Dr. Sharif Ahmed is a Research Scientist and Agronomist with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Bangladesh office. He graduated from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU) in 2008 and received MS degree majoring in Agronomy in 2011 from the same university. He received PhD degree from the Department of Agronomy of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh as a research scholar of the IRRI. He has published around thirty scientific papers in international and national journals. He is a member of the Bangladesh Society of Agronomy (BSA), Weed Science Society of Bangladesh (WSSB), and Krishibid Institution of Bangladesh (KIB). He attended many international and national conferences, congress, and workshops.