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Mohammad Abdur Rashid

Research areas: Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Plant Science · Medicinal Plant Research · Phytochemistry and Biological Activities · Phytochemical Studies and Bioactivities

ORCID iD 0000-0003-1464-7115
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Dr. Mohammad Abdur Rashid is a Fellow of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (FBAS) and the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (FRSC). He obtained his B. Pharm. (Hons.) and M. Pharm. degrees from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, securing the first position in the first class in both examinations. He earned his Ph.D. degree from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, in 1992. His specialization lies in Natural Products Chemistry and Spectroscopy.

He served at the National Cancer Institute (USA) as a Postdoctoral Fellow from 1993 to 1995 and later as a Visiting Scientist/Scientist from 1997 to 2011. He also served as the Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Dhaka from 2003 to 2010. At present, he is serving as the Vice President of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (BAS) and the Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Society (BPS).

Dr. Rashid has published more than 600 research papers in peer-reviewed international and national journals, including 315 papers in Scopus-indexed journals. In addition, he is the co-author of 11 books and book chapters, including a reference book entitled Fundamentals of Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practices (ISBN: 978-984-33-5795-3), which is widely used by pharmacy students in different universities.

According to Google Scholar, he has received more than 8,900 citations, with an h-index of 48 and an i10-index of 285. He has participated in numerous national and international seminars and conferences, where he delivered invited and plenary lectures, and has also chaired sessions at many international and national conferences.

Dr. Rashid is the recipient of several prestigious awards, including the 2020 Ishidate Award in Pharmaceutical Research from the Federation of Asian Pharmaceutical Associations (FAPA), the SFE-T. Sen Oration Award (2018) from the Society for Ethnopharmacology, India, Constant Outstanding Performance Awards (COPA) from the National Cancer Institute (USA), the Chancellor’s Award, and the BAS–TWAS Award from the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). He also received the BAS–Dr. M. O. Ghani Memorial Gold Medal from the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, and the Ibrahim Memorial Gold Medal and Abdur Rob Chowdhury Memorial Gold Medal from the University of Dhaka for his outstanding contributions to science.

He currently serves as the Associate Editor of the Dhaka University Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Editor-in-Chief of the Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Journal. In 2008, he was listed as one of the most productive scientists in OIC member states by COMSTECH. Dr. Rashid also served as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Natural Products (American Chemical Society) from 2012 to 2022. He is currently a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Herbal Medicine (UK).

Dr. Rashid has received research grants from several national organizations—including the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Education, the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, the University of Dhaka, and the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh—as well as from international organizations, including the World Bank through the Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP).

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