Curriculum Vitae
Professor Dr. S M Saiful Islam
Pro-Vice Chancellor,
Leading University
(Professor, Department of Chemistry
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology)
Sylhet -3114 Bangladesh
Contact:
Mobile: 88-01972448030
PERSONAL INFORMATION
1. Name: Professor Dr. S M Saiful Islam
2. (i) Father’s name: Mahbubur Rahman Sheikh
(ii) Mother’s name : Masuma Khatun
3. Date of birth: July01, 1966 Age: 46 years Place of birth: Dhaka
4. Marital status: Married
5. (i) Present address: Head
Department of Chemistry
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet
(ii) Permanent address: 113 East Rampura Dhaka-1219
6. Country: Bangladesh Nationality: Bangladeshi Religion: Islam
Work Experience:
January 2014 to Date Pro-Vice Chancellor
Leading University,Sylhet -3114 Bangladesh
Nov. 2011 to Jan.2014Head,Department of Chemistry, Shahjalal University of Science and
Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
Aug. 2010 to Jan.2014Head (acting),Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Shahjalal University of Science and
Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
Aug. 2008 to Jan.2014Professor, Department of Chemistry, Shahjalal University of Science andTechnology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
Mar. 2008 to Aug. 2008Associate ProfessorDepartment of Chemistry, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114,Bangladesh
Jan.2008 - Feb. 2008Research Associate, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, TohokuUniversity, Sendai, JAPAN
Apr. 2006 - Dec. 2007Assistant Professor, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, TohokuUniversity, Sendai, JAPAN
Jul. 2005 – Mar 2006Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
Jun. 2003 to Jul. 2005Post Doctoral Fellow, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai, JAPAN
Apr. 1999 to Jun. 2003Assistant Professor,Department of Chemistry, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
Oct. 1992 to Jan. 1995 LecturerDepartment of Chemistry, Shahjalal University of Science andTechnology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
Jan. 1992 to Oct. 1992Research Fellow, BoseCenter for Higher Study, Dhaka University, Bangladesh
Research:
Published 35 articles (list enclosed) in national and international journals.
Research Areas;-
(i)Synthesis and characterizations of photocatalyst and their industrial applications.
(ii)Preparation of nano-material (Al, Ni, Cr alloy) for thermal barrier coating
(iii)Study of the dynamics of excited multiple states of molecules specially the biologically active molecules (porphyrins, phthalocyanines, etc.), with radical/s system by using spectroscopic techniques such as high frequency Time resolved EPR, transient absorption etc.
(iv)Excited triplet states properties of organic and organometallic compounds by CW and Time resolved EPR, and theoretical calculation of Zero field ESR parameters using DFT model
Highlights of Experience:
• Operation and maintenance of Bruker W-Band (95 GHz) and JEOL X- Band (9.5 GHz) EPR system
• Extensive experienced on TREPR measurements using JEOL X- Band and Bruker W- Band EPR system
• Maintenance and handling different kinds of laser systems–
Nb-YAG laser (Spectra Physics–GCR 170), OPO system, (pumped by Nb-YAG laser),
Eximer laser, Dye laser (pumped by Eximer laser)
• Experienced in handling low temperature (using liq. He) EPR and other photochemical experiments
• Experienced on nano-second time resolved transient absorption measurements
• Experienced in running Shimadzu IR spectrophotometers, Shimadzu UV-365 UV/VISIBLE Spectrometer, etc.
• Experience in synthesis of coordination complexes and nano particles.
• Computer Knowledge;
Familiar with some software related to EPR and photochemistry.
Knowledge on Software, Microsoft Office package, Microsoft Excel, (Word processing and data
analysis software)
Igor Program (for one and two-dimensional data analysis with self programmed simulation),
Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, etc
Teaching Experience
23 years of teaching and research experience in chemistry.
Teaching experience especially on General Physical Chemistry, Reaction Kinetics, Photochemistry, Coordination Chemistry, Solid State etc. at undergraduate and postgraduate levels
Designed and supervision of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry laboratory courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
• Experience in supervision of research projects for students at PhD and MSc level related to photochemistry, Time resolved EPR, photodegradation of organic textile dyes and pollutants, nano materials(metal, metal oxides), and coordination complexes.
# Specially experienced in Chemistry Laboratory design and setting experiments for undergraduate and graduate levels students (physical and inorganic chemistry section).
