Center of Excellence in Higher Education
The First Private University in Bangladesh

Dr. Chaman Ara Keya

Full Time Faculty
Associate Professor

Ph.D., in Advanced Bioscience, Ochanomizu University, Japan

Phone: +880-2-55668200 Ext:
Email:  chaman.keya@northsouth.edu
Office:

Curriculum Vitae
 

Education:

Ph.D. in Advanced Bioscience
University of Ochanomizu, Tokyo, Japan
Year of completion 2005
M.Sc in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Dhaka
Year of completion 1997
B.Sc (Honors) in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University University of Dhaka
Year of completion 1995

Research and Teaching Experiences
• Researcher, RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Yokohama, Japan
• Researcher, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan
• Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Institute for Cell Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan
• Worked as Scientific Officer in Biotechnology Division, International Food and Radiation Biology (IFRB), Atomic Energy Commission, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Research Interest
research interests lie in the area of high throughput techniques and tools for Biotechnology and their applications, transcriptome profiling for animal/plant
Currently research is aimed at Plant Biochemistry (Identification of important secondary metabolites from medicinal plants of Bangladesh, develop and discover novel therapeutic agents) and Microbiology (Detection of common multidrug resistant bacteria, related enzymes and genes)
Used to teach
Biology, Genes and Disease, Human Nutrition, Plant Biotechnology