Contact Meher Nipa
- Email: Meher.Nipa@cranfield.ac.uk
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Background
Meher Nigad Nipa is working as Principal Scientific Officer in Industrial Microbiology Research Division under Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) Chattogram Laboratories, Bangladesh. She also served as the in-charge of Food Microbiology Section of Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST),BCSIR. She is a full time researcher and conducts 'Research and Development' activities in the field of food, industrial and environmental Microbiology. She is a 'Bangabandhu Science & Technology' Fellow and currently pursuing her PhD on agrifood in Cranfield University, UK. In her early research career she served as a research fellow of BCSIR.
Research opportunities
Meher Nigad Nipa’s research interests are grounded in addressing real-world challenges in food safety, antimicrobial resistance, and biotechnological innovation, contributing to both scientific knowledge and industrial application.
Current activities
Meher's PhD research, titled "Resilience of atoxigenic Aspergillus flavus strains/competitors for biocontrol of aflatoxins in maize under existing and future climate-related scenarios in Bangladesh," is supervised by Dr. Andrea Patriarca, Dr. Carol Verheecke-Vaessen, and Dr. Angel Medina Vaya. Her work addresses maize storage conditions, fungal occurrence, and aflatoxin load, aiming to develop a resilient biocontrol agent using native atoxigenic A. flavus strains. This research is critical for mitigating aflatoxin contamination and improving maize safety in Bangladesh.Before joining her PhD research at Cranfield in 2022, Meher worked on several key research projects. She served as Principal Investigator for a project on the molecular identification and characterization of Cronobacter spp. from powdered infant milk formula. Additionally, she was an Investigator in projects focused on discovering novel antibiotic sources to combat antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria, isolating microbial enzymes for industrial applications, and assessing microbiological quality while establishing a foodborne pathogen detection facility for popular food products in Bangladeshi markets. These projects significantly shaped her research expertise.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Tarannum N, Parveen S, Nipa MN & Das S. (2024). Occurrence of Multidrug Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from Waste Water Samples of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 18(2)
- Tarannum N, Nipa MN, Das S & Parveen S. (2020). Aflatoxin M1 detection by ELISA in raw and processed milk in Bangladesh. Toxicology Reports, 7
- Nawas T, Mazumdar RM, Das S, Nipa MN, Islam S, .... Microbiological Quality and Antibiogram of E. coli, Salmonella and Vibrio of Salad and Water from Restaurants of Chittagong. Journal of Environmental Science and Natural Resources, 5(1)
- Murad F, Alam KA, Mazumdar RM, Islam S, Nipa MN, .... Anti-bacterial Activity of the Extract of Terminalia arjuna Against Multi Antibiotic Resistant Vibrio cholerae. Journal of Scientific Research, 3(1)
- Islam S, Kabir MA, Bhuiyan HR, Mahmud MN, Nipa MN, .... Anti-microbial Effect of Terminalia arjuna Bark Extract against Salmonella Isolated from the Poultry litter of Rural Area of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 46(2)
- Nipa MN, Sultana S & Hakim MA. Induction of Cellulase Biosynthesis by Cellobiose Octaacetate in Aspergillus humicola. Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology, 23(2)