I completed Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) in 1993 and Master of Pharmacy in 1995 from the University of Dhaka with first class in both programmes. Being a registered pharmacist (Grade A) in Bangladesh, I started my career in 1995 as a QC Analyst in the Quality Control Sector of Organon (Bangladesh) Ltd, a multi-national pharmaceutical company which was a business organisation of AKZO-NOBEL Group. I then moved to academia in the Department of Pharmacy,Universityof Rajshahiin 1996. I was awarded PhD in Pharmaceutical Science (with specialisation in Natural Products Chemistry) from theUniversity of Strathclyde under the supervision of Professor Alexander (Sandy) Gray in 2003 funded by the Commonwealth Commission. I also worked as a postdoctoral research fellow in Professor Simon Gibbons’ group in the School of Pharmacy, University of London (now UCL School of Pharmacy) and as a Research Scientist (Natural Product Chemist) at Novacta Biosystem Ltd, a biotech company for antibacterial drug discovery. I started at UEL in 2011 as a lecturer and I lead new programme in Pharmaceutical Science. 

• Programme leader, BSc (Hons) Pharmaceutical Science
• Member,HSBSchoolEquality and Diversity Committee
• Member, Medicine Research Group at UEL.

• Bioassay guided isolation and identification of anti-infective lead compounds from medicinal plants
• Bioactive secondary metabolites from the cultural broth of microbes
• Synthesis of bioactive natural product analogues
• Application of 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy in drug discovery.

• Extended Degree Programme
• BSc Pharmaceutical Science
• BSc Pharmacology
• BSc Toxicology
• MSc Pharmaceutical Science
• MSc Phyto-pharmaceutical Science
• MSc Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
• MSc Toxicology

Module leadership: 

• Extended Chemistry (BS0004)
• Drug Design (BS3047 and BSM031)
• Pharmaceutical Analysis (BSM027)
• Advanced Cellular Pharmacology and Physiology (BSM018)
• Psychopharmacology and Integrative Systems (BSM020) 

Teaching on:

• Level 0- Skills (BS0001) and Mathematics (BS0003)
• Level 1- Professional Practice (BS1005), Essential Chemistry (BS1007) and Phytochemistry & Biochemistry (BS1270)
• Level 2- Pharmaceutics, Introductory Pharmacology (BS2041), Neuropharmacology (BS2042) and BS2270
• Level 3- Systems Pharmacology (3031), Biochemical and Cellular Toxicology (BS3033), Psychopharmacology (BS3042), Research Projects (3065), Applied Toxicology (BS3034
• Level M- Research Skill (BSM002), Research Projects (BSM003), Toxicology (BSM011), Applied Toxicology (BSM012), Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Development (BSM024), Advanced Pharmaceutics (BSM028) and Phyto-pharmaceutics

Natural Product Chemistry with particular focus on anti-infective drug discovery is my main research area. There is an urgent need for new antibiotics in order to deal with the increasing numbers of antibiotic resistant bacteria, in particular methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, E. coli and Clostridium difficile. I have been working on numerous medicinal plants from different parts of the world for the isolation and characterization of bio-active metabolites from a variety of structural classes including anti-MRSA compounds and efflux pump inhibitors (EPIs). I have also worked on the isolation and purification of natural products from cultural broth of bacteria and fungi containing complex mixture of contaminants using a wide range of chromatography. Synthesis of natural product analogues is another area of my research interest. Application of 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy for structure elucidation of the compounds of different chemical classes is the key concept in drug discovery research. So my research focus is primarily on antibacterial drug discovery for the isolation, purification and identification of antibacterial metabolites from medicinal plants and microbes as well as the synthesis of their analogues to fit them for SAR study.

Publications:

 76 articles  in peer-reviewed journals. For pre-2010 articles please see Research Archive.

