WP-2

PhD-1: Develop and manage production of promising local stress-alleviating microbes and establish effects of probiotics in salt-stressed giant freshwater prawn farms in Bangladesh.

PhD-2: Efficacy of novel-local microbes and applicability of phage therapy for preventing disease in salinity-threatened giant freshwater prawn farms in Bangladesh

Principal Investigators:

Dr. Mohammad Lokman Ali, Professor, WP2 Leader, Department of Aquaculture, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali; Email: lokman@pstu.ac.bd

Dr. Lars H. Hansen, Professor, WP2 leader in Denmark, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen; Email: lhha@plen.ku.dk

Co- investigators:

  1. Dr. Md. Sazedul Hoque, Professor, Department of Fisheries Technology, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali; Email: sazedul.fst@pstu.ac.bd
  2. Dr. Muhammad Abdur Razzak, Assoc. Professor, Department of Aquaculture, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali; Email: arazzak@pstu.ac.bd
  3. Dr. Niels O. G. Jørgensen, Associate Professor, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Email: nogj@plen.ku.dk

PhD fellows:

  1. H M Rakibul Islam, Senior Scientific Officer, Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute, Shrimp Research Station, Bagerhat-9300, Bangladesh; Email: rakib.bfri@gmail.com
  2. Md. Hafijur Rahman, Assistant Professor, Department of Fisheries Management, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali; Email: h.rahman@pstu.ac.bd

Contact Information: Dr. Mohammad Lokman Ali, Professor, WP2 Leader, Department of Aquaculture, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali; Email: lokman@pstu.ac.bd, Mobile: +880 1792-171772