State University of Bangladesh
Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman is a Bangladeshi academic and researcher specializing in bioinformatics, computational biology, and drug discovery, currently serving as Director at the Institute of Skill Development and Continuing Education, State University of Bangladesh, where he teaches bioinformatics in the undergraduate CSE program and the MS in Data Sciences program. Born on April 1, 1979, in Jhenaidah, Bangladesh, he built his academic foundation with a BSc in Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering from Khulna University (2005), followed by a Master of Science in Biotechnology from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala (2010), a Postgraduate Diploma in Computational Biology & Bioinformatics from the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm (2011), and a Master of Public Health from Walden University, USA (2018). He is currently pursuing a PhD in Drug Discovery and Design at the University of Dhaka. His career spans both academia and applied research across multiple countries. Early in his career, he worked as a Research Associate at the Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute and later in R&D at Mag's Eco Earth Ltd. He then spent several years in Sweden and Germany, holding research associate positions at Uppsala University, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, and the University of Bonn, focusing on plant biology, molecular biology, and medical biochemistry. Returning to Bangladesh, he progressed through academic leadership roles including Assistant Professor and Head, then Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Food Engineering at North Pacific International University, Assistant Professor at Daffodil International University, and Associate Professor at the Department of Medical Biotechnology, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences. He also served as Executive Director of the Health and Nutrition Organization (HNO) from 2022 to 2025. Mr. Rahman's research interests center on computational biology and bioinformatics, drug development, bioinformatics applications for cancer and non-communicable diseases, infection mechanisms in communicable diseases, public health bioinformatics, and functional food development. He has authored numerous journal articles, conference papers, and training manual chapters—particularly on COVID-19 epidemiology, molecular docking, and phytochemical drug design—and has supervised 37 BS dissertations and 12 MS theses. He is active in several professional bodies, including as former Chairperson of the Sweden Alumni Network Bangladesh, and holds memberships in organizations such as the Public Health Association of Bangladesh and the European Federation of Biotechnology. His current research funding includes projects on phytochemical-based drug design against the Angiotensin II Type I Receptor and health hazard analysis of GM-Brinjal.