2012

• Rahman, M. M. and Gibbons, S. (2012) Antibacterial constituents of NeohyptispaniculataFitoterapia (submitted)
• Ioannou, E., Quesada, A., Rahman, M. M., Gibbons, S., Vagias, C. and Roussis, V. (2012) Structure and antibacterial activities of minor dolabellanes from the brown alga Dilophusspiralis,  European Journal of Organic Chemistry 27, 5177-5186.
• Shiu, W. K. P., Rahman,M. M., Curry, J., Stapleton, P., Zloh, M., Malkinson, J. P.and Gibbons, S. (2012) Antibacterial acylphloroglucinols from Hypericumolympicum L. cf. uniflorum Journal of Natural Products 75 (3), 336–343.

2011

• Garvey, M. I., Rahman, M. M., Gibbons, S. and Piddock, L. J. V. (2011) Medicinal plant extracts with efflux inhibitory activity against Gram negative bacteria, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 37 (2), 145-151.
• Ioannou, E., Quesada, A., Rahman, M. M., Gibbons, S., Vagias, C. and Roussis, V. (2011) Dolabellnes with antibacterial activity from the brown alga Dilophus spiralis,  Journal of Natural Products 74 (2), 213-222.
• Delazar, A., Delnavazi, M. R., Nahar, L., Moghadam, S. B., Mojarab, M., Gupta, A., Williams, A. S., Rahman, M. M. and Sarker, S. D. (2011) Lavandulifolioside B: a new phenylethanoid glycoside from the aerial parts of Stachys lavandulifolia Vahl. Natural Product Research 25 (1), 8–16.

2010

• Piddock, L. J. V., Garvey, M. I., Rahman, M. M., and Gibbons, S. (2010) Trimethoprim and epinephrine behave as inhibitors of efflux in Gram negative bacteria, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 65 (6): 1215-1223.
• Smyrniotopoulos, V.,Vagias, C., Rahman, M. M., Gibbons, S. and Roussis, V. (2010) Structure and Antibacterial Activity of Brominated Diterpenes from the Red Alga Sphaerococcus coronopifolius, Chemistry and Biodiversity 7 (1): 186-195.
• Smyrniotopoulos, V.,Vagias, C., Rahman, M. M., Gibbons, S. and Roussis, V. (2010) Ioniols I and II, tetracyclic diterpenes with antibacterial activity from Sphaerococcus coronopifolius, Chemistry and Biodiversity 7 (3): 666-676.
• Wang, W., Zeng, Y. H., Osman, K., Shinde, K., Rahman, M. M., Gibbons, S. and Mu, Q.  (2010) Norlignans, acylphloroglucinols and a dimeric xanthone from Hypericum chinense, Journal of Natural Products 73 (11), 1815–1820.
• Escobedo-Martínez, C., Cruz-Morales, S., Fragoso-Serrano, M., Rahman, M. M., Gibbons, S. and Pereda-Miranda, R. (2010) Characterization of a xylose containing oligosaccharide, an inhibitor of multidrug resistance of Staphylococcus aureus, from Ipomoea pes-caprae,  Phytochemistry 71 (14-15): 1796-1801.
• Meades Jr., G., Henken, R. L., Waldrop, G. L., Rahman, M. M., Gilman, S. D., Kamatou, G. P. P., Viljoen, A. M. and Gibbons, S. (2010)
  Constituents of Cinnamon Inhibit Bacterial Acetyl CoA Carboxylase
  Planta Medica 76 (14): 1570-1575.
• Begum, R., Chowdhury, A. M. S., Rahman, M. S., Rahman, M. M., Gibbons, S. and Rashid, M. A. (2010) A New 7-oxygenated coumarin from Clausena suffruticosa, Fitoterapia 81 (6): 656-658.
• Kader, M. G., Habib, M. R., Nikkon, F., Yeasmin, T., Rashid, M. A., Rahman, M. M. and Gibbons, S. (2010) Zederone from the rhizomes of Zingiber zerumbet and its anti-staphylococcal Activity, The Latin American and Caribbean Bulletin of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants  (BLACPMA) 9 (1): 63-68.