ACADEMIC
Schooling / Institute / Country / Division/Position / YearS.S.C / Khilgoan govt. high School, Dhaka / BANGLADESH / 1st division / 1981
H.S.C / Kabi Nazrul Govt. College, Dhaka / BANGLADESH / 1st division / 1983
Undergraduate / University
B.Sc in Chemistry / Universityof Dhaka / BANGLADESH / 1st class 4th / 1986
Graduate / Year
M.Sc In Chemistry / Universityof Dhaka / BANGLADESH / 1st class 2nd / 1987
D.Sc in Chemistry / TohokuUniversity / JAPAN / Awarded / 1998
Awards:
# Research grant from Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) April 2012- March 2015
# Research grant from SUST(Shahjalal University of Science and Technology), January 2012- December 2012
# Research grant from UGC-SUST , July 2010- June2011
# Research grant from Bangladesh Ministry of Science and Technology for research in photo-degradation of dye molecules, July 2000-June 2001
# Japanese Govt. Scholarship (Monbusho Scholarship), January 1995- October 1998
Awarded scholarships from higher through graduate studies in Bangladesh
List of Publications
33.Synthesis and Characterization of a Thiocyanate bridged Dinuclear Cu(ii) Complex Containing Macrocyclic ligand derived from Pyridine-2, 6-dicarboxaldehyde and 1, 2-bis(2-aminoethoxy) ethane,
Md. Mahbubul Alam, Faisal Ahmed, Rockshana Begum, S. M. Mizanur Rahman, Iqbal Ahmed Siddiquey, Mohammad Razaul Karim, and Islam S.M. Saiful, J. Ban. Aca. Sci., Vol. 36, 89-96, (2012)
32. Electrocatalytic formation of NO2- at a poly crystalline Ag surface in a neutral medium.; M. Saiful Alam, M.A. Hasnat, M.A. Rashed, Md. Rezwan Miah, Islam S.M. Saiful, Electrochemica Acta 76(2012) 102-105
31. Synthesis and Characterization of Methoxy-bridged Bis(silylene)tungsten Complexes
R. Begum and Islam S. M. S. J. Sci. Res. 4(1), 109-118 (2012)
30. Multifrequency TREPR Investigation of Excited-State ZnTPP/Nitroxide Radical Complexes, V. F. Tarasov, Saiful S. M. Islam, Y. Ohba, M. D. E. Forbes, S.Yamauchi,Appl. Magn. Reson., 41, 175-193 (2011)
29. Adsorption and UV-Visible Light InducedDegradation of Methylene Blue over ZnONano-Particles; Muhammad Amirul Islam, Iqbal Ahmed Siddiquey, Md. Azizur Rahman Khan,
Md. Mahbubul Alam, Saiful S.M. Islam, Mohammad A. Hasnat, Int. J. Chem. Reac. Eng. 9, S8 (2011).
28.Synthesis, Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Studies of Mononuclear Fe(II) and Ni(II) Complexes Containing a Macrocyclic Ligand Derived from Pyridine-2,6-dicarboxaldehyde and 1,2-Bis(2-aminoethoxy) Ethane; M. M. Alam, R. Begum, S. M. M. Rahman, and I. S. M. Saiful. J. Sci. Res. 3 (3), 599-607 (2011)
27. Time-Resolved High-Frequency EPR Studies on Magnesium and Zinc Tetraphenylporphines in Their Lowest Excited Triplet StatesSeigo Yamauchi, Katsuaki Takahashi, Saiful S M. Islam, Yasunori Ohba and Valery Tarasov, J. Phys. Chem. B, (2010), 114, 14559–14563
26.Shifts of g Values in the Excited Triplet States of Metal Complexes Studied by Time-Resolved W-band EPR, Seigo Yamauchi ; Mana Tanabe, Katsuaki Takahashi, Saiful Islam, Hideto Matsuoka Yasunori Ohba, Appl Magn Reson (2010) 37:317–323
25. Synthesis of nano-nickel by a wet chemical reduction method in the presence of surfactant (SDS) and a polymer (PVP); K. M. A. Haque, M. S. Hussain, S. S. Alam and S. MS. Islam; African Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry, 4(5), 58-63, (2010)
24. Simultaneous Preparation of Facial and Meridional Isomer of Cobalt-Amino acid Complexes and their Characterization; M. M. Alam, S. M. M. Rahman, M. M. Rahman, and S. MS. Islam. J. Sci. Res. 2(1) 91-98 (2010)
23. Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonds between a Radical and a Diamagnetic Matrix: CW-ESR Investigations of 2,6-di-tert butyl-4-hydroxymethyl phenol; T. Yamaji, I. SM. Saiful, M. Baba, S. Yamauchi, J. Yamauchi,Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 82, 58-64 (2009).
