Ms. Deeba is currently a lecturer at Brac University and also served as a lecturer at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB). She is an active researcher and has grown keen interests in cancer research and anti-cancer drug development. Previously, she worked as a research officer and senior research assistant at International Center for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) and conducted several research projects on clinical bacteriology and antimicrobial resistance.  She obtained her B.Sc and MS degree from the University of Dhaka in Microbiology. Ms. Deeba was awarded National Science & Technology Fellowship provided by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh for her MS research and prestigious Dean’s Award of the Faculty of Biological Sciences of the University of Dhaka for outstanding academic performance during her graduation.