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Faculty Members Ongoing Researches

  • AI and Policy in Healthcare
  • Zn in health and diseases
  • Academic Integrity
  • Scientometrics

Area

Focus

Natural Product Chemistry

Isolation, purification, crystallization, and structural elucidation of bioactive compounds

Cancer Chemoprevention

Antiproliferative effects, apoptosis & autophagy pathway mechanisms

Food Chemistry

Bioactive phytochemicals in fruits and vegetables

Phyto-Pharmacology

Hepatoprotective, anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant studies

Nanomedicine

Polymeric nanoparticles for encapsulation and delivery of plant extracts

 

Biological Assays & Techniques

Category

Specific Techniques

In Vitro

Antimicrobial, anticancer (cell lines: HeLa, EAC, HepG2, PC3), cytotoxicity (brine shrimp, MTT), antioxidant (DPPH, ABTS, ESR), anti-inflammatory

In Vivo

Hepatoprotective, anti-diabetic (streptozotocin-induced), analgesic, CNS depressant, anti-diarrheal, toxicological (sub-acute, acute)

Molecular

Western blot, apoptosis assays, cell culture, histopathology, biochemical analysis (hematological, serum enzymes)

 

Key Instrumentation Handled

Instrument

Experience Level

Chromatography

HPLC, Prep-HPLC, LC-MS, UPLC-MS/MS, GC-MS, Column Chromatography (Silica, Sephadex LH-20), TLC, Flash Chromatography

Spectroscopy

1D & 2D NMR, LC-NMR, Mass Spectroscopy (ESI, EI), UV-VIS, IR

Other

Rotary Evaporator, Soxhlet Extractor, Fermenter, Centrifuge, Lyophilizer (Freeze Dryer), Laminar Air Flow, Microtome, pH Meter

Key Software Skills

  • Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Statistical Analysis (ANOVA, SPSS, GraphPad Prism)
  • EndNote (Reference Management)
  • Molecular Docking (basic)

Key Professional Certifications & Training

Training

Topic

Institution

Year

Advanced Training

HPLC & NMR Analysis

Centre for Phytochemistry, Southern Cross University, Australia

2002–2004

Workshop

EndNote for Thesis Writing

Southern Cross University, Australia

2003

Certification

Data Meta-analysis for Review Papers

Dammam University, KSA

2018

Course

Food & Genetically Modified Food Production

Jeju National University, South Korea

2009

 

Key Professional Experience (Non-Academic)

Position

Organization

Responsibilities

Period

Lab Demonstrator

Complementary Medicine Dept., Southern Cross University, Australia

Chemistry lab instruction

2001–2004

Research Associate

Centre for Phytochemistry & Pharmacology, Southern Cross University, Australia

NMR, LC-MS, HPLC, GC-MS analysis

2002–2004

A-Grade Pharmacist

Pharmaceutical Industry (Bangladesh)

Production & Quality Control sections

Short-term

  • Reversible/Quantum Logic
  • Multiple-Valued Logic
  • Evolutionary Algorithms
  • Graph Problems
  • Data Mining
  • Machine Learning
  • Photovoltaic devices and systems
  • Modeling, simulation and characterization of semiconductor devices
  • Engineering education

Biotechnology, Genetic engineering, Microbiology, Molecular biology, Biochemistry, Biosensor development, Protein engineering, Fermentation and Bioinformatics. 

  • Natural products based new drug discovery
  • Clinical studies of well-known medicinals plants of Bangladesh 
  • Development of High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic (HPLC) methods for analysis of medicinal extracts
  • Ethno-pharmacology and
  • Phytochemistry

(i) Durability of Building Materials, Plain and Reinforce Concrete in Aggressive Environment (Marine Environment, Arid, Hot & Humid Climates, Tropical / Arctic / Polar Climates, Concrete Subjected to Alternate wetting / drying and large hydrostatic pressures etc.).

(ii) Suitability and Effectiveness of Supplementary Cementitious materials (SCM) as Page 5 of 15. partial replacement of Cement, admixture / paint / coatings for concrete / embedded rebars exposed to adverse environment.

(iii) Assessment of damage caused due to corrosion of embedded reinforcement in concrete structures and rehabilitation of the damaged structures.

(iv) Non destructive test (NDT) techniques for predicting service life of existing structures.