22. Heme-Binbing Characteristic of the Isolated PAS-A Domain of Mouse Per2, a transcriptional Regulatory Factor Associated with Circadian Rhythms, K. Kitanishi, J. Igarashi, K. Hayasaka, N. Hikage, I. SM. Saiful, S. Yamauchi, T. Uchida, K. Ishimori, and T. Shimizu, Biochemistry, 47, 6157 (2008)
21. Electron Paramagnetic Resonance of the Excited States of the Three-Spins-1/2 ZnTPP-3NOPy Complex, V. F. Tarasov, I. SM. Saiful, Y. Ohba, K. Takakhashi, and S. Yamauchi, Spectroscopica Chimica Acta Part A 69 1327-1330, (2008).
20. Preparation Characterization, Molecular Models and Cyclic Voltammetric Study of Tren Complexes of Cu(II) and Zn(II) [Tren = tris(2-aminoethyl)amine, S.S. Shammi, A.A.Sheikh, SM Saiful Islam, M.Q. Ehsan,Malaysian Journal of Chemistry, 10(1), 009-014, (2008).
19. Structure-function Relationships of the Thiol-coordinating Heme Proteins, HRI, Associated with Protein Synthesis, and NPAS2, a Regulator of Circadian Rhythms, T. Shimizu, N. Hikage, K. Kitanishi, M. Murase, A. Iizuka, S. Ishikawa, K. Ishitsuka, I. SM. Saiful, S. Yamauchi, A. Tanaka, M. Martinkova, J. Igarashi and I. Sagami Proc.Cytochromes P450 – Biochemistry, Biophysics and Functional Genomics, 15th International Conference, 31-38 (2007)
18. Identification of Cys385 in the isolated kinase insertion domain of heme-regulated eIF2a kinase (HRI) as the heme axial ligand by site-directed mutagenesis and spectral characterization, Kyoko Hirai, Marketa Martinkova, Jotaro Igarashi, Islam SM. Saiful,Seigo Yamauchi, Samir El-Mashtoly, Teizo Kitagawa, Toru Shimizu, J.Inorg.Biochem. 101, 1172-1179, (2007)
17. Substituent Effect on g-Tensor: Multi-frequency ESR Study and DFT Calculation of Polycrystalline Phenoxyl radical derivatives in Diamagnetic crystals, Toshiki Yamaji,Islam SM Saiful, Masaaki Baba,Seigo Yamauchi,and Jun Yamauchi, J. Phys. Chem. A 111, 4612-4619, (2007).
16. Spin Coupling in the Supramolecular Structure of a New Tetra(Quinoline-TEMPO) Yttrium(III) Complex, Luca Maretti, Marilena Ferbinteanu, Fanica Cimpoesu, Islam SM Saiful, Yasunori Ohba, Takashi Kajiwara Masahiro Yamashita and Seigo Yamauchi, Inorg Chem.46,660-669, (2007).
