Dr. Md. Fakhrul Hasan is a Professor in the Department of Horticulture at Gazipur Agricultural University (GAU), Bangladesh. He specializes in postharvest management of horticultural crops, focusing on innovative and sustainable approaches such as the use of biocontrol agents, edible coatings, safe salts, gamma irradiation, and low-cost environmental control systems. His work also integrates AI-based technologies for maturity detection and prediction of shelf life. In addition, Dr. Hasan is actively engaged in applying artificial intelligence to optimize the cultivation of horticultural crops in both indoor and outdoor systems, aiming to achieve efficient production with minimal environmental modification. He earned his Ph.D. in 2013 from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang, Malaysia. Prior to that, he completed his M.S. in Horticulture in 2003 and his B.Sc. Ag. (Honours) in 2001 from Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh, Bangladesh. His doctoral research focused on controlling anthracnose and improving the postharvest quality of papaya (Carica papaya L. cv. Frangi) using Bacillus subtilis strain B34. Dr. Hasan’s research interests are multidisciplinary, encompassing urban horticulture, homestead garden modeling, light spectrum optimization for enhanced production, valorization of horticultural waste, vertical farming, and climate-smart horticultural seedling production.
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Dr. Md. Fakhrul Hasan
PhD in Horticulture (UPM, Malaysia)
Professor, Dept. of Horticulture,
Gazipur Agricultural University (GAU), Gazipur-1706, Bangladesh.
Tel: +88-02-9205310-14 (Extn.: 2596), Fax: +88-02-9205333
Cell: +8801716351929
Email: fakhrul@gau.edu.bd