Publications

2009

• Zeng, Y. H., Mu, Q., Xiao, Z. Y., Xu, Y., Rahman, M. M. and Gibbons, S.  (2009) Geranyl bearing polyisoprenylated benzoylphloroglucinol derivatives from Hypericum sampsonii, Chemistry Letters 38 (5): 440-441.
• Modaressi, M., Delazar, A., Nazemiyeh, H., Fathi-Azad, F., Smith E., Rahman, M. M., Gibbons, S. Nahar, L. and Sarker, S. D. (2009) Antibacterial iridoid glucosides from Eremostachys laciniata, Phytotherapy Research 23 (1): 99-103.
• Nikkon, F., Hasan, S., Salam, A., Mosaddik, M. A., Khondkar, P., Haque, M. E. and Rahman, M. M. (2009) Benzylcarbamothioethionate from root bark of Moringa oleifera Lam. and its toxicological evaluation, The Latin American and Caribbean Bulletin of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants  (BLACPMA) 8 (2): 130-138.
• Sun, L., Rahman, M. M., Skelton, B. W. and Gibbons, S. (2009) A New derivative of  Dehydrodibenzo-p-dioxinone from Hypericum ‘hidcote’, Fitoterapia 80 (4): 226-229.
• Yasmin, H., Das, S., Nahar, L., Masud, M. M., Rahman, M. S., Roy, S. C., Rahman, M. M., Gibbons, S., Kundu, J. K., Datta, B. K., Bachar,S. C., Chowdhury, A. K. A. and Sarker, S. D. (2009) Total synthesis and analgesic activity of 6-fluoroindan-1-acetic acid and its 3-oxo derivative, Medicinal Chemistry 5, 468-473.
• Jahan, F. Rahman, M. S., Rahman, M. M., Gibbons, S., Masud, M. M., Sadhu, S. K., Hasan, C. M. and Rashid, M. A. (2009) Diphenylpropanoids from Quisqualis indica and their anti-staphylococcal activity, Latin American Journal of Pharmacy 28 (2): 279-283.
• Kader, M. A., Haque, M. E. Khondkar, P., Islam, M. M. and Rahman, M. M. (2009) Antibacterial and cytotoxic limonoids from the seeds of Swietenia mahagony, The Dhaka University Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 8 (2): 141-145.

