Microbiology - University of Manitoba
Monir completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Microbiology at the University of Dhaka. Following this, he worked as a research investigator at the International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) for a couple of years. Currently, Monir is pursuing his Ph.D. at the University of Manitoba, focusing on the microbiome and resistome in wastewater from an Oxidation Lagoon of the First Nation community of Manitoba. His research involves utilizing Nanopore sequencing technology to identify antibiotic-resistant genes in bacteria and phage particles, with the aim of gaining a better understanding of environmental impacts on microbial resistance.