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People

A small permanent team and a rotating cohort of student researchers. Most names on this page arrived as undergraduates with no research experience.

Founder

Who started the centre

Md. Jubayer Hossain

Md. Jubayer Hossain

Founder & Executive Director

He founded CHIRAL Bangladesh in 2020 to close a specific gap: undergraduates here reach graduation without ever having designed a study, cleaned a dataset, or read a reviewer's report on their own work.

The centre exists to put them on real projects with real supervision and keep them there until something is published — free to join, volunteer-run, with students first-authoring their own work and the teaching material kept open so the capacity stays in the region.

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Leadership

The permanent team alongside the founder.

Muhibullah Shahjahan

Muhibullah Shahjahan

Deputy Director

Md. Wahidul Islam

Md. Wahidul Islam

Deputy Director

Musab Shahriar

Musab Shahriar

Group Leader, Insilico Drug Discovery

Pritom Kundu

Pritom Kundu

Deputy Group Leader, Insilico Drug Discovery

Nishat Mim

Nishat Mim

Group Leader, Geospatial Health

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Research assistants

Students working on active projects under supervision.

Md. Faysal Abid

Md. Faysal Abid

Research Assistant

Md. Asif Siddque Jim

Md. Asif Siddque Jim

Research Assistant

Ibtasum Islam

Ibtasum Islam

Research Assistant

Pritom Kundu

Pritom Kundu

CADD Scientist I

Md. Rayeed Al Mutakabbir

Md. Rayeed Al Mutakabbir

Bioinformatics Intern

Hafeza Bhuiyan Lota

Hafeza Bhuiyan Lota

Research Assistant

Sharmin Sultana Lincoln

Sharmin Sultana Lincoln

Research Assistant

Ellina Tasneem Bushra

Ellina Tasneem Bushra

Research Assistant

Md. Minhajur Rahman

Md. Minhajur Rahman

Research Assistant

Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam

Mohammad Mahfuzul Islam

Research Assistant

Mohima Hoque Mim

Mohima Hoque Mim

Research Assistant

Umme Maria Tasnim

Umme Maria Tasnim

Research Assistant

Anupam Sarker Avi

Anupam Sarker Avi

Research Assistant

Md. Ali Ashraf Yad

Md. Ali Ashraf Yad

Research Assistant

Sheikh Naem Islam Abhi

Sheikh Naem Islam Abhi

Research Assistant

Sujit Kumar

Sujit Kumar

Bioinformatics Intern

Samiea Tanjim Hridita

Samiea Tanjim Hridita

Bioinformatics Intern

Lamia Hasan Joarder Barsha

Lamia Hasan Joarder Barsha

Research Assistant

Rifah Sazida

Rifah Sazida

Bioinformatics Intern

Samia Kabir Heya

Samia Kabir Heya

Research Assistant

Md. Younus Kabir

Md. Younus Kabir

Research Assistant

Mst. Afsana Meme

Mst. Afsana Meme

Research Assistant

Sabbir Khan

Sabbir Khan

Bioinformatics Intern

Samanwita Das

Samanwita Das

Research Assistant

Alif Yeah

Alif Yeah

Research Assistant

Md. Nahid Khan

Md. Nahid Khan

Bioinformatics Intern

Saiful Islam

Saiful Islam

Research Assistant

Umme Habiba Akter Tamanna

Umme Habiba Akter Tamanna

Bioinformatics Intern

Mushfika Khanam

Mushfika Khanam

Research Assistant

Kulsuma Bahar Bethi

Kulsuma Bahar Bethi

Research Assistant

Sheikh Tajim

Sheikh Tajim

Research Assistant

Anisha Tashruba Riya

Anisha Tashruba Riya

Research Assistant

Zayeda Akter Shatabde

Zayeda Akter Shatabde

Research Assistant

Asif Jahan

Asif Jahan

Research Assistant

Rahnuma Tabassum

Rahnuma Tabassum

Bioinformatics Intern

Israt Jahan Ritu

Israt Jahan Ritu

Bioinformatics Intern

Jannatul Ferdous

Jannatul Ferdous

Bioinformatics Intern

Md. Mojammel Haque Sakib

Md. Mojammel Haque Sakib

Research Assistant

Md. Moyem Ahmed

Md. Moyem Ahmed

Research Assistant

Muntasim Fuad

Muntasim Fuad

Research Assistant

Al Helal Nahid

Al Helal Nahid

Research Assistant

Musab Shahariar

Musab Shahariar

CADD Scientist I

Md. Okibur Rahman

Md. Okibur Rahman

Research Assistant

Fatema Tuj Johora Fariha

Fatema Tuj Johora Fariha

Research Assistant

Md. Zabir Ahmed

Md. Zabir Ahmed

Research Assistant

Naznin Akter

Naznin Akter

Research Assistant

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    Alumni

    Former members, and where they went next.

    Name Role Joined Left
    Dulguun Amgalanbaatar Research Assistant Fall 2022 Fall 2022
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    Centre for Health Innovation, Research, Action and Learning. Computational biology, Bio-AI and population health research, based in Dhaka.

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