2008

• Kladi, M.,Vagias, C., Stavri, M., Rahman, M. M., Gibbons, S. and Roussis, V. (2008) C₁₅ Acetogenins with antistaphylococcal activity from the red alga Laurencia glandulifera, Phytochemistry Letters 1 (1): 31-36.
• Nazemiyeh, H. Rahman, M. M., Gibbons, S. Nahar, L., Delazar, A., Ghahramani, M. A., Talebpoure, A. H., and Sarker, S. D. (2008) Assessment of antibacterial activity of phenylethanoid glycosides from Phlomis lanceolata against multiple-drug resistant (MDR) strains of Staphylococcus aureus, Journal of Natural Medicine 62 (1): 91-95.
• Rahman, M. M., Khondkar, P., Gray, A. I. and Sarker, S. D. (2008) Antibacterial and antifungal activity of the constituents of Flemingia paniculata, Pharmaceutical Biology 46 (5): 356-359.
• Rahman, M. M. Khondkar, P., Islam, M. A. and Gray, A. I. (2008) Antimicrobial activities of alkaloids and lignans from Zanthoxylum budrunga, Natural Product Communications 3 (1): 45-47.
• Genest, S., Kerr, C., Shah, A., Rahman, M. M., Mosbah, K.,  Nigam, P., Nahar, L., and Sarker, S. D. (2008) Comparative bioactivity studies on two Mimosa species, The Latin American and Caribbean Bulletin of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants  (BLACPMA) 7 (1): 38-43.
• Rahman, M. M., Garvey, M., Piddock, L. and Gibbons, S. (2008) Antibacterial terpenes from the oleo-resin of Commiphora molmol (Engl.). Phytotherapy Research 22 (10): 1356-1360.
• Rahman, M. M., Khan, A., Haque, M. E., and Rahman, M. M. (2008) Animicrobial and cytotoxic activities of Laportea crenulata Gaud, Fitoterapia 79 (7-8): 584-586.
• Haque, M., Haque, M. E., Rahman, M. M., Khondkar, P. and  Rahman, M. M. (2008) Antibacterial and Cytotoxic Activities of Capparis zeylanica Linn Roots, ARS Pharmaceutica 49 (1): 5-11.
• Musa, A., Haruna, A. K., Ilyas, M., Ahmadu, A.,Gibbons, S. and Rahman, M. M. (2008) Dihydrostilbenes from Indigofera pulchra, Natural Product Communications 3 (5): 805-808.
• Begum, R., Chowdhury, A. M. S., Rahman, M. S., Rahman, M. M., and Rashid, M. A. (2008) O-Methylheptaphylline from Clausena suffruticosa, Natural Product Communications 3 (5): 815-818.
• Smyrniotopoulos, V.,Vagias, C., Rahman, M. M., Gibbons, S. and Roussis, V. (2008) New brominated diterpenes with antistaphylococcal activity from the red alga Sphaerococcus coronopifolius, Journal of Natural Products 71 (8): 1386-1392.
• Appendino, G., Gibbons, S., Giana, A., Grassi, G. P., Stavri, M., Smith E., and Rahman, M. M.  (2008) Antibacterial phytocannabinoids: a structure-activity study, Journal of Natural Products 71 (8): 1427-1430.
• Das, S., Yasmin, H., Masud, M. M., Roy, S. C., Nahar, L., Rahman, M. M., Gibbons, S., Bachr, S. C. and Sarker, S. D. (2008) Total synthesis and analgesic activity of 6-fluoroindal-1-carboxylic acid, Tetrahedron 64 (37): 8642-8645.
• Rizabi, S. M., Nazemiyeh, H., Delazar, A., Hajiboland, R., Rahman, M. M., Gibbons, S. Nahar, L. and Sarker, S. D. (2008) Coumarins from the roots of Prangos uloptera , Phytochemistry letters 1 (3): 159-162.
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Research Archives

2007

• Baki, M. A., Sadik, G., Mondal, K. A. M. S. H., Mosaddik, M. A. and Rahman, M. M. (2007) Methylkaranjic acid and pongamol from Derris indica seeds and their antibacterial activity, The Dhaka University Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 6 (1): 9-13.
• Rahman, M. M., Alam, A. H. M., Sadik, G., Islam, M. R., Khondkar, P., Hossain, A. and Rashid, M. A. (2007) Antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities of Achyranthese ferrunginea, Fitoterapia  78 (3): 260-262.
• Rahman, M. M., Gibbons, S. and Gray, A. I.  (2007) Isoflavanones from Uraria picta and their antimicrobial activity, Phytochemistry 68 (12): 1692-1697.
• Datta, B. K., Rahman, M. M., Gray, A. I., Nahar, L., Hossein, A. A., Auzi, A. A. and Sarker, S. D. (2007) Polygosumicacid, a new cadinane sesquiterpene, from Polygonum viscosum inhibits the growth of drug-resistant Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus  (MRSA) in vitro, Journal of Natural Medicine 61 (4): 391-396.
• Khan, A., Haque, M. E., Rahman, M. M., Mosaddik, M. A., Al-Bari, M. A. A. and Rahman M. (2007) Antipyretic Activity of Rhizome of Drynaria quercifolia in Rabbit, Pharmaceutical Biology 45 (4): 312-315.
• Khan, A., Haque, M. E., Rahman, M. M., Mosaddik, M. A., Rahman M. M. and Sultana, N. (2007) A new triterpenoid from roots of Laportea crenulata and its antifungal activity, Natural Product Research 21 (11): 959-966.
• Khan, A., Haque, M. E., Rahman, M. M., Mosaddik, M. A., Rahman M. and Sultana, N. (2007) Isolation of antibacterial constituent from rhizome of Drynaria quercifolia and its sub-acute toxicological studies, DARU 15 (4): 205-211.

