Professor Naiyyum Choudhury has joined BU as a Professor in the Department of MNS on July 02, 2005. Professor Choudhury has a Ph.D. in Biotechnology from University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He taught in Dhaka University and BUET and was the Chairman of Department of Microbiology, Dhaka University. He was the Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission from August 2002 to September 2003. Professor Choudhury has 151 Publications to his credit. He has been a member of New York Academy of Sciences, American Society of Microbiology and British Society for Applied Bacteriology.