Dr. Ashrafuzzaman is a Professor in the Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh. His expertise includes agricultural biotechnology, molecular plant breeding, plant stress physiology, and protected cropping (indoor cropping). He earned his PhD in Agricultural Sciences from the University of Bonn, Germany, and an MSc in Plant Biotechnology from Wageningen University, the Netherlands. His research explores how environmental stresses, particularly ozone pollution and salinity, affect crop growth, yield, and nutritional quality. He has led and contributed to national and international projects on crop stress tolerance and genetic improvement, with findings published in well-reputed peer-reviewed journals and academic book chapters. Alongside teaching and research supervision, he also serves as an Academic Editor and an Editorial Board Member of other journals.