Dr. Md. Amirul Islam

Professor Md. Amirul Islam is a Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Pharmacy at East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He earned his Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from Khulna University and completed his PhD in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia, under a prestigious international postgraduate scholarship. With more than two decades of experience in teaching, research, and academic administration, Professor Islam has established himself as a leading researcher in the fields of Medicinal Chemistry and drug discovery from natural products specifically bioactive compounds derived from mangrove-associated endophytic fungi and medicinal plants. His research focuses on the isolation and characterization of bioactive compounds from medicinal plants and endophytic fungi, particularly those associated with the Sundarbans mangrove ecosystem, with applications in the development of antibacterial, anticancer, and other therapeutic…