Dr. Md. Shahidur Rahman was born on 1st  July, 1983, in the village of Rajpara, located in the Mathbaria Upazila under the district of Pirojpur, Bangladesh. He is the first son of Md. Mazibar Rahman and Mrs. Saleha Begum. Dr. Rahman is married to Khadija Akter Parvin, and they have two daughters named Shreoshi Rahman and Preoshi Rahman. He is a Bangladeshi citizen by birth and follows the Sunni branch of Islam. Dr. Rahman strongly believes in the principles of the Bangladesh Liberation War and embraces a progressive, non-communal ideology.

In January 2011, Dr. Rahman commenced his academic career at Bangladesh Open University (BOU) as a Lecturer of Botany. In October 2014, he was promoted to the position of Assistant Professor, and in October 2022, he attained the rank of Associate Professor (Botany) at the Open School, BOU.

Rahman, M. S. (2023). Pharmacological Properties of Phyllanthus urinaria L.: An Overview. Journal of Teacher Education, 8(1), 75-86. ISSN 1812-7517.

Rahman, M. S., Sultana, S. S. & Hassan, M. A. (2021). Variable Chromosome Number and Ploidy Level of Five Phyllanthus Species in Bangladesh. Cytologia, 86(2), 143–148.

Rahman, M. S. (2019). Karyomorphological Study of Enhydra fluctuans Lour. (Asteraceae). Bangladesh Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 54(4), 283-288.

Dash, C. K., Rahman, M. S., & Afroz, M. (2019). Karyological Investigation of Calotropis gigantea (L.) W. T. Aiton and Centella asiatica (L.) Urban: Two Important medicinal Plants of Bangladesh. Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, 14 (2019), 100221.

Rahman, M. S. (2018). Chromosomal Study of Limnocharis flava (L.) Buchenau.Bangladesh Open University Journal of Open School, 7(1), 11-20.

Husain, I., Rahman, M. S., & Islam, M. N. (2016). SSC Programme of Bangladesh Open University: Upcoming Challenges and Way out of Remedies. Bangladesh Open University Journal, 3(1), 163-174.

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Shamim, A. H. M., Moniruzzaman, M., & Rahman, M. S. (2015). Study on Salt Accumulation in Soil Layers as Affected by Different Concentration of Saline Water. Journal of Soil and Nature (JSN), 8(2), 30-32.

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Sattar, M. A., Rahman, M. S., & Roy, S. (2014). Earthquake Vulnerable Sectors in Bangladesh and Some Measures for Risk Reduction: An Observation. Journal of Innovative and Development Strategy, 8(2), 1-9.

Alam, S. S., Zaman, M. Y., & Rahman, M. S. (2010). Localization of 5S rDNA and 18S- 5.8S-25S rDNA Probes in Crinum Latifolium L. Genome. Bangladesh Journal of Botany, 39(2), 199-205.