I have managed to move between a number of countries for study and research. I obtained my BSc (Hons) degree in Fisheries Science and MSc degree in Fish Genetics & Biotechnology from Khulna University, Bangladesh. With the support of an Erasmus Mundus Fellowship from the European Union, I then obtained a joint MSc degree from the University of Bordeaux (France), University of the Basque Country (Spain), University of Liege (Belgium) and Concordia University (Canada), where my research focused on phenotypic plasticity in a salmonid species. I completed my PhD in Marine Biology at Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada), with a research focus on the cause and consequences of hybridization between domesticated and wild Atlantic salmon. Following that, as a Mitacs postdoctoral fellow at the University of Windsor, I explored the genomic basis of physiological stress responses to environmental stressors in Canadian freshwater fishes. With the support of Delta Science Fellowship from the California Sea Grant, I then worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of California, Davis, where my research focused on developing and validating non-invasive eRNA tools (and quantitatively comparing eRNA data with eDNA data) for establishing the proof-of-concept of detection of threatened Delta Smelt and endangered Longfin Smelt. Currently, I am a postdoctoral researcher at Washington State University, Pullman, where my research focuses on genomic mechanisms underlying physiological adaptation to environmental stressors.