
Md. Baki Billah Professor, Department of Zoology
PROFILE
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Md. Baki Billah is a Professor in the Department of Zoology. He has more than 11 year’s research experience on different aspects of environmental issues. He uses both genomics and physiological techniques to characterize the cellular responses of fish early life stages to abiotic, biotic, and anthropogenic (e.g., sediment extracts, microplastics, wastewater, endocrine disrupting compounds, pesticides) stressors relevant to aquatic ecosystems. He is now working on antibiotic resistence and microbiome profiling in common food fishes of Bangladesh. He has published several research articles in peer-reviewed national and international journals.
RESEARCH INTEREST
Metagenomics, Antimicrobial resistance , Ecotoxicology, Molecular Biology
All Publications
Sarkar, S., Islam, M.J., Mia, M.R. et al., First record of three species of leucosiid crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura: Leucosiidae) Arcania heptacantha (De Man, 1907), Arcania septemspinosa (Fabricius, 1787) and Ixa cylindrus (Fabricius, 1777) from Bangladesh., Discov Oceans 1, 20 (2024)., 1, 20, 2025. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s44289-024-00022-9Habib K.A., S. Akter, M.J. Islam, S. Sarker, P.S. Brishti, M.B. Billah and M.A. Hannan., Genetic diversity, population structure and demographic history of orange mud crab Scylla Olivacea from the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh and adjacent seas in the Northern Indian Ocean based on mitochondrial COI Gene Sequences., Journal of Science and Technology Research, 4, pp.101-118, 2023.
JOURNAL PAPER
Ziyi Lin a,b , Zijie Li a , Shuqin Ji a , Hoi Shing Lo c , Baki Billah d , Ayesha Sharmin e , Wing-yee Lui f , William Ka Fai Tse g , James Kar-Hei Fang h,i , Keng Po Lai j,* , Lei Li, Microplastics from face mask impairs sperm motility, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 203, pp.116422, 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.1164221. Lin, Z., Li, Z., Ji, S., Lo, H. S., Billah, B., Sharmin, A., ... & Li, L. (2024)., Size-dependent Deleterious Effects of Nano-and Microplastics on Sperm Motility, Toxicology, Volume 506, August 2024,, pp.153834, 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tox.2024.153834
1. Aura Rahman, Sumaiya Akter, Abdus Sadique, Jahidul Alam, Shoheli Asrafie, Anika Tabassum, Sakib Abrar Hossain, Mohammad Moshiur Rahman, Md. Baki Billah, Tahrima Saiha Huq, Kabir M. Uddin, Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Ayesha Sharmin, Md. Mainul Hossain, Sayad M, Whole genome sequence of denitrifying bacterium Stutzerimonas stutzeri strain NGHE31, collected from an eutrophic wetland in Sunamganj, Microbiology Resource Announcements, 2024.
1. Ziyi Lin, Zijie Li, Shuqin Ji, Baki Billah, Ayesha Sharmin, Wing-yee Lui, William Ka Fai Tse, Hoi Shing Lo, Xuejun Shang, James Kar-Hei Fang, Keng Po Lai, Lei Li. 2023., Differential reproductive impairment on sperm motility caused by different sizes of mask microplastics, Environment International, 2023.
Billah, M. B., Sarkar, S., Nesha, M., Haque, M. I. M., Nahar, L., Amrita, N. H., ... & Rabbane, M. G. (2022). ., Assessment of the embryotoxic potential of contaminated sediments using fish embryotoxicity tests for the river Buriganga, Dhaka, Bangladesh, International Journal of Aquatic Biology,, 10(4), 321-335., 2022.
Habib, K. A., Akter, S., Islam, M. J., Sarkar, S., Brishti, P. S. ., Billah, M. B., & Hannan, M. A., Genetic Diversity, Population Structure and Demographic History of Orange Mud Crab Scylla Olivacea from the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh and Adjacent Seas in the Northern Indian Ocean Based on Mitochondrial COI Gene Sequences. Journal of Science and Technology Research, 4(1), 101–118., 2023.