2005

• Rahman, M. M. Khondkar, P., Islam, M. A. and Gray, A. I. (2005) Alkaloids and lignans from Zanthoxylum budrunga, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 33 (1): 91-96.
• Sarker, S. D., Nahar, L., Rahman, M. M., Siakalima, M., Middleton, M., Byres, M., Kumarasamy, Y., and Murphy, E. (2005) Bioactivity of umbelliprenin, the major component found in the seeds of Angelica sylvestris.  ARS Pharmaceutica 46 (1): 35-41.
• Rahman, M. M., Polfreman, D., MacGeachan, J. and Gray A. I. (2005) Antimicrobial Activities of Barringtonia acutangula, Phytherapy Research 19 (6): 543-545.
• Khondkar, P. Rahman, M. M. and Islam, M. A. (2005) Cytotoxicity of ethylacetate extract and a metabolite from a Monocillium species, Phytotherapy Research 19 (9): 816-817.
• Rahman, M. M., Parvin, S., Haque, M. E., Islam, M. E. and Mosaddik, M. A. (2005) Antimicrobial and cytotoxic constituents from the seeds of Annona squamosa Linn., Fitoterapia 76 (5): 484-489.
• Rahman, M. M. and Gray, A. I.  (2005) A benzoisofuranone derivative and carbazole Alkaloids from Murraya koenigii and their antimicrobial activity Phytochemistry 66 (13): 1601-1606.
• Rahman, M. M., Lopa, S. S., Sadik, G., Harun-or-Rasid, Islam, R., Khondkar, P., Alam A. H. M. K. and  Rashid, M. A.  (2005) Antibacterial and cytotoxic compounds from barks of Cananga odorata, Fitoterapia 76 (7-8): 758-761.
• Khatune, N. A., Mosaddik, M. A., Rahman, M. M. Khondkar, P.  Haque, M. E., and Gray, A. I. (2005) A benzofuranone from the flowers of Nyctanthes arbortristis and its antibacterial and cytotoxic activities, The Dhaka University Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 4 (1): 7-10.
• Rahman, M. M. Khondkar, P. and Gray, A. I. (2005) Terpenoids from Atylosia scarabaeoides and their antimicrobial activity, The Dhaka University Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 4 (2): 141-144.

2004

• Murphy, E. M., Nahar, L., Kumarasamy, Y., Byres, M., Shoeb, M., Rahman, M. M., Gray A. I. and Sarker, S. D. (2004) Coumarins from the seeds of Angelica sylvestris (Apiaceae) and their distribution within the genus Angelica, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology  32 (2): 203-207.
• Haque, M. E., Haque, M., Rahman, M. M., Rahman, M. M., Khondkar, P., Waheed, M. I. I., Gray, A. I. and Sarker, S. D. (2004) Octadeca-7-en-5-ynoic acid from Capparis zeylanica root, Fitoterapia 75 (2): 130-133.
•  Rahman, M. M., Sarker, S. D., Byres, M. and Gray A. I.  (2004) New Salicylic Acid and Isoflavone derivatives from Flemingia paniculata, Journal of Natural Products 67 (3): 402-406.
• Khatune, N. A., Islam, M. E., Haque, M. E., Khondkar, P. and Rahman, M. M. (2004) Antibacterial compounds from the seeds of Psoralea corylifolia Linn., Fitoterapia 75 (2): 228-230.
• Hossain, M. S., Hossain, M. A., Rahman, M. M., Gray, A. I., Bhuiyan, M. S. A., Mondol, M. A. M., Flores, M. E. and Rashid, M. A.  (2004) Amides from the fungus Streptomyces hygroscopicus and their antimicrobial activity, Phytochemistry 65 (14): 2169-2173. Corrigendum at 65 (24): 3289.
• Shoeb, M., Rahman, M. M., Nahar, L., Jaspars, M., MacManus, S., Delazar, A. and Sarker, S. D. (2004) Bioactive lignans from the seeds of Centaurea macrocephala, DARU 12 (3): 87-93.
• Lopa, S. S., Sadik, G., Rahman, M. M. Harun-or-Rasid, Islam, R., Khondkar, P., Alam A. H. M. K. and Rashid, M. A.  (2004) Oxoaporphinoids and Benzoic acid derivative from barks of Cananga odorata, The Dhaka University Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 3 (1-2): 1-4.
• Kudrat-E-Zahan, Hossain, M. S., Sarkar, S., Rahman, M. M. Farooque, M. A., Karim, M. N., Nahar, L. and Hossain, M. A. (2004) Evaluation of in vitro antimicrobial and in vivo properties of peroxo coordination complexes of Mg(II), Mn(II), Fe(II) & Ni(II), The Dhaka University Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences  3 (1-2): 43-47.

