Dr. Md. Ali Reza Faruk is a Professor at the Department of Aquaculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh, Bangladesh where he leads the aquatic animal health research group. He completed his PhD in Fish disease and Immunology from the University of Stirling, UK and post-doc from the University of Aberdeen, UK. He was the head of the Department of Aquaculture, BAU for two years and was a recognised teacher at the University of Stirling, UK for a master’s programme in Aquatic Resource Development by distance learning. He has been working on fish disease and health management over 20 years and involved in a variety of fish disease based research projects funded by different national and international organizations. Dr Faruk's current work focuses on development of pangasius and tilapia vaccines in Bangladesh aquaculture.