15. Preparation Characterization and Molecular Models of the Complexes of Triethylenetetramine with Cr(III) and Fe(III), M.Q. Ehsan, M.Motaleb Hossain, SM SaifulIslam, Malaysian Journal of Chemistry, 9(1), 67-72, (2007)
14. Electron Spin Polarization in an Excited Triplet-Radical Pair System: Generation and Decay of the State, V. F. Tarasov, I. SM. Saiful, Y. Iwasaki, Y. Ohba, A. Savitsky, K. Moius, and S. Yamauchi, Appl. Magn. Reson, 30, 619-936, (2006)
13.A New Series of Triplet-Radical pair: Modulation of Radical-Triplet Interaction by a Counter
Ion, Luca Maretti,Islam SM Saiful, Takashi Kajiwara, Ryo Miyamoto, Yasunori Ohba, and Seigo Yamauchi, Mol. Phys. 104(10-11) 1619-1626 (2006)
12. Interplanar Interactions in the Excited Triplet States of Carbazole Dimers by means of Time-Resolved EPR spectroscopy, I. SM Saiful, Yasunori Ohba, Seigo Yamauchi, Masahide Yamamoto, Yasuo Tohda, Keita Tani, Mol. Phys. 104 (10-11) 1535-1542 (2006)
11. Novel Excited Quintet state in Porphyrin:Bis (quinoline-TEMPO)-yttrium- tetraphenyl porphyrine complex , Luca Maretti, Islam SMSaiful, Yasunori Ohba, Takashi Kajiwara and Seigo Yamauchi, Inorg. Chem. 44(25) 9125-9127 (2005)
10. Preparation Characterization and Molecular Models of Some Transition Metal Complexes of
Tren[Tren=tris(2- aminoethyl)amine], M.Q. Ehsan, S.S Shammi, A. A. Shaikh and SM SaifulIslam, Malaysian Journal of Chemistry, 7(1), 38-40, (2005)
9. Preparation and Characterization of Pyridoxine Complexes of Fe(III), Mo(VI), Cd(II) and U(VI) M.Q. Ehsan, S. Morzina Begum and Islam SM Saiful, J. Saudi Chem Soc.8(2), 251-257, (2004).
8. Minerazation of a water soluble organic polutent., M.A. Hasnat, A. J. F. Samed, Islam SM Saiful and S.S. Alam J. Ban. Chem. Soc. 17(1), 38-41, (2004)
7. Preparation Characterization and Molecular models of the Complexes of Quadridentate
Tripodal Ligand Tren [Tren = tris(2-aminoethyl)amine] with Ag(I), Cd(II), Hg(II), Zr(IV) and U(VI), M.Q. Ehsan, M.H. Rashid and Islam SM Saiful, Pak. J. Sci Ind. Res. 46(5), 317-322, (2003)
6. Photodegradation of Malachite Green in Aqueous Medium, M.A. Hasnat, I. A. Siddiquey and Islam SM Saiful, Ind .J. Chem. 42A1865-1867 (2003)
5. Preparation, Characterization and Molecular Models of Mixed Ligand Complexes of Saccharine and 4,4-Bipyridyl with Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II), M. Q. Ehsan, Md Ahidul Islam, M.A. Quyser and Islam SM Saiful, Dhaka Univ. J. Sci., (50)2,151-157 (2002)
4. Time-resolved EPR and ODMR Studies on the Lowest Excited Triplet States of -Silyl and
-Germyl Ketones, Islam SM Saiful, Minero Hanaya, Masamoto Iwaizumi, Masanobu Wakasa, Kunoi Mochida, Masahiro Mukai, Noboru Hirota, and Seigo Yamauchi;Mol. Phys. 99(14) 1183-1192 (2001)
3. Chemically Induced Dynamic Electron Polarization Studies on Photolysis of Hexaphenyl-
disilane, digermane and distannane Compounds, Islam SM Saiful, Yasunori Ohba, Kunoi Mochida and Seigo Yamauchi; Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 3, 1011-1014 (2001)
2. Preparation and characterization of Complexes of Quadridentate Tripodal Ligand Tren [Tren = tris (2-aminoethyl) amine] with trivalent Metal Ions Cr(III) and Fe(III), M. Q. Ehsan and Islam SM Saiful. Dhaka Univ. J. Sci.,48(2) 125-128 (2000)
1. A Study of Electron Spin Polarization Transfer in a System of Photo-Excited Triplet Phthalocyanine and a Nitroxide Radical, Islam SM Saiful, Jun-ichi Fujisawa, Nagao Kobayashi, Yasunori Ohba, and Seigo Yamauchi, Bull Chem.Soc.Jpn. 72, 661- 667 (1999)
Papers in international Conferences and symposia:
15) Advantages in Observations of Thermally Populated Signals at the W-band in the Excited States
Islam SM Saiful, K. Takahashi, Valery. F. Tarasov, Yasunori Ohba, and Seigo Yamauchi
SEST 2007, Sizuoka, JapanNov. 6-9, 2007
