Mst. Umme Habiba 

Assistant Professor

Department of Dairy & Poultry Science

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science

Gazipur Agricultural University, Bangladesh

Email: habiba@gau.edu.bd; mst.habiba@adelaide.edu.au

I am a food microbiologist and have been serving as an Assistant Professor at Gazipur Agricultural University, Bangladesh, and am currently on study leave to pursue my PhD. I am a PhD student in the Discipline of Food and Nutritional Science within the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine at the Adelaide University (Formerly University of Adelaide), Australia. My research focuses on the development of novel probiotic dairy products and the assessment of related health and safety risks, with particular interest in dairy microbiology, food safety, and probiotic development.

My academic pathway reflects a long-term focus on milk as a nutritionally important but microbiologically sensitive food system. I completed my undergraduate degree as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, followed by a Master of Science in Dairy Science, before moving into advanced research training in food microbiology. I achieved First Class First position in my undergraduate program and was awarded the Prime Minister’s Gold Medal by the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh for securing the highest CGPA. My master’s thesis was titled “Searching Probiotic Bifidobacteria from Traditional Buffalo Milk Curd as an Emerging Safeguard of Human Health“.

After completing my master’s degree, I joined the Department of Dairy and Poultry Science at Gazipur Agricultural University (Formerly Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University) as a faculty member, where teaching and research in dairy science form my primary responsibilities. I have a strong interest in research on animal-derived foods and have published research articles in peer-reviewed journals, along with abstracts in national and international conference proceedings.

I have been awarded the University of Adelaide Research Scholarship and the National Science and Technology Fellowship. To date, I have authored or co-authored 13 peer-reviewed publications in dairy microbiology, microbial genomics, probiotics, and food safety, including work published in Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety.

My research contributes to understanding how microbial communities in milk and fermented dairy products influence quality and safety, supporting safer product development and risk-aware fermentation practices. I also contribute to protocol development for microbial isolation and characterisation in dairy systems and am involved in student training in applied food microbiology. I am motivated to continue developing my research skills and to adopt new technologies relevant to food microbiology as my work progresses.

Research Interest

Probiotics & Functional Dairy Foods, Dairy Food Safety & Quality, Food Science & Technology, Dairy Microbiology, Climate-Smart Dairy Production Systems.

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