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Dr. Sangita Ahmed

(Professor)

Department of Microbiology

Short Biography:
Dr Sangita Ahmed is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology, 91精品. She completed her Bs and MSc in Microbiology from the same department and obtained PhD from University of Cambridge, UK. Dr Ahmed started her teaching career in the Department of Microbiology, 91精品 as a ...
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Degree Name Group/Major Subject Board/Institute Country Passing Year
Ph.D. Biology Uniersity of Cambridge United Kingdom 2011
Masters Microbiology 91精品 Bangladesh 1996
Bachelor Microbiology 91精品 Bangladesh 1995
Title Organization Location From Date To Date
Member, Executive Committee Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists (BSM) Department of Microbiology, 91精品 01, Jan 2024 Currently Working
Joint Secretary Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists 01, Apr 2015 Currently Working
Member Food Safety Technical Working Group for Bangladesh Food Safety Authority as per the selection by Ministry of Food, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh 30, Mar 2015
Student advisor Department of Microbiology, 91精品 01, Sep 2012 31-12-2015
Treasurer Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists (BSM) 01, Jan 2012 31-03-2015
House tutor Shamsunnahar Hall, 91精品 Bangladesh 22, Nov 2010 01-10-2011

Research Interest

Subject Description Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator)
Foodborne pathogens and food safety

I work on research projects to ensure food safety in Bangladesh. My project aims to study the pervalence of Listeria monocytogens, in environmental and food samples of Banlgadesh and to study its genotype, antibiotic resistance. I am also working on the occurance of Legionella pneumophila in water samples of hospitals, hotels, food industries where they are reportedly found worldwide. Both Listeria monocytogens and Legionella pneumophila are two less studied pathogen that can have serious damages in human.

Environmental Pollution and Bioremediation

My research work focuses on finding out a solution to Environmental pollution in Bangladesh resulting from industrial pollutants like heavy metals, textile dyes etc. The aim of my rersearch is to develop a sustainable bioremediation method to remove these pollutants from water.

Project/Research Supervision

Level of Study Title Supervisor Co-Supervisor(s) Name of Student(s) Area of Research Current Completion
Masters Genetic Diversity of Listeria species samples obtained from cattle farm environment Dr Sangita Ahmed Abiral Hasib

Food Microbiology

 2019
Masters An insight into heavy metal bioremediation potential of bacteria isolated from heavy metal contaminated river water Dr Sangita Ahmed Sanjeeda Haider Nupur

Environmental Biotechnology

 2018
Masters Identification and characterization of microorganisms capable of detoxifying textile dye Dr Sangita Ahmed Jannatul Mayua

Environmental Biotechnology

 2018
Masters Microorganisms with the Bioremediation Potential to remove Cadmium from water Dr Sangita Ahmed Abu Rayhan

Environmental Biotechnology

 2017
Masters Mechanism of chromium bioremediation by Bacillus brevibacterium and Bacillus pumilus isolated from polluted river water Dr Sangita Ahmed Rakibul Islam Emon

Environmental Biotechnology

 2017
Masters Mechanisms of Chromium Bioremediation By Bacillus spp. Isolated From Environmental Samples Sangita Ahmed Raju Ahmed 2016
Masters Occurrence of multi-drug resistant pathogenic Listeria monocytogenes in soil samples collected from Dhaka city Dr Sangita Ahmed Shahriar Siddique

Food Microbiology

 2015
Masters Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Listeria spp. in Dairy Food Products and Water Samples in Dhaka, Bangladesh Dr Sangita Ahmed Rajib Sarker

Food Microbiology

 2013
Masters Heavy metal tolerance and antibiotic resistance of Bacillus spp. isolated from two major rivers in Bangladesh Sangita Ahmed Ms Tahmina Shammi

Environmental Biotechnology

 2012
Masters Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of Listeria monocytogenes and other Foodborne Pathogens in Cattle and Poultry farm environment in Bangladesh Sangita Ahmed Supantha Rivu

Food Microbiology
Masters BACTERIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF RAW AND READY-TO-EAT CHICKEN FOOD ITEMS COLLECTED FROM DHAKA CITY, BANGLADESH Sangita Ahmed Md. Abu Raihan

Food Microbiology
Masters Identification and Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern of Food Borne Pathogens Isolated from Raw Chicken Samples in Bangladesh Sangita Ahmed Ahith Mul Haque

Food microbiology, Good health and well being
Masters Association of Vaginal Microbiome with Infertility as Evident by Culture-based and Metagenomics Analysis Sangita Ahmed Zahid Hasan

Good health and well being
Research Project Report/Other An insight into mechanism of chromium bioremediation by Bacillus isolates Dr Sangita Ahmed Shanjana Rahman Tuli

Environmental Biotechnology

 2019
Research Project Report/Other IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROORGANISMS CAPABLE OF UTILIZING COMMON TEXTILE DYE Dr Sangita Ahmed Badriya