2021. KS Sultana , PS Brishti , S Ahmed , MB Billah and KA Habib. 2021., MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF SEVERAL NEOGASTROPOD SPECIES (MOLLUSCA: GASTROPODA) FROM COASTAL WATERS OF BANGLADESH WITH ONE NEW RECORD. 2021. Journal of Bioscience (Accepted),
2021. Parsha Shanjana Brishti, Kazi Sonia Sultana, Md. Jayedul Islam, Shilpi Sarkar, Md. Baki Billah, Kazi Ahsan Habib, 2021., Two new records of bivalve (Mollusca) from Sonadia Island, Bangladesh, Journal of Fisheries (Accepted),
2021. Nadim Sharif, Mithun Kumar Sarkar, Rabeya Nahar Ferdous, Shamsun Nahar Ahmed, Md. Baki Billah, Ali Azam Talukder1, Ming Zhang4 and Shuvra Kanti Dey1, Molecular Epidemiology, Evolution and Reemergence of Chikungunya Virus in South Asia, Front. Microbiol, doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.689979
2021. Shuvra Kanti Dey, Nadim Sharif, Baki Billah, Tanjir Tarek Ibn Siddique, Tarequl Islam, Anowar Khasru Parvez, Ali Azam Talukder, Tung Phan, Hiroshi Ushijima, Molecular epidemiology and genetic diversity of norovirus infection in children with acute gastroenteritis in Bangladesh, 2014–2019, Journal of Medical virology,
2019. Modhusudon Shaha , Sadia Farzana Sifat, Md. Al Mamun, Md. Baki Billah, Nadim Sharif, Nasir Uddin Nobel, Anowar Khasru Parvez, Ali Azam Talukder, Akiko Nomura, Hiroshi Ushijima, Shuvra Kanti Dey, Comparative evaluation of sensitivity and specificity of immunochromatography kit for the rapid detection of norovirus and rotavirus in Bangladesh[version 2; peer review: 3 approved with reservations], F1000 Research, doi: https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.17362.1
2019. Md. Al Mamun, Md. Baki Billah, Nadim Sharif, Nasir Uddin Nobel, Anowar Khasru Parveg, Ali Azam Talukder, Akiko Nomura, Hiroshi Ushijima, Shuvra Kanti Dey. 2019., Microbiological assessment of food borne pathogens in poultry meat at different supershops in Dhaka, Bangladesh., Italian Journal of Food Safety, Vol. 8:6720., doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4081%2Fijfs.2019.6720
2014. P.Y. Leung, H.T. Wan, M.B. Billah, J.J. Cao, K.F. Ho, Chris K.C. Wong. 2014., Chemical and biological characterization of air particulate matter 2.5, collected from five cities in China., Environmental Pollution, 194, 188-195., doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2014.07.032
2017. Lai, K. P., Li, J. W., Cheung, A., Li, R., Billah, M. B., Chan, T. F., & Wong, C. K. C. 2017., Transcriptome sequencing reveals prenatal PFOS exposure on liver disorders., Environmental Pollution, 223, 416-425., doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.01.041
2018. Parsha Shanjana Brishti, Md. Khairul Islam, Shilpi Sarkar, Fariha Taskin, Sunny Akter, Md. Abdus Salam Lutfun Nahar and Md. Baki Billah. 2018., Environmental contamination of heavy metals in fish and water samples of Shitalakkhya River, Dhaka, Bangladesh,, The International Journal of Science & Technoledge Vol-6, Issue 12.,
2019. Akter, S., Fardous, Z., Aktar, J., Rahman, M. A., Chowdhury, M. A. Z., Sarkar, S., & Billah, M. B. (2019)., Environmental contamination of heavy metals in some dried fish of coastal regions of Bangladesh., Bangladesh Journal of Zoology, 47(2), 293-304., doi: https://doi.org/10.3329/bjz.v47i2.44340
2019. Shaha, M., Sifat, S. F., Al Mamun, M., Billah, M. B., Sharif, N., Nobel, N. U., & Dey, S. K. 2019., Comparative evaluation of sensitivity and specificity of immunochromatography kit for the rapid detection of norovirus and rotavirus in Bangladesh. ., F1000Research, 8, doi: https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.17362.2
2020. Sharif, N., Nobel, N. U., Sakib, N., Liza, S. M., Khan, S. T., Billah, B., ... & Dey, S. K. (2020)., Molecular and Epidemiologic Analysis of Diarrheal Pathogens in Children With Acute Gastroenteritis in Bangladesh During 2014–2019., The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 39(7), 580-585., doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000002637