2003

• Magora, H. B., Rahman, M. M., Gray, A. I., Cole, M. D. (2003) Swertiamarin from Enicostemma axillare (Gentianaceae), Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 31 (5): 553-555.
• Sadik, G., Islam,  R., Rahman, M. M., Khondkar, P.,  Rashid, M. A. and Sarker, S. D. (2003) Antimicrobial and cytotoxic constituents of Loranthus globosus, Fitoterapia 74 (3): 308-311.
• Rahman, M. M., Qais, N., and Rashid, M. A. (2003) A new C-benzoylated chalcone  from Desmos chinensis, Fitoterapia 74 (5): 513-516.
• Anjum, A., Haque, M. E., Rahman, M. M., Sarker, S. D. (2003) Alkaloids and steroid from the flower of Alangium salviifolium, The Dhaka University Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2 (2): 97-101.
• Molla, M. A. H., Khondkar, D., Khondkar, P. and Rahman, M. M. (2003) Antibacterial activity of Euphorbia hirta, Journal of Bioscience. 11: 31-34.

2002

• Rahman, M. M. and Gray, A. I.  (2002) Antimicrobial constituents from the stem bark of Feronia limonia, Phytochemistry 59 (1): 73-77.
• Anjum, A., Haque, M. E., Rahman, M. M., Sarker, S. D. (2002) Antibacterial activities of the compounds from the flower of Alangium salviifolium, Fitoterapia 73 (6): 526-528.

1999

• Mollah, M. A. H., Salam, S. M. A. and Rahman, M. M. (1999) Antibacterial activity of the leaf stem Borassus flabellifer Linn., Rajshahi University Studies part-2, 27: 41-44.
• Khondkar, P. Islam, M. A., and Rahman, M. M. (1999) Isolation and in vitro antimicrobial screening of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from a Monocillium species, Rajshahi University Studies part-2, 27: 83-87.

1998

• Molla, M. A. H., Jesmin, M., Alam, T. and Rahman, M. M. (1998) Antibacterial and antifungal properties of leave extract from Nyctanthes arbortritis, Journal of Bioscience 6:101-106.
• Molla, M. A. H., Talukder, M. S. M., Islam, M. A., Rahman, M. M. and Ahsan, M. S. (1998) Chemical proximate analysis and estimation of protein, chromium & iron in the rootstock of Potamogeton nodosus, Journal of Bioscience 6: 167-169.

1997

• Molla, M. A. H., Talukder, M. S. M., Islam, M. A., Rahman, M. M. and Ahsan, M. S. (1997) Antibacterial activity of Potamogeton nodosus, Journal of Bioscience 5: 195-200.
• Khondkar, P. Islam, M. A., Amin, A.R.M. and Rahman, M. M. (1997) Sub-acute toxicity of an anti-microbial metabolite isolated from a Monocillium species, Journal of Bioscience 5: 277-284.

1996

• Qais, N., Rahman, M. M., Jabber, A. and Rashid, M. A. (1996) 5-methoxy-7-hydroxyflavanone from Desmos chinensis, Fitoterapia 67 (5): 476.
• Qais, N., Rahman, M. M, Rashid, M. A, Koshino, H., Nagasawa, K. and Nakata, T. (1996) Antibacterial flavanoids from Desmos chinensis, Fitoterapia 67 (6): 554-555.
• Qais, N., Rahman, M. M., Masum, M. A., Jabber, A. and Rashid, M. A. (1996) Antibacterial and antileshmanial activitities of Desmos chinensis, Bangladesh Journal of Botany 25 (2): 155-158.
• Qais, N., Rahman, M. M., Jabber, A. and Rashid, M. A. (1996) Cytotoxic activity of Desmos chinensis, The Dhaka University Journal of Biological Sciences 5 (2): 191-195.