(v) Ultimate and Limit state behavior of R. C. and P. C. Structure.

  • Software Engineering
  • Software Product Line Engineering
  • BioInformatics
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Computer Vision
  • Data Analytics
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Formal Verification

On-Going Projects

  • Speech Audio to Emotion Detection
  • Tea Leaf Disease Detection by using Deep Learning
  • Detection of Various Staged of Diabetic Retinopathy from Fundus Images: Bangladesh Perspective
  • Deep Learning Based Emotion Detection from EEG Signals
  • Alzheimer Disease and Stage Detection from Brain Images
  • Designing an Intelligent Chatbot
  • Classification and Analysis of Software Defects
  • Analysis of Network Intrusion and Detection: Data Mining Approach (Data Mining and Cyber Security)
  • Rough Set in Bioinformatics
  • Application of Data Analytics in Supply Chain Management
  • Data Mining in Bioinformatics, and Disease Diagnosis and Prediction
  • Software Product Line Requirement Management
  • Recommender-Based Service Composition Verification
  • Electron transport in semiconductor nanostructures
  • Electronics of 2D materials
  • Strain engineering for improved performance of nano transistors
  • Photovoltaics and solar cell
  • Enteric and Diarrheal Diseases
  • Antibiotic Resistant mechanisms of Enteric Bacteria
  • Breast Cancer

Research Grant received

  1. Research grant under special allocations (Interdisciplinary group) from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Bangladesh in the financial years 2025-2026 and 2024-2025. The title of the project is “Assessing Breast Cancer Risk Associated with Polymorphism of Genetic Markers among Bangladeshi women”.
  2. Research grant under special allocations (Interdisciplinary group) from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Bangladesh in the financial years 2022-2023, and 2023-2024. The title of the project is “Analysis of the effects of food and water borne carcinogens on the cancer patients of Bangladesh”.
  3. CRT, EWU, Determination of Azithromycin Resistant Mechanisms of Shigella, Salmonella and Vibrio cholerae strains isolated in Bangladesh. Principle Investigator. Value: 10,42,117 BDT. This project is in collaboration with ICDDR,B.
  • Area of Specialization
  • Aerodynamics of Long-span Bridges
  • Aeroelastic Analysis of Flexible Structures
  • Aerodynamic Countermeasures of Flexible Structures and Bluff Bodies
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Seismic Response of Structures


Research Project

Research Project Title: “Far Surface Mounted Reinforcement for Flexural Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Beam

Period:  01/07/2019 to 30/06/2021

Funded By: BANBEIS under the Ministry of Education

Position: Co-PI


Reviewer

Engineering Structures

International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics

Engineering Application of Computational Fluid Mechanics

Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration

Wind and Structures. An International Journal

Structures

Asian Journal of Civil Engineering

Research on Engineering Structures and Materials

Physics of Fluids

Structural Engineering and Mechanics 

  • Transportation,
  • Traffic  safety,
  • Econometric  statistical  analysis,
  • Naturalistic  driving  study,
  • Infrastructure and disaster management,
  • Public transportation.

  • Plasma Physics:   Dusty plasma physics is a specialized branch of plasma physics that focuses on plasmas containing electron, ions and charged less dust particles suspended in the ionized gas. These dust particles interact with the surrounding plasma through electrostatic forces, leading to unique behaviors and phenomena. Dusty plasmas are found in many natural environments, such as in space and  in cometary tails, and are also found in laboratory. The study of dusty plasmas provides insights into fundamental plasma dynamics, as well as practical applications in materials science, space exploration, and industrial processes involving plasma-based technologies.
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  • Cloud Electrification: Cloud electrification refers to the process by which clouds accumulate electrical charges, leading to the development of lightning and thunder. This phenomenon occurs primarily in convective clouds, such as thunderclouds, where the movement of supercooled water droplets, ice crystals, and snow particles causes collisions that transfer electrical charge. As a result, different regions of the cloud acquire positive or negative charges, creating an electric field strong enough to trigger lightning discharges, either within the cloud, between clouds, or to the ground. Understanding cloud electrification is essential for predicting and mitigating the effects of thunderstorms and lightning-related hazards. 
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Universal Networking Language
  • Machine Learning
  • Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Embedded Systems