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Department Of Microbiology

Noakhali Science and Technology University

Email: fahmida.kfs@nstu.edu.bd; fahmida.soni@gmail.com; khandokarfahmidasultana@gmail.com

Dr. Khandokar Fahmida Sultana

Dr. Khandokar Fahmida Sultana

Department of Microbiology

Noakhali Science and Technology University

Email: fahmida.kfs@nstu.edu.bd; fahmida.soni@gmail.com; khandokarfahmidasultana@gmail.com

Dr. Khandokar Fahmida Sultana is currently working as an Associate Professor pursuing both academic and research in the Department of Microbiology at the Noakhali Science and Technology University in Bangladesh. She completed her doctorate in Microbiology at the year of 2022. Her PhD thesis was focused on the genetic variability of circulating pathogenic Salmonella and the trend of antibiotic resistance in poultry. She has established a SYBR GREEN real-time based approach for identifying Salmonella from raw samples. She used the Multi-Locus Sequence Typing (MLST) approach to characterize the resistant Salmonella using seven housekeeping genes. Her study addressed three ST types of Salmonella, of which ST11 was the first to be reported from Bangladesh.

As an academic researcher, she is now conducting three consecutive projects as PI and co-PI’s. She works to learn more about the increasing antibiotic resistance among clinical and environmental microbes.   

Degree Name Group/Major Subject Institute Country Passing Year
  • Ph. D.
  • Masters
  • Bachelor
  • Microbiology
  • Microbiology
  • Microbiology
  • University of Dhaka
  • Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka
  • Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka
  • Bangladesh
  • Bangladesh
  • Bangladesh
  • 2022
  • 2013
  • 2012
Designation Duration Organization/ Institute
  • Associate Professor
  • Assistant Professor
  • PhD Fellow and Assistant Professor (On Leave)
  • Lecturer
  • January 28th, 2023 to present
  • March 2019 to January 27th, 2023
  • March 2015 to March 2019
  • November 2013 to November 2015
  • Department of Microbiology (Faculty of Science),NSTU; University Road, Noakhali-3814, Bangladesh.
  • Department of Microbiology (Faculty of Science),NSTU; University Road, Noakhali-3814, Bangladesh.
  • Department of Microbiology (Faculty of Science),NSTU; University Road, Noakhali-3814, Bangladesh.
  • Department of Microbiology (Faculty of Science),NSTU; University Road, Noakhali-3814, Bangladesh.
Current Research Projects
  • ‘Molecular characterization of multi drug resistant Enterobacteriaceae collected from infected UTI patients in Noakhali, Bangladesh’ was funded by Research Cell, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh for the year 2022-2023. (Project P.I)
  • ‘Identification, Antifungal Resistance Profile, and Biofilm Formation of Skin Disease Causing Fungi’ was funded by Research Cell, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh for the year 2021-2022. (Project Co P.I)
Members of
  • • Member, American Society of Microbiologists (ASM)
  • • Life Member, Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists (BSM)
  • • Life Member, Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists (BSM)
Journal publications Conference paper
  • • Sultana, K. F., Saha, O., Hoque, M. N., Sultana, M., & Hossain, M. A. (2021). Multilocus sequence typing of multidrug-resistant Salmonella strains circulating in poultry farms of Bangladesh. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 1-15.
  • • Khan, M., Seheli, K., Bari, M. A., Sultana, N., Khan, S. A., Sultana, K. F., & Hossain, M. A. (2019). Potential of a fly gut microbiota incorporated gel-based larval diet for rearing Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel). BMC biotechnology, 19(2), 1-10.
Fellowship Travel Grant
  • • PhD fellow, Bangladesh Academy of Science (BAS); (BAS-USDA program; Session: 2016-17)
  • • National Science and Technology (NST) Fellowship 2012-13 for the MSc. thesis work from the Ministry of Science, Information & Communication Technology, and Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.
  • • Travel Grant Award, ASM microbe 2017, American Society of Microbiology (ASM).
  • • Travel Grant Award, American Society of Bangladeshi Microbiologist (ASBM), 2017.
Personal Information Email Website
  • Khandokar Fahmida Sultana, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, University Road, Noakhali-3814, Bangladesh.
  • khandokarfahmidasultana@gmail.com
  • https://nstu.edu.bd/department/microbiology