miscellaneous . honours & awards

• PSB 2013 (January 3-7, Hawaii) travel award from the National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health.
  
• Graduate Dean's Prestigious Fellowship, UT Austin (2012-2013)
  
• Graduate Dean's Prestigious Fellowship, UT Austin (2011-2012)
  
• Graduate Dean's Prestigious Fellowship, UT Austin (2010-2011)
  
• Dean's Excellence Award from the College of Natural Sciences, UT Austin (Fall 2010)
  
• International Fulbright Science and Technology PhD Award 2010.
  
• Dean's List Award for academic excellence in all completed levels (years), BUET.
  
• University Merit Scholarship for academic excellence in all terms (semesters), BUET.
  
• Khatimunnesa and Md. Hanif Laskar Trust Fund Scholarship, BUET.
  
• Dhaka Education Board Scholarship for excellence (5th) in the HSC examination.
  
• Dhaka Education Board Scholarship for excellence (19th) in the SSC examination.
  
• Placed 1st (talent pool) in the Junior Scholarship Examination, 1998
  
• Champion in a Speech Competition on "Women's Rights", Narayanganj.