Mirza Hasanuzzaman
Mirza Hasanuzzaman 
(born September 10, 1978) is a Bangladeshi Professor and Researcherof Agronomy at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Prof. Hasanuzzaman’s current research foci include the crop responses to climate change and physiological and molecular mechanisms of environmental stress tolerance (salinity, drought, flood, and heavy metals/metalloids). Dr. Hasanuzzaman started his scientific career as a Lecturer in the Department of Agronomy, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University in June 2006. He was promoted to the position of Professor in June 2017. Over the years of research, he established himself as a leading researcher in the field of plant physiology. Prof. Hasanuzzaman published over 250 articles in the high-profile international peer-reviewed journals. He edited 38 books and written 82 book chapters on important aspects of plant physiology, plant stress tolerance, and crop production. He received the World Academy of Science (TWAS) Young Scientist Award 2014, University Grants Commission (UGC) Gold Medal 2018, Global Network of Bangladeshi Biotechnologists (GNOBB) Award 2021, Society for Plant Research Young Scientist Award (Agriculture)-2023, and Distinguished Scientists Award (2020) from AETDS, India. He is a fellow of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (BAS), Royal Society of Biology, International Society of Environmental Botanists, and a Foreign fellow of The Society for Science of Climate Change and Sustainable Environment. He is the only Bangladeshi-affiliated author named a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate AG
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Biography
Mirza Hasanuzzaman (Ph.D.) is a Professor of Agronomy at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He completed his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Hons.) from Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, where he achieved First Class, received a Gold Medal for being first in his class, and earned a Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Award. He also completed a Master of Science in Agronomy from the same university, where he was once again at top of his class with a CGPA 4.0. In 2012, he received his Ph.D. with a dissertation on ‘Plant Stress Physiology and Antioxidant Metabolism’ from the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University, Japan with a Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship. Later, he completed his postdoctoral research in the Center of Molecular Biosciences (COMB), University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan with a ‘Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)’ postdoctoral fellowship. Subsequently, he became an Adjunct Senior Researcher at the University of Tasmania with an Australian Government’s Endeavour Research Fellowship. Prof. Hasanuzzaman has over 250 Scopus-indexed publications and among them 200 in the Web of Science (Web of Science ResearcherID: A-1665-2010). He has edited over 20 books and written over 30 book chapters on important aspects of plant physiology, plant stress responses, and environmental problems in relation to plant species. His publications are cited over 15000 times as per Scopus with an h-index of 64 (as of March 2023). He is an Editor and a reviewer for more than 50 peer-reviewed international journals and the recipient of ‘Publons Peer Review Award 2017, 2018, and 2019’. He is acting Associate Editor of Plant Signaling & Behavior (Taylor and Francis), Frontiers in Plant Science (Switzerland), Phyton (Tech Science Press, USA) and Stresses (MDPI, Switzerland); Academic Editor of PeerJ (USA), Plants (MDPI), Vegetos (Springer); and Member of the Editorial Board of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry (Elsevier), Scientific Reports (Nature), Annals of Agricultural Sciences (Elsevier), Communicative and Integrative Biology (Taylor & Francis) and so on. He is an active member of 40 professional societies and is the acting Treasurer of the Bangladesh JSPS Alumni Association. He received the World Academy of Science (TWAS) Young Scientist Award 2014, University Grants Commission (UGC) Gold Medal 2018, Global Network of Bangladeshi Biotechnologists (GNOBB) Award 2021, Society for Plant Research Young Scientist Award (Agriculture)-2023, and Distinguished Scientists Award (2020) from AETDS, India. He is a fellow of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (BAS), Royal Society of Biology, International Society of Environmental Botanists, and a Foreign fellow of The Society for Science of Climate Change and Sustainable Environment. He is the only Bangladeshi-affiliated author named a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate AG.
