Md. Sariful Islam is an Environmental Microbiologist and Biochemist specializing in food safety, molecular diagnostics, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and One Health research. He currently works as a Research Assistant at the Food Safety & One Health Laboratory, icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh, where he contributes to the surveillance of pathogenic microorganisms and AMR to support public health interventions. He earned both his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Jahangirnagar University. His master’s research focused on the genomic characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated from human, environmental, and food sources. Sariful has extensive laboratory experience, including molecular diagnostics, multiplex and real-time PCR, antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST), plasmid profiling, microbiological techniques, and bioinformatics analysis. He has performed thousands of diagnostic assays and possesses strong analytical skills using SPSS, R programming, and STATA. As a recipient of the prestigious National Science and Technology (NST) Fellowship and a peer reviewer for international scientific journals, he combines advanced laboratory expertise with data-driven approaches to address global challenges related to AMR, foodborne pathogens, and environmental health. He welcomes multidisciplinary collaborations in AMR surveillance, pathogen genomics, food safety, and One Health research.
icddr,b
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Laboratory of Food Safety and One Health