About

Salman Promon

Salman is willing to promote community science education for social benefits. As a Sci-fi lover and innovator, he is involved in various research and development based initiatives. Salman has participated and won many national and international awards and competitions and mentored teams who won similar events. He is passionate to set examples in the community by involving potential candidates in the applied science and STEAM projects by MECHAMIND and many of his other initiatives. As a founding member of Dhaka Fab Lab society and Cancer Care & Research Trust, Bangladesh (CCRTB) he is working on contributing more to the society. Salman was also a lecturer of Biotechnology program at Brac University, Dhaka, and co-founder of STAR LABs BD- the first community bio lab in Bangladesh. He has been working to establish a Citizen Science Network as a base of an open science society in Bangladesh

Education

Masters

Master of Science in Biotechnology

School of Data and Sciences, Brac University, Bangladesh

Bachelor

Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology

School of Data and Sciences, Brac University, Bangladesh

Research Interest

  • Tissue engineering
  • 3D Bioprinting
  • Regenerative medicine
  • Cancer biology
  • Medical biotechnology
  • Diagnostics
  • Prostheses
  • Bio-implants
  • Industrial biotechnology
  • Cell and Molecular Biology

Employments

Lecturer

Department of Life Sciences

February, 2021 - Present

Independent University, Bangladesh

Lecturer

Life Sciences Programs

January, 2020 – January 2021

School of Data and Sciences, Brac University, Bangladesh

Chief Operating Officer

Chief Operating Officer

October, 2018 – November 2019

Beyond Innovations & Technologies Limited, Bangladesh

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Life Sciences Programs

August, 2015 – October 2018

Brac University, Bangladesh

Academic Internship

Summer 2015
  • Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research (icddrb), Focus: Immunology, Cell biology.
  • Institute for Developing Science and Health Initiatives (ideSHi), Focus: Infection Biology, Genetic diseases.

Organizations & Entrepreneurial Activities

Founder

MECHAMIND

Edu-Tech company focused on STEAM based education for kids

www.mechamind.io

Co-founder

STAR Labs BD

The first Community Biolab in Bangladesh. Co working lab space available for rent

Founding Member

CCRTB

Cancer Care and Research Trust, Bangladesh

www.ccrtbd.org

Founding Member

Fab Lab Society

open lab space for engineers, artists and more at Dhaka, Bangladesh

Founder

iGEM Bangladesh

Building the first iGEM team from Bangladesh to promote synthetic biology

Co-Founder

Websytar

Student support service IT company

www.websytar.com

Advisor

Community of Biotechnology

The first ever non-profit biological sciences organization of Bangladesh.

www.cobt.org

Memberships

Community Biotechnology Initiative

MIT Media lab, Massachusetts, USA

iGEM Human Practices Committee 2021

Cambridge, MA, USA

Rotarian at Rotary Club Dhaka Mahanagar, Rotary International.

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Executive Committee Member

Education Section at Global Network of Bangladeshi Biotechnologists (GNOBB)

The Science Entrepreneur Club

UK, London.

American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

Washington, DC 20036, USA