well as MSc in Botany (Thesis Group-Plant Pathology) with First Class Second Position. He also obtained another MSc degree in Nematology with Great Distinction (Mugna Cum Laude) under VLIR-UOS scholarship. He received Best Student Award, 2015 from Ghent University, Belgium. Sikder joined as a Lecturer in the Department of Botany in 2010, promoted to Assistant Professor in 2013, and to Associate Professor in 2019. He worked on effect of spent mushroom compost and arrbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on onion and maize during Masters; later on he focused his research on interaction of Root-knot nematode-Meloidogyne graminicola and Oomycete-Pythium arrhenomanes on rice with emphasis to defense hormonal (Jasmonic acid, Salicylic acid, Ethylene and Auxin) signaling pathway in rice. He published 21 research articles in National and International recognized journal. At present, he has been doing PhD in Denmark. His PhD research topic is the Effect of root exudates on nematode populations and plant health. His research interest on morphological, morphometric and molecular characterization of plant parasitic nematodes, fungi, and bacteria.