Profile

Faculty and Department Affiliation

Faculty of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture

Degrees and Universities Attended

• Master  of  Science  in  Genetics  and  Plant  Breeding,  Bangladesh  Agricultural  University  [2015]
• Bachelor  of  Science  in  Agriculture,  Bangladesh  Agricultural  University  [2013]

Short Introduction

Khandaker Nafiz Bayazid, an experienced Plant Breeder in Agricultural Research Industries of Bangladesh, is currently a faculty member and coordinator of City University. Having more than seven (7) years of research knowledge, he has demonstrated a history of succeeding as a Breeder in the agricultural sector. Conducting more than 300 experimental trials, collaborating with New Mexico State University (NMSU), US and Soybean Innovation Lab (SIL), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US, he has contributed to releasing five (5) high yielding varieties in various vegetables. Besides that, he has also supported in obtaining seventeen (17) parental line advancement in Capsicum and two (2) potential peanut variety development in Bangladesh. Additionally, he has firm knowledge on Molecular Breeding, and Genetic Engineering which comprised of DNA extraction from both leaves and seeds, PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) run, Gel Documentation and up to DNA band analysis along with EMS (Ethyl Methane Sulfonate) treatment as Mutation Breeding along with Minitab® and R Statistical analyses. Finally, he had infused his breeding skillsets with one of the largest corporate industries in Bangladesh, British American Tobacco (BAT) where he had a strong cooperation with Global Leaf Agronomy Development, Centre of Excellence (GLAD, CoE), Brazil, developing commercial varieties in Bangladesh as Asian perspective. Now, inheriting all the skillsets as Researcher and Business operative, he has a quest to exploit them in academia, making resourceful SMART Agriculture graduates that contribute to world food security with sustainability for a better future.

Teaching experience

• Lecture,  City  University,  Dhaka  [August  2023  –  Present]

Research  Experience  
• Plant  Breeding  Manager,  British  American  Tobacco  (BAT),  Dhaka  [January  2023  –  August  2023]
• Plant  Breeder,  Lal  Teer  Seed  Ltd.,  Dhaka  [February  2017  –  December  2022]
• Technical  Unit  Lead,  Syngenta  Bangladesh,  Dhaka  [December  2016  –  February  2017]
• Graduate  Research  Assistant,  Bangladesh  Agricultural  University,  Mymensingh  [January  2014  –  August  2015]

Research Interest

• Applications  of  Bioinformatics  in  plant  breeding
• Molecular  breeding  for  abiotic  stress  tolerance  
• Modelling  root  systems  of  crop  plants
• Usage  of  Agriculture  4.0  in  plant  breeding
• Speed  breeding  for  climate-smart  crop  development  

Publications

1. Mahmud  A.,  Hossain  M.M.,  Hossain  M.I.,  Bayazid  K.N.,  Islam  M.R.  (2021).  Tobacco  dust  combined  with  fertilizers  improves  the  soil  health  and  profit  of  rice  cultivation  in  silty  loam  soil  of  Bangladesh.  Journal  of  Agriculture,  Food  and  Environment  2(1):45-49  doi:  http://doi.org/10.47440/JAFE.2021.2108

2. Robin  A.H.K.,  Matthew  C.,  Uddin  M.J.,  Bayazid  K.N.  (2016).  Phytomer  level  data  provides  understanding  of  salinity-induced  reduction  in  root  surface  area  in  wheat.  Journal  of  Experimental  Botany  erw064.  doi:  10.1093/jxb/erw064

3. Robin  A.H.K.,  Uddin  M.J.,  Bayazid  K.N.  (2015).  Polyethylene  Glycol  (PEG)-Treated  Hydroponic  Culture  Reduces  Length  and  Diameter  of  Root  Hairs  of  Wheat  Varieties.  Agronomy  5:506-518.  doi:  10.3390/agronomy5040506

4. Bayazid  K.N.  (2015).  Morphological  plasticity  in  wheat  (Triticum  aestivum  L.)  root  development  under  PEG-treated  hydroponic  culture,  MS  Thesis,  Department  of  Genetics  and  Plant  Breeding,  Bangladesh  Agricultural  University,  Mymensingh-2202.

Awards  &  Grants  
• National  Science  and  Technology  (NST)  Fellowship  (2014)
• Dean’s  Merit  Scholarship  for  maintaining  “Honors”  grade  in  undergraduate,  BAU  (2010-2013)

Projects
• Developing  promising  Peanut  varieties  suitable  for  Bangladesh,  jointly  working  with  New  Mexico  State  University,  US  [2019-2022]

• Characterizing  promising  Soybean  genotypes  for  Bangladesh  jointly  working  with  University  of  Illinois  Urbana-Champaign,  US  and  Soybean  Innovation  Lab  (SIL),  US  [2021-2022]

• Gynoecious  cucumber  development  through  endonuclease  TILLING  [2018-2022]

Memberships  
• Plant  Breeding  and  Genetics  Society  of  Bangladesh  (PBGSB)
• Krishibid  Institute  Bangladesh  (KIB)