Professor Md. Abdul Wahab is a Professor in the Department of Fisheries Management, BAU with 30 years experience in fisheries education and research. He has implemented a large number of national and international research projects emphasising aquaculture and development in Bangladesh. Currently, he is coordinating several research projects under the umbrella of BFRF (Bangladesh Fisheries Research Forum) being a founder president of this forum. He is also coordinating a distance learning programme of Aquatic Resource Development (ARD) – a bilateral postgraduate educational programme between BAU and UoS (University of Stirling) recruiting students already working in grassroots level developing organizations in Bangladesh. Prof. Wahab has published more than 120 peer reviewed journal papers and co-edited several proceedings of seminars and workshops.