Environemental Biotechnology

 2019
Research Project Report/Other Molecular Characterization and Multi Drug Resistance Pattern of Pathogenic Listeria spp Isolated from Food Samples Dr Sangita Ahmed Jannatul Ferdous Mim

Food Microbiology

 2018

Project/Research Work

Subject Project Name Source of Fund From Date To Date Collaboration
Food Microbiology and epidemiology Insights into the epidemiology of Listeria spp. in Bangladesh using a molecular approach Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh 01-06-2024 30-06-2025
Environmental Microbiology Molecular and biochemical characterization of indigenous bacteria with textile dye bioremediation potential Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of peoples Republic of Bangladesh 01-07-2021 30-06-2021
Environmental Microbiology Bioremediation of industrial pollutants from environment using microorganisms Ministry of Education, Governement of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh 01-07-2018 30-06-2021
Food Microbiology An insight into the prevalence, identification and characterization of neglected pathogens in foods of animal origin in Bangladesh 91精品 01-01-1970

Invited Talk

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  • SL Collaboration & Membership Name Type Membership Year Expire Year
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    Journal Article
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    Zahid Hasan, Nurjahan Begum, Sangita Ahmed and Mahmuda Yasmin : Association of opportunistic bacterial pathogens with female infertility: A case鈥揷ontrol study, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research (impact factor:1.6) , vol.51 , no.2 Blackwell Publishing Asia , pp.e16243 , 2025 .
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    Sunjida Afrin, Michael Netherland, Halima Habib, Nur Hasan, and Sangita Ahmed : Draft genome sequence of Listeria monocytogenes BDSA strain isolated from ready-to-eat chicken product in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Microbiology Resource Announcements (impact factor:0.68) American Society of Microbiology , pp.e00956-24 , 2025 .
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    Supantha Rivu, Abiral Hasib Shourav and Sangita Ahmed : Whole genome sequencing reveals circulation of potentially virulent Listeria innocua strains with novel genomic features in cattle farm environments in Dhaka, Bangladesh., Infection, Genetics and Evolution. (impact factor:2.6) , vol.124 Elsevier , pp.105692 , 2024 .
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    Supantha Rivu, Elspeth Smith, Graham Stafford and Sangita Ahmed : Draft genome sequence of Listeria aquatica strain SG_BD1, isolated from a cow dung sample in Bangladesh, Microbiol Resource Announcement American Society of Microbiology , pp.e00729-24 , 2024 .
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    Tanvir Ahmed Saikat, Md Abu Sayem Khan, Md Saiful Islam, Zarin Tasnim and Sangita Ahmed : Characterization and genome mining of Bacillus subtilis BDSA1 isolated from river water in Bangladesh: A promising bacterium with diverse biotechnological applications, Heliyon (impact factor:3.4) , vol.10 , no.14 Cell Press , pp.e34369 , 2024 .
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    Zahid Hasan, Michael Netherland, Nur A. Hasan, Nurjahan Begum, Mahmuda Yasmin and Sangita Ahmed : An insight into the vaginal microbiome of infertile women in Bangladesh using metagenomic approach, Frontiers in Infection and Cellular Microbiology (impact factor:4.6) , vol.14 Frontiers , pp.1390088 , 2024 .
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    Ema, Nayeema Talukder, Mayua, Zannatul, Bhuyian, Imtiaj Uddin, Anowara Begum, Humaira Akhter and Sangita Ahmed : Textile Dye Decolorization Potential of Bacillus pumilus and Staphylococcus saprophyticus Isolated From Textile Industry Effluents., Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology , vol.40 , no.2 Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists , pp.50-54 , 2024 .
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    Nazmun Naher, Latiful Bari and Sangita Ahmed : Risk Assessment and Detection of Legionella species in the Water System of A Luxury Hotel in Dhaka city, Bangladesh., Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology , vol.40 , no.1 Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists (BSM) , pp.33-39 , 2023 .
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    Abiral Hasib Shourav,, Khandokar Padmanon Salma, Sangita Ahmed and Md. AnisurRahman Khan : LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES IN READY-TO-EAT CHICKEN PRODUCTS, THEIR ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE AND VIRULENCE GENES, Bioresearch Communications , vol.9 , no.1 , 2023 .
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    Nazmun Naher, Sangita Ahmed and Md. Latiful Bari : Detection of Legionella pneumophila in the Water Samples of Food Industries and Hospitals in Bangladesh, Microbial Bioactives , vol.5 , no.2 EMAN research publishing , pp.198-203 , 2022 .
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    Abiral Hasib Shourav, Mahedy Hasan and Sangita Ahmed : Antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Listeria spp. isolated from cattle farm environment in Bangladesh, Journal of Agriculture and Food Research (impact factor:3.8) Elsevier , pp.1-7 , 2020 .
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    Sanjjeda Haider Nupur, Abu Rayhan and Sangita Ahmed : Bacteria With Heavy Metal Bioremediation Potential Isolated From The Polluted River Water Of Bangladesh., IOSR Journal of Biotechnology and Biochemistry , vol.6 , no.1 , pp.6-14 , 2020 .