Conference abstracts 

• Pereda-Miranda, R., Escobedo-Martínez, C., Cruz-Morales, S., Fragoso-Serrano, M., Rahman, M. M. and Gibbons, S. (2009) Characterization of a xylose containing resin glycoside isolated from Ipomoea pes-caprae. Poster presented at the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the American Society of Pharmacognosy on June 27 -July 1, 2009 atHonolulu,USA, p-047.
• Garvey, M. I., Rahman, M. M., and Gibbons, S. And Piddock, L. J. V. (2010) Plant extracts that synergize with antibiotics against Gram-negative bacteria. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for General Microbiology on March 30-April 2, 2009 at Harrogate International Centre,UK, p-59.
• Rahman, M. M. and Gibbons, S. (2008) Constituents of Neohyptis paniculata and their anti-staphylococcal activity. Poster presented at the 7^th Joint Meeting of AFERP, ASP, GA, PSE & SIF held in Athens, Greece on August 03-08, 2008; Abstract published in Planta Medica 74 (9): 1048.
• Ioannou E., Vagias C., Rahman, M. M., Gibbons, S. And Roussis, V. (2008) New dolabellanes from the brown alga Dilophus spiralis. Poster presented at the 7^th Joint Meeting of AFERP, ASP, GA, PSE & SIF held in Athens, Greece on August 03-08, 2008; Abstract published in Planta Medica 74 (9): 1053.
• Rahman, M. M. and Gibbons, S. (2007) The anti-staphylococcal activity of terpenes from Commiphora molmol. Poster presented at the 55^th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Plant Research at Graz, Austria on September 02-06, 2007; Abstract published in Planta Medica 73 (9): 872.
• Rahman, M. M. and Gray, A. I. (2003) Antimicrobial compounds from Bangladeshi legumes. An oral presentation at the 2^nd Phytotherapy Research Conference organized by Bioforce (UK) Ltd at the Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, UK on March 27-28, 2003.
• Rahman, M. M. and Gray, A. I. (2002) Antimicrobial carbazoles from Murraya koenigii. Poster presented at Phytotherapy Research Conference organized by Bioforce (UK) Ltd at the Royal Concert Hall,Glasgow,UK onApril 19, 2002.
• Rahman, M. M. and Gray, A. I. (2001) Novel isoflavanones from Uraria picta. Poster presented at the International Symposium of the Phytochemical Society of Europe (PSE) at theInstitute ofPharmacognosy and Phytochemistry (IPP),University of Lausanne,Switzerland onSeptember 12-14, 2001, p 078.
• Khatune, N. A., Haque, M. E., Mosaddik, M. A., Rahman, M. M. and Gray, A. I. (2000) Isolation of two new compounds, a coumesterol derivative and a benzaldehyde derivative from Psoralea corylifolia Linn. Poster presented at the 10^th Asian Symposium on Medicinal Plants and other Natural Products on Research and Development of Natural Products for Human Survival in the 21^st Century, Department of Chemistry,University of Dhaka,Bangladesh,November 18-23, 2000, p 282.
• Rahman, M. M., Gray, A. I., Drummond, A. J. and Khondkar, P. (2000) Antimicrobial constituents from Feronia limonia. Poster presented at the 35^th annual PSNA conference and 16^th annual MAPMBS meeting symposium on Regulation of Phytochemicals by Molecular Techniques,USDABeltsvilleAgriculturalResearchCenter,Beltsville,MD20705,USA,August 6-10, 2000, pp 17-18.

• Member of Royal Society of Chemistry (since 2008)
• Registered Pharmacist (Grade A)- Pharmacy Council ofBangladesh
• Member,HSBSchoolEquality and Diversity Committee
• Member, Medicine Research Group at UEL