14) Determination of the sign and absolute value of exchange interaction (J) in the excited triplet ZnTPP- radical pair systems, Islam SM Saiful, V. F. Tarasov, Yasunori Ohba, and Seigo Yamauchi
Conferences on molecular Science, Sendai, Japan, Sept.17-21, 2007
13) Study of excited triplet (T1) state of porphyrin at room temperature using high frequency EPR
Islam SM Saiful, K. Takahashi, Valery. F. Tarasov, Yasunori Ohba, and Seigo Yamauchi, Meeting of Japan Chemical Society (North zone), Yamagata, Japan, Sept.22-23, 2007
12) Observation of excited multiplet states in frozen solutions in phrophyrin radicals systems by means of W-band Time resolved EPR, Islam SM Saiful, Katsuaki Takahashi, Ryo Miyamoto, Yasunori Ohba, and Seigo Yamauchi, The 45 Annual Meeting of the Society of Electron Spin Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of technology, Kyoto, Japan, Nov. 2006
11) Studies of Excited Multiplet States by High Frequency Time-Resolved EPR
Islam SM Saiful, Yohei Iwasaki, Katsuaki Takahashi, Yasunori Ohba, and Seigo Yamauchi
Conference on molecular structure Shizuoka, Japan, Sept. 2006
10) Time-resolved EPR studies on the Excited multiplet States of Yttrium Porphyrin-Radical
Complexes: Effect of a counter ion, Luca Maretti, Islam SM Saiful, Yasunori Ohba, and Seigo Yamauchi, Annual Meeting on Photochemistry, Sendai, Japan, Sept 2006.
9) Assignment of the central peaks in excited triplet Porphyrin-radical systems by means of X-and W-band time-resolved EPR, Islam SM Saiful, Yohei Iwasaki, Yasunori Ohba, and Seigo Yamauchi, 5th Asia-pacific EPR/ESR Symposium, Novosibirsk, Russia, August 23-27, 2006
8) Interplanar Interactions in the Excited Triplet States of Carbazole Dimers by means of Time- Resolved EPR
Islam SM Saiful, Yasunori Ohba, Seigo Yamauchi, Masahide Yamamoto,Yasuo Tohda, Keita.Tani, Spin chemistry conference, Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 2005
7) Very fast dynamics observed in excited triplet-radical system by means of W-band time-resolved EPR
Islam SM Saiful, Miho Ishibashi, Yohei Iwasaki, Yasunori Ohba, Noboru Koga, SeigoYamauchi
The 43 Annual Meeting of the Society of Electron Spin Science and Technology, Kyoritsu College of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 2004
6) W-band highly time-resolved EPR studies on the excited multiplet states of triplet-radical system Islam SM Saiful, Miho Ishibashi, Yohei Iwasaki, Yasunori Ohba, Noboru Koga, SeigoYamauchi, Anton Savitsky, Stefan Weber, and Klaus Möbius, 2nd Sendai-Berlin Seminar, Tohoku University, Japan, 2004
5) Time-resolved EPR studies on the excited states of a new bisradical-yttrium tetraphenylporphyrin
Complexes, Luca Maretti, Islam SM Saiful, Takashi Kajiwara, Yasunori Ohba, and Seigo Yamauchi, 2nd Sendai-Berlin Seminar, Tohoku University, Japan, 2004
4) Time-Resolved EPR studies of the Lowest Excited Triplet States of Silyl and Germyl Ketones.
Islam SM Saiful, Yasunori Ohba, and Seigo Yamauchi; 10th Annual Conference for Institute for Chemical Reaction Science, Sendai, TohokuUniversity 1998
3) Existence of Electron Spin Polarization Transfer in a System of Photo-excited Phthalocyanine and a Radical.
Islam SM Saiful, Jun-ichi Fujisawa, Nagao Kobayashi, Yasunori Ohba, and Seigo Yamauchi;
Photochemistry Symposium, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan 1998
2) Time Resolved EPR studies on Photochemistry of Group IVB Aromatics.
Islam SM Saiful, Yasunori Ohba, and Seigo Yamauchi; 36, International ESR, Conference, Kysho University, Japan, 1997
1). Electron Spin Polarization Studies on the Interaction Between Photoexcited Triplet Phthalocyanines and TEMPO, Islam SM Saiful, Jun-ichi Fujisawa, Nagao Kobayashi, Yasunori Ohba, and Seigo Yamauchi;
35, International ESR Conference, Yamagata University, Japan, 1996
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