About
I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences at Auburn University and a highly caffeinated drosophilist. My research lies at the intersection of molecular biology, experimental genetics, transcriptomics, and computational biology, with a primary focus on how insulin/insulin-like signaling is associated with sex-specific gene regulation in Drosophila melanogaster.
More broadly, I am interested in the regulatory architecture of complex traits and in understanding how signaling pathways interact with sex, genetic background, and environmental conditions to influence gene expression. By integrating experimental work with computational analysis of RNA-seq data, I study transcriptional regulation at both the gene and isoform levels.
I am committed to reproducible research, careful data analysis, and clear scientific communication. I value scientific work that is rigorous, transparent, and accessible to both scientific and broader communities.
Outside of research, I enjoy photography, especially landscapes and family portraits. A selection of my work is available on my Flickr profile.
Research Interests
- Insulin/insulin-like signaling and sex-specific gene regulation
- Quantitative genetics of sexually dimorphic traits
- Transcriptomics, RNA-seq, and differential expression analysis
- Alternative splicing and isoform-level regulation
- Genotype-by-sex and genotype-by-environment interactions
- Drosophila melanogaster as a model system
- Molecular biology and experimental design
- Computational genomics and reproducible bioinformatics
- Science communication
Education
- Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA (Expected Summer 2026)
- M.Sc. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (2017)
- B.Sc. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (2015)
Contact
Office: 125 Rouse Life Sciences Building
Department of Biological Sciences
Auburn University
Auburn, AL 36849, USA