Zahid Parvez SUKHAN is a faculty member in the Department of Fisheries Science at Chonnam National University, South Korea. He earned his Ph.D. in molecular biology and fish endocrinology from Kyushu University, Japan, as a MEXT fellow under the Japanese government. He completed his undergraduate and master's degree in fisheries science and aquaculture from Bangladesh Agricultural University. His recent research work focuses on Genome editing in aquaculture. Previously, he has led research project on QTL analysis, marker-assisted selection breeding, and sperm cryopreservation in Pacific abalone; as well as molecular reproductive endocrinology studies on small yellow croaker and Japanese anchovy. He has authored over 40 scientific papers in various peer-reviewed journals. His teaching areas include fisheries science, reproductive physiology, breeding biology, and marine biology. His research interests encompass genome editing, molecular biology, genetics, gene cloning and expression, endocrinology and reproductive biology, sperm cryopreservation, QTL and molecular breeding. Membership: Japanese Society of Fisheries Science, Korean Society of Marine Life Science, Fisheries Association of Bangladesh