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Senior Lecturer and
Head of the Higher Education Applied Aquaculture Program

Dr Mobin (NMIT Aquaculture)

Education

• Ph D. in Marine Science (Aquaculture and Aquatic Animal Health), Nagasaki University, Japan, 2000
• M Sc. Fisheries (Fisheries Biology and Limnology), Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh, 1989
• B Sc. Fisheries (Honours), Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh, 1987

• 2003 -2005 Post Doctoral Scientist and Affiliate Assistant Professor, Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho, USA

• 2000-2003 Research Scientist, Faculty of Fisheries, Nagasaki University, Japan

• 1996-2000 Teaching Assistant, Laboratory of Fish Pathology, Nagasaki University, JAPAN

• 1990-1996 Fisheries Microbiologist (Ministry of Environment and Forest), Fisheries Officer (Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock), and Assistant Controller (Ministry of Information), Government of Bangladesh, BANGLADESH

Professional Interests

• Aquatic Pathology
• Marine and Freshwater Finfish and Shellfish Histopathology
• Ultrastructural Study of Tissues by Electron Microscopy
• Freshwater Aquaculture and Mariculture
• Livefeed Production and Enrichment
• Finfish Seed (Larvae and Juveniles) Production Technology
• Drug Therapy on Fish and Shellfishes
• Effects of Drugs on Gastrointestinal Tract Microflora

• Aquaculture
• Aquatic Animal Health
• Microbiology and Histopathology
• Biology of Aquatic Animals

• American Fisheries Society (AFS)
• Fish Health Section of the AFS
• Japanese Society of Fish Pathologists

Selected Publications

In Peer Reviewed International Journals (Since 2000):

• Moffitt, C.M. and S.M.A. Mobin 2006. Profile of microflora of the posterior intestine of Chinook salmon before, during and following administration of rations with erythromycin. North American Journal of Aquaculture 68: 176 –185 (The American Fisheries Society, USA) web: http://afs.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-pdf&doi=10.1577%2FA05-013.1

• Mobin, S.M.A., A. Christie, and M. Aritaki 2006. Data sheet on Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus. In: Aquaculture Compedium, online at www.cabicompendium.org/ac CABI International, Wallingford, UK.

• Hirano, M., Y. Sugishita, S.M.A. Mobin, K. Kanai, and K. Yoshikoshi 2005. An investigation of the Pathology Associated with Mass Mortality Events in the Cultured Japanese pearl oysters Pinctada fucata martensi at Four Farms in Western Japan. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 17:323-337 (The American Fisheries Society, USA). Web: http://afs.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1577%2FH04-016.1

• Sugishita, Y., M. Hirano, K. Tsutsumi, S.M.A. Mobin, K. Kanai, and K. Yoshikoshi 2005. Effects of exogenous lipid peroxides on the mortality and tissue alterations in Japanese pearl oysters Pinctada fucata martensii. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 17: 233-243 (The American Fisheries Society, USA). Web: http://afs.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1577%2FH04-029.1

• Mobin, S.M.A., K. Kanai, and K. Yoshikoshi 2002. Application of higher feeding levels prompts larval and juvenile Japanese flounder to take food at a higher rate. Suisanzoshoku 50: 213-218 (The Japanese Society of Aquaculture).

• Mobin, S.M.A., K. Kanai, and K. Yoshikoshi 2001. Effects of feeding levels on the pathological alterations in the digestive system and mortality of larvae and juveniles of Pagrus major. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 13: 202-213 (The American Fisheries Society, USA). Web: http://afs.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1577%2F1548-8667%282001%29013%3C0202%3AEOFLOT%3E2.0.CO%3B2

• Mobin, S.M.A., K. Kanai, and K. Yoshikoshi 2001. Effects of feeding levels on the growth and survival of larval and juvenile Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus. Suisanzoshoku 49: 207-218 (The Japanese Society of Aquaculture).

• Mobin, S.M.A., K. Kanai, and K. Yoshikoshi 2000. Histopathological alterations in the digestive system of larval and juvenile Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus reared on four feeding levels. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 12: 196-208 (The American Fisheries Society, USA). Web: http://afs.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1577%2F1548-8667%282000%29012%3C0196%3AHAITDS%3E2.0.CO%3B2

• Mobin, S.M.A., K. Kanai, and K. Yoshikoshi 1999. Vacuolar degeneration of gastric glands of juvenile Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus. Fisheries Science 65: 963-964 (The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science).

• Mobin, S.M.A., K. Kanai, and K. Yoshikoshi 1998. Mass mortalities of red seabream larvae accompanied with extensive viscero-peritoneal adhesion. Fish Pathology 33: 453-454 (The Japanese Society of Fish Pathology).

• Mobin, S.M.A. and M.B.R. Chowdhury 1993. Studies on the intestinal bacterial flora of African magur, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell). Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology 10: 43-44.