Education
Dr. Hossain received a B. S in Agricultural Sciences Sher-e- Bangla Agricultural University and M. S in Genetics and Plant Breeding from Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh. He completed his Ph. D in Molecular Genetics from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, U. K with a Commonwealth Scholarship. He received a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) fellowship and was a postdoctoral scientist at Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University, Matsudo, Japan. Before starting his position at Mayville State University in 2005, he was a postdoctoral scientist and a senior research scientist at Department of Plant Sciences at North Dakota State University (NDSU), Fargo, ND.
Courses Offered
- Biology 150 and 151- General Biology I and II
- Biology 315- Genetics
- Biology 341- Cell & Molecular Biology
- Biology 302- Survey of Microbiology
- AGEC 310- Principle of Crop Production
Research Interests
Dr. Hossain is a molecular geneticist, and his research focus is on the utilization of Crop Products for Human Health and Climate Management. Wheat bran, a byproduct after milling, contains valuable polymers and phenolic compounds. Dr. Hossain introduced treated wheat bran into thermoplastic composite which showed the potentiality of reducing 30% Carbon emission from Thermoplastic industries. He extracted arabinoxylan from wheat bran and functionalized it as nanoparticles which could be used for nucleic acid or drug delivery. He has been working on preparing mesh like polymeric scaffold that mimics the extracellular matrix of the human body and supports growth and development of cancer cells.
Dr. Hossain is also interested in plants bioactive compounds and working on compounds isolated from quinoa and cattail using GC-MS. His plan is to identify compounds with anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, and anti-cancerous properties and analyze their effect on the growth and development of fungus, bacteria, and cancer cells.
Selected Publications
Atikur Rahman, Joseph Fehrenbach, Chad Ulven, Senay Simsek, Khwaja Hossain. Utilization of wheat-bran cellulosic fibers as reinforcement in biocomposite thermoplastics. In review, the Journal of Industrial Crops and Products. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2021.114028.
Maryam Safaripour, Khawaja G. Hossain, Chad Ulven, and Ghasideh Pourhashem. Environmental impact tradeoff considerations for wheat bran-based bio composite.Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146588.
Niloy Sarker, Priyanka Ray, Creighton Pfau, Venugopal Kalavacharla, Khwaja Hossain, and Mohiuddin Quadir. Development of Functional Nanomaterials from Wheat Bran Derived Arabinoxylan for Nucleic Acid Delivery. ACS J of Agri and Food Chem. J. Agric. Food Chem. 68:4367-4373.
Nespor, B., Andrianova, A., Pollack, S., Pfau, C., Arifuzzaman, M., Islam, N., Kubatova, A. and K. Hossain. Metformin uptake and translocation in plant tissue: determination using liquid chromatography mass spectrometric methods. ACS Omega. DOI:10.1021/acsomega.9b0278.
Atikur Rahman, Chad Ulven, Cheyenne E Durant, Khwaja G Hossain. Pretreated wheat bran contains suitable properties as reinforcement in biocomposites. J. Renew mater.DOI: 10.7569/JRM.2017.634133.
Nazrul Islam, Khwaja G Hossain, Julia M Ross, and Mark R Marten. Blood Serum Affects Polysaccharide Production and Surface Protein Expression in S. aureus. Advances in Biotechnology & Microbiology. DOI:10.19080/AIBM.2017.02.555589.
Rita K Hayford, Ayalew Ligaba-Osena, Mayavan Subramani, Adrianne Brown, Kalpalatha Melmaiee, Khwaja G Hossain, and Venugopal Kalavacharla. Characterization and expression analysis of common bean HISTONE DEACETYLASE6 during development and cold stress response. Int. J of Genomics. DOI: 10.1155/2017/2502691.
Hossain, K. G., Islam, N., Ghavami, F., Durant, C. E., Durant, C. N. and M. A Johnson. 2017. Effect of increased amount of Fe, Zn, and Cd on Uptake, Translocation, and Accumulation of Health-Related Micronutrient in Wheat. Asian J Agri and Food Sci, 6:19-29.
Johnson, M. A., Durant, C. E., Durant, C. N., Lindsey, S., Kalavacharla, V. and K. G. Hossain. Higher Concentration of Fe Causes Differential Gene Expression in Common Bean. Publications from USDA-ARS / UNL Faculty. 1721.
Cramptonm, M., Venkateshwara, S., Hossain, K.and V. Kalavacharla. Development of reference methylomes in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) using MeDIP-seq and whole genome sodium bisulfite sequencing and understanding pathways for mineral-metal uptake. Front. Plant Sci. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00447.