Early life
Mirza hasanuzzaman was born in 1978 in Barikhala village of Nabinagar Upazilla of the districts of Brahmanbaria. His father, Mizanur Rahman, was a Government Employee and mother, Halima Khatun was a house wife. His parents were not very highly educated but they had a passion and the determination for their son. I didn’t really have a vision for himself as no one in his village was so successful in academia. He completed his elementary education in different parts of Bangladesh as his father was being posted frequently. I finished my secondary education from a High school situated in rural area. After completing the secondary education he came to Dhaka for Higher Secondary Education. Subsequently, he got his admission at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka and passed the most memorable parts of his life. He completed his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Hons.) from Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, where he achieved First Class, received a Gold Medal for being first in his class, and earned a Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Award. He also completed a Master of Science in Agronomy from the same university, where he was once again at top of his class with a CGPA 4.0.He joined as a Lecturer in the Department of Agronomy, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University in June 2006. He was promoted to the position of Professor in June 2017. In 2012, he received his Ph.D. with a dissertation on ‘Plant Stress Physiology and Antioxidant Metabolism’ from the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University, Japan with a Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship. Later, he completed his postdoctoral research in the Center of Molecular Biosciences (COMB), University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan with a ‘Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)’ postdoctoral fellowship. Subsequently, he became an Adjunct Senior Researcher at the University of Tasmania with an Australian Government’s Endeavour Research Fellowship.
Marriage and children
Mirza Hasanuzzaman married Kamrun Nahar in 20065. She is also a Professor in the Department of Agricultural Botany at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University. Kamrun Nahar did her Masters Ph.D. in plant physiology at Kagawa and Ehime University in 213 and 2016, respectively. They have two sons - Mirza Arian Zaman and Mirza Ahyan Zaman who were born in 2010 and 2018, respectively.
Published work
Prof. Hasanuzzaman published over 250 articles in the high-profile international peer-reviewed journals. He edited 38 books and written 82 book chapters on important aspects of plant physiology, plant stress tolerance, and crop production. These books have been published by world-renowned publishers such as Springer, Elsevier, CRC Press, and Wiley. According to Google Scholar, Prof. Hasanuzzaman’s publications have already received over 23,000 citations with an h-index of 78 and an i10-index of 235. As per Elsevier’s Scopus database (2020), he is among the top 2% of scientists in the world based on the citation (https://doi.org/10.17632/btchxktzyw.4). His laboratory publishes at least 20 articles every year in internationally reputed journals.
ORCID (ID No. 0000-0002-0461-8743): http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0461-8743
Web of Science: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/A-1665-2010
Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57209710876
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=mSxEtooAAAAJ&hl=en
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0461-8743
Award and prizes
- Society for Plant Research Young Scientist Award (Agriculture)-2023 for outstanding contribution to the field of agriculture.
- Highly Cited Researcher 2022 by Clarivate AG
- 2022 Best Paper Award by the journal, Antioxidants, published by MDPI, Basel, Switzerland
- JASSO Follow-up Research Fellowship 2021 by Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO), Japan.
- Elected Fellow (2021) of International Society of Environmental Botanists (ISEB), Lucknow, India (From 2021)
- Elected Fellow of Royal Society of Biology (2021)
- Global Network of Bangladeshi Biotechnologists (GNOBB) Award 2021 for scientific achievements (Outstanding Bangladeshi Scientist- Early to mid- career category).
- Highly Cited Researcher 2021 by Clarivate AG
- Foreign Fellow Award (2020) from The Society for Science of Climate Change and Sustainable Environment, New Delhi, India.
- Distinguished Scientist Award-2020 by Agricultural & Environmental Technology Society (AETDS), India.
- Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) BRIDGE Fellowship for advanced research at the laboratory of Plant Stress Responses, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Japan. (2019)
- UGC Gold Medal Award (2018) from the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh for outstanding research in the field of agriculture and forestry.
- Elected Fellow of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (BAS), Dhaka, Bangladesh (2018).
- Endeavour Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Research at the University of Tasmania, Australia in 2017.
- Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship for Postdoctoral Research at Center of Molecular Biosciences in Tropical Biosphere Research Centre, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan. (2017)
- The World Academy of Science (TWAS) Young Scientist Award 2014 in Biological Science Group for outstanding contribution to scientific research and publications.
