I'm Salman Khan Promon. I live in Houston, doing PhD on Biomedical Engineering
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
- MastersMaster of Science in BiotechnologySchool of Data and Sciences, Brac University, Bangladesh
- BachelorBachelor of Science in BiotechnologySchool of Data and Sciences, Brac University, Bangladesh
Employments
- LecturerDepartment of Life SciencesFebruary, 2021 - PresentIndependent University, Bangladesh
- LecturerLife Sciences ProgramsJanuary, 2020 – January 2021School of Data and Sciences, Brac University, Bangladesh
- Chief Operating OfficerChief Operating OfficerOctober, 2018 – November 2019Beyond Innovations & Technologies Limited, Bangladesh
- Graduate Teaching AssistantLife Sciences ProgramsAugust, 2015 – October 2018Brac University, Bangladesh
- Academic InternshipSummer 2015 — Focus: Immunology, Cell biology; Infection Biology, Genetic diseases.icddr,b & ideSHi
Organizations & Entrepreneurial Activities
Edu-Tech company focused on STEAM based education for kids
https://www.mechamind.ioThe first Community Biolab in Bangladesh. Co working lab space available for rent
Cancer Care and Research Trust, Bangladesh
https://ccrtbd.orgOpen lab space for engineers, artists and more at Dhaka, Bangladesh
Building the first iGEM team from Bangladesh to promote synthetic biology
Student support service IT company
https://www.websytar.comThe first ever non-profit biological sciences organization of Bangladesh.
https://cobt.orgMemberships
- 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.