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    Tanzin Akter, Sangita Ahmed and Badhan Rani Das : Carriage of multi-drug resistant Gram negative pathogenic bacteria by the house fly Musa domestica., Dhaka Unviersity Journal of Biological Sciences , vol.26 , no.1 , pp.91-99 , 2017 .
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    T Akter, S Ahmed and R Biswas : Isolation and identification of some gram-negative bacteria from cockroaches collected from hospital, restaurant and slum areas of Dhaka city, Bangladesh, , 2017 .
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    Sifat E Manjur, Shahriar Siddique and Sangita Ahmed : Multi-drug resistant pathogenic Listeria monocytogenes in surface water and soil samples of Dhaka city, Bangladesh Journal of Micorbiology , vol.33 , no.1 and 2 , pp.39-42 , 2016 .
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    Tabassum Samia Iqbal and Sangita Ahmed : Probiotic Lactobacillus sp. with bioremediation potential of toxic heavy metals., Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology , 2016 .
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    Tangin Akter*, Sangita Ahmed1 and Hasanuzzaman : OCCURRENCE OF GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA IN COCKROACHES COLLECTED FROM DIFFERENT AREAS OF DHAKA CITY, , 2016 .
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    Rajib Sarker and Sangita Ahmed : Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Listeria spp. in dairy food products and water samples in Dhaka, Bangladesh., Journal of Life Sciences , vol.9 , no.4 , pp.152-158 , 2015 .
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    Tahmina Shammi and Sangita Ahmed : Heavy Metal Tolerance and Antibiotic resistance of Bacillus sp. isolated from two major rivers in Bangladesh., Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology , vol.30 , no.1 and 2 , pp.17-22 , 2014 .
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    Sabrina Akhter and Sangita Ahmed : Bacterial analysis of different types of ice creams from Dhaka city., Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology , vol.29 , no.1 , pp.41-43 , 2012 .
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    Lewis Evans, Graham Stafford, Sangita Ahmed, Gillian Fraser and Colin Huges : An escort mechanism for cycling of export chaperones during flagellum assembly., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (impact factor:9.58) , vol.103 , no.46 , pp.17474-17479 , 2006 .
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    Shahzada Khan, Sangita Ahmed and Anisur Rahman Khan : Drug sensitivity pattern and plasmid profile of pathogenic bacteria isolated from burn infection., Bangladesh journal of Microbiology , vol.18 , no.2 , pp.185-190 , 2006 .
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    Sangita Ahmed, Sabita Rezwana Rahman and Donald James Gomes : Prevalence of multi-resistant bacteria in diabetic wound infection population., Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science , 2004 .
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    Sangita Ahmed, Sabita Rezwana Rahman and Donald James Gomes : Antimicrobial resistance in bacteria isolated from pus samples., Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology , 2001 .
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    Sangita Ahmed, Donald James Gomes, Asharaf Haque and Farida Huq : Plasmid-mediated multi-drug resistance of wound sepsis bacteria., Bangladesh Medical College Journal , vol.5 , no.1 , pp.3-8 , 2000 .
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    Sangita Ahmed, Donald James Gomes, Humaira Akhter and Farida Huq : Bacteriology of various types of wound infection., Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology , vol.16 , no.2 , pp.185-190 , 1999 .
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    Sangita Ahmed, Rakibul Hasan, Sumaiya Aziz Khan and Razu Ahmed : Chromium bioremediation potential of indigenous Bacillus pumillus isolated from river water of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology , vol.38 , no.1 Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists , pp.27-30 , 2021 .
    Conference Proceedings
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    Nazmun Naher, Sangita Ahmed and Md Latiful Bari "Studies on the prevalence of Legionella pneumophila in Water Systems of a Luxury Hotel at Dhaka.." 4th Conference of Asian Food safety and Security Association (AFSA) Siem Reap, Cambodia: Asian Food safety and Security Association (AFSA), 2018 .
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    Padmanon Salma, Sangita Ahmed and Anisur Rahman Khan "Virulent Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to eat meat products in Dhaka, Bangladesh.." 4th Conference of Asian Food safety and Security Association (AFSA) Siam Reap, Cambodia: Asian Food safety and Security Association (AFSA), 2018 .
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    Rajib Sarker and Sangita Ahmed "Prevalence of Listeria spp. in dairy food products and water samples in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The 2nd." Conference on Food Safety and Security Vietnam: Asian Food Safety and Security Association (AFSA), 2014 .
    Award Type Title Year Country Description
    International Professional visit awarded by Charles Wallace Bangladesh Trust 2024 United Kingdom
    Dr. Sangita Ahmed
    Professor
    Department of Microbiology
    Faculty of Biological Sciences
    Email: sangita@du.ac.bd
    Mobile (Dept): 9661920-73/7754