2020. Sarkar, S., Dey, S. K., Nipu, M. A. I., Brishti, P. S., & Billah, M. B. (2020)., Microbiological assessment of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus collected from different super shops and local market in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Journal of Fisheries, 8(2), 784-791, Journal of Fisheries, 8(2), 784-791,
2021. Dey, S. K., Sharif, N., Billah, B., Siddique, T. T. I., Islam, T., Parvez, A. K., ... & Ushijima, H. 2020, Molecular epidemiology and genetic diversity of norovirus infection in children with acute gastroenteritis in Bangladesh, 2014‐2019. Journal of Medical Virology., Journal of Medical Virology, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.26772
2020. Sharmin, A., Hai, M. A., Hossain, M. M., Rahman, M. M., Billah, M. B., Islam, S., ... & Smith, G. C. (2020)., Reducing excess phosphorus in agricultural runoff with low-cost, locally available materials to prevent toxic eutrophication in hoar areas of Bangladesh., Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 10, 100348., doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2020.100348
2020. Billah, M. B., Haque, M. E., Sarkar, S., Hossain, M. M., & Dey, S. K. (2020)., Growth Performance, Hematological Disorder and Bacterial Challenge on Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis Niloticus) Using Moringa Oleifera Plant Leaf as Feed Supplement., Bangladesh Journal of Zoology, 48(1), 151-166., doi: https://doi.org/10.3329/bjz.v48i1.47884
2020. Shilpi Sarker, Parsha Shanjana Brishti, Sumaiya Ahmed, Md. Baki Billah, Kazi Ahsan Habib. 2020, New record of five crabs of the family Portunidae from Bangladesh through morphology and DNA barcoding, Russian Journal of Marine Biology (Submitted),
2020. Shilpi Sarker, Parsha Shanjana Brishti, Sumaiya Ahmed, Md. Baki Billah, Kazi Ahsan Habib. 2020., First record of two leucosiid crabs Arcania heptacantha De Man, 1907 and Ixa cylindrus Fabricius, 1777 (Brachyura: Leucosiidae) from Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh, Journal of Threatened Taxa (Submitted), 2020.
2020. Md. Baki Billah and Chris KC Wong, Bioassay of fine particulate matter in environmental samples collected from five cities of China. 2020, Bangladesh J. Zoology (On progress)., 2020.
Teaching
Course Code | Course Title | Semester/Year |
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412 | Zoology Practical IV | |
403 | Fish Biology, physiology and Nutrition | |
606 | Oceanology and Mariculture |
Academic Info
Period: 2015
PhD
Period: 2003
B.Sc (Hons.)
Period: 2004
M.Sc
Experience
Position: Visiting Scientist
Period: January 2023-March 2023
Position: Professor
Period: 2021-till dated
Activity
Position: Assistant Professor
Conference presentations:
- Md. Baki Billah, Mohammad Emdad Hossain, and Shuvra Kanti Dey. Prevalence of plastic particles in fish from the coastal regions of Bangladesh: 2018. A baseline study toward sustainable blue economy, SETAC-Asia Pacific conference, Exo Daegu, South Korea, September, 16-19.
- Billah, M. B. Wong CKC. 2014. Chemical and biological characterization of air particulate matter 2.5 collected from five cities in China, 6th SETAC-Asia Pacific Conference, Adelaide Australia, September, 14-18, 2014.
Member of societies/ organizations
· SETAC/Asia- Pacific journal (life member)
· Zoological Society of Bangladesh (life member)
· Bangladesh Fisheries Research Forum (Life member)
Awards
1. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry – Asia-Pacific (SETAC) student travel award, Adelaide, Australia, 2014.
2. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry – Asia-Pacific (SETAC) travel award, Exo Daegu, South Korea, 2018
Contact
Md. Baki Billah
Professor
Department of Zoology
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Cell Phone: 01756499600, 01988953134
Work Phone: +88-02-7791045-51, Ext. 1329
Email: bakibillah29@juniv.edu
, bakibillah29@gmail.com, fishhatchery2017@gmail.com, bakibillah29@gmail.com