Zakir Hossain Howlader

Md. Zakir Hossain Howlader joined as a lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Dhaka in 1995 after completion of M.Sc. in 1993. For Ph.D. research, he was awarded Japanese Government Scholarship (Monbukagakusho) and joined in the Laboratory of Nutrition under faculty of Agriculture in Tohoku University, Japan. After completion of Ph.D., he returned to the Department of Biochemistry. From 2008, he was working as a Professor in the same Department. From September 2009 to March 2011, he worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Lab of Physiological Functions of Foods in Kyoto University, Japan. He is working in Nutritional and Clinical Biochemistry, specially Rice Glycemic Index, Rice Nutrition, and Rice bran.

Publications

Exploring the Nutrition and Health Benefits of Functional Foods
Exploring the Nutrition and Health Benefits of Functional Foods
Hossain Uddin Shekhar, Zakir Hossain Howlader, Yearul Kabir. © 2017. 523 pages.
Health and nutrition have become global focal points as the population continues to grow exponentially. While providing food for the global population is crucial, it is also...