Dr. Mohammad Mainul Islam is a professor and former Chairman of Population Sciences at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, with over 22 years of experience in population and development.Dr. Islam received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Sociology from the University of Dhaka (DU), and his PhD in Demography from Peking University (China). He completed a Global Health Research Capacity Strengthening Program (GHR-CAPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship at McGill University, Canada. Dr. Islam also received training at various reputed universities, such as Johns Hopkins Fall Institute in Barcelona (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Stanford University, Brown University, and the University of Bergen. In recognition of his academic achievements, he received the 'First Prize of Academic Excellence Award' from Peking University. Later, he was named the Nick Simons Scholar of the New Investigator in Global Health program of the Global Health Council, USA. He is a two-time New Voices in Global Health program winner, receiving these accolades in 2014 and 2016 at the World Health Summit (WHS) in Berlin, Germany. He presented his research at over 250 international and national conferences or scientific meetings worldwide. He contributed to over 84 scientific publications (45 journal articles, 39 book chapters, scientific reports, monographs, policy briefs, and conference proceedings. Recently, he was appointed as the Chief Editor of the International e-Journal of South-South Cooperation in Population and Development. He is a member of various national-level technical committees of the General Economic Division (GED) of the Planning Commission, the Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP), the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), etc. He drafted the National Family Planning Strategy, 2023-2030, and reviewed the population and development section of the 8th Five-Year Plan (2019-2024). He has been a 'Member' of the Population Expert Committee (PEC) of the Project of the GED's Planning Commission within the Ministry of Planning since November 2017. He has professional involvement in various national associations, including the International Union of Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP). He was the Project Director of the Strengthening the Capacity of Teaching and Research Facilities at the Department of Population Sciences. He was elected to the Syndicate –the highest decision-making body of the DU for two consecutive terms between 2010 and 2014. His work broadly focuses on population and development and population and health policies and programs.