- Gold Medal Award (Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Award) for Outstanding Results and securing the first position at the undergraduate level. (2015)
- Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship for the Special Program for International Students in the Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture and Related Sciences (Three Year Doctoral Course) 2009/2012 in The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences-Ehime University, Japan. (2009)
- Performance Award of First Position in the Foundation Training for University Teachers. Organized by – Graduate Training Institute, Bangladesh Agricultural University; Supported by Bangladesh University Grants Commission. (2008)
Selected work
- Hasanuzzaman, M.*, Raihan, M.R.H., Nowroz, F. and Fujita, M. (2022) Insight into the mechanism of salt-induced oxidative stress tolerance in soybean by the application of Bacillus subtilis: Coordinated actions of osmoregulation, ion homeostasis, antioxidant defense, and methylglyoxal detoxification. Antioxidants. 11(10):1856. doi:10.3390/antiox11101856 [Impact factor: 7.675]
- Saha, I., Hasanuzzaman, M.* and Adak, M.K. (2021) Abscisic acid priming regulates arsenite toxicity in two contrasting rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes through differential functioning of sub1A quantitative trait loci. Environmental Pollution. 287: 117586. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117586 [Impact factor: 9.988]
- Hasanuzzaman, M.*, Raihan, M.R.H., Khojah, E., Samra, B.N., Fujita, M. and Nahar, K. (2021) Biochar and chitosan regulate antioxidant defense and methylglyoxal detoxification systems and enhance salt tolerance in jute (Corchorus olitorius L.). Antioxidants. 10:2017. doi:10.3390/antiox10122017 [Impact factor: 7.675]
- Hasanuzzaman, M.*, Inafuku, M., Nahar, K., Fujita, M. and Oku, H. (2021) Nitric oxide regulates plant growth, physiology, antioxidant defense, and ion homeostasis to confer salt tolerance in the mangrove species, Kandelia obovata. Antioxidants. 10(4), 611. doi:10.3390/antiox10040611. [Impact factor: 7.675]
- Hasanuzzaman, M.*, Bhuyan, M.H.M.B., Raza, A., Hawrylak-Nowak, B., Matraszek-Gawron, R., Mahmud, J.A., Nahar, K. and Fujita, M. (2020) Selenium in Plants: Boon or Bane? Environmental and Experimental Botany. 178: 104170. doi:10.1016/j.envexpbot.2020.104170. [Impact factor: 6.028]
- Hasanuzzaman, M.*, Nahar, K., Alam, M.M., Bhuyan, M.H.M.B., Oku, H. and Fujita, M. (2018) Exogenous nitric oxide pretreatment protects Brassica napus L. seedlings from paraquat toxicity through the modulation of antioxidant defense and glyoxalase systems. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 126:173-186. doi: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2018.02.021. [Impact factor: 5.437]
- Hasanuzzaman, M.*, Nahar, K., Anee, T.I. and Fujita, M. (2017) Exogenous silicon attenuates cadmium-induced oxidative stress in Brassica napus L. by modulating AsA-GSH pathway and glyoxalase system. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8:1061. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01061. [Impact factor: 6.627]
- Hasanuzzaman, M.*, Nahar, K., Gill, S.S., Alharby, H.F., Razafindrabe, B.H.N. and Fujita, M. (2017) Hydrogen peroxide pretreatment mitigates cadmium-induced oxidative stress in Brassica napus L.: An intrinsic study on antioxidant defense and glyoxalase systems. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8:115. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00115 [Impact factor: 6.627]
- Nahar, K., Hasanuzzaman, M.*, Alam, M.M., Rahman, A., Suzuki, T. and Fujita, M. (2016) Polyamine and nitric oxide crosstalk: Antagonistic effects on cadmium toxicity in mung bean plants through upregulating the metal detoxification, antioxidant defense, and methylglyoxal detoxification systems. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 126:245-255. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.12.026. [Impact factor: 7.129]
- Hasanuzzaman, M., Hossain, M. A. and Fujita, M. (2012) Exogenous selenium pretreatment protects rapeseed seedlings from cadmium-induced oxidative stress by upregulating the antioxidant defense and methylglyoxal detoxification systems. Biological Trace Element Research. 149(2): 248-261. DOI: 10.1007/s12011-012-9419-4 [Impact factor: 4.081]
