Md. Harunor Rashid Khan

Md. Harunor Rashid Khan (; born 1967) is a Bangladeshi academic, physicist and university administrator. He is serving as the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Khulna University since October 2024. He is also a professor in the Discipline of Physics at Khulna University.

Early life and education Khan was born in Bangladesh in 1967. He completed his early education in his home district. He later pursued higher education in physics at Jahangirnagar University, where he obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees. He subsequently earned his PhD in High Energy Physics in 1999 from Saga University and the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Japan, as a Monbusho Scholar.

Career Khan is currently serving as the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Khulna University since October 2024.

Prior to this, he served as the Head of the Physics Discipline at Khulna University from August 2023 to October 2024. He has been a Professor in the Physics Discipline at Khulna University since 2006, with his current tenure continuing from August 2021.

Khan also served internationally as a Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from January 2016 to July 2021. He has published extensively in national and international journals, with more than 130 research articles indexed in reputed databases.

Khan completed a postdoctoral fellowship between 2003 and 2005 at Tokyo Institute of Technology and the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Japan. His publications have received significant citations (12800), as reflected in his Google Scholar profile.

Khan has also served as a Regular Associate at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy, from 2003 to 2010.

At Khulna University, Khan has served in several key leadership capacities over the years, including Head of the Physics Discipline (2009–2012; 2012–2015; 2023–2024), Dean of the Science, Engineering and Technology School (2010–2012), Director of the Research and Innovation Center (2008–2010), and Provost of Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Hall (2001–2003).

He has also contributed to academic governance through roles such as Chairman of the Advisory Editorial Board of Khulna University Studies and Estate In-Charge of the university since 2024.