=Short Biography= This is Dr. Md. Shahadat Hossain, Associate Professor of Chemistry at Comilla University, Bangladesh. He started his professional career at Comilla University as a Lecturer in Chemistry since December 04, 2011. Before that Dr. Hossain worked as a Lecturer in Chemistry at Primeasia University, Dhaka, Bangladesh from February 05, 2011 to December 03, 2011. He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Engineering (2016-2020) on Renewable & Sustainable Energy Development (Catalytic Water Splitting) from the School of Materials Science & Engineering of Wuhan University of Technology, China (Best Graduate Award in 2020 and Excellent Student Award in 2018 & 2019) under the Chinese Government Scholarship (CSC). His Ph.D. supervisor Dr. Francis Verpoort, Professor of Ghent University of Belgium and Chair Professor of Wuhan University of Technology of China is a renowned scientist in the world. Dr. Hossain completed his M.S. degree (2009) in Physical Chemistry (with first position in overall merit list) at University of Chittagong, Bangladesh and received his undergraduate studies (2007) in Chemistry (with first position in overall merit list) from the same University.

He has published more than 25 scientific articles in peer-reviewed International and National scientific journals and ~10 conference proceedings. Specially, Dr. Hossain’s contribution during his Ph.D. program was really outstanding and published his research work in world prestigious journals. He visited China, South Korea, Hong Kong, Australia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Srilanka, India, etc. and participated in international conferences and presented his research idea. Dr. Hossain is serving as a reviewer of numerous international and national journals. He is the life member of Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and Bangladesh Chemical Society (BCS). His research activities are mainly in the field of Catalytic Water Splitting, Electrochemistry, Organometallics, Solution Chemistry, CO₂ Fixation, etc. Dr. Hossain has outstanding problem-solving ability regarding chemical research. He has also an excellent operational skill in handling numerous equipment’s in the laboratory to carry out the research work. He possesses an excellent communicating skill to interact with different research communities and even has a lot of international & national research collaboration.

 

 

	EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
		●	Institution	:	Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
		●	School	:	Materials Science & Engineering
		●	Area of Concentration	:	Catalytic Water Splitting
		●	Thesis Title	:	Design, Synthesis and Catalytic Water Splitting Performance of Macrocyclic Non-Precious Metal Complexes
		●	Degree Period	:	September 2016 – July 2020
		●	Degree Award	:	July 17, 2020 (Awarded Best Graduate in 2020)
Master of Science (M.S. program)
		●	Institution	:	Chittagong University
		●	Area of Concentration	:	Chemistry (Physical Chemistry Branch)
		●	Group	:	Thesis
		●	Thesis Title	:	Densimetric, Optical and Viscometric Properties of Cyclohexane + Aromatic Hydrocarbon Systems
		●	Year of Examination	:	2005 (Held in 2008)
		●	Result obtained	:	GPA-3.88 (on the scale of 4.00) (1st position in overall merit list)
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.): (Four-year Integrated Honors Course)
		●	Institution	:	Chittagong University
		●	Area of Concentration	:	Chemistry
		●	Year of Examination	:	2004 (Held in 2007)
		●	Result obtained	:	CGPA-3.72 (on the scale of 4.00) (1st position in overall merit list)
Higher Secondary Certificate (H.S.C.)
		●	Institution	:	Nawab Fayzunnesa Govt. College
		●	Year of Examination	:	2000
		●	Group	:	Science
		●	Division	:	First
		●	Board	:	Comilla
Secondary School Certificate (S.S.C.)
		●	Institution	:	Nangalkot A. R. Bohumukhi High School
		●	Year of Examination	:	1998
		●	Group	:	Science
		●	Division	:	First (Star marks)
		●	Board	:	Comilla

 

• Associate Professor

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Comilla University, Comilla-3506, Bangladesh

From November 25, 2020 to till now

• Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Comilla University, Comilla-3506, Bangladesh

From November 29, 2014 to November 24, 2020

• Lecturer

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Comilla University, Comilla-3506, Bangladesh

From December 04, 2011 to November 28, 2014

• Lecturer

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Primeasia University, Dhaka, Bangladesh 

From February 05, 2011 to December 04, 2011

 

• Catalysis (Acid-Base/Enzyme)
• Catalytic Water Splitting (Chemical/Electrochemical/Photochemical)
• Electrochemistry (Electrochemical Analysis)
• Macrocyclic Ligand and Organometallics Synthesis and Characterization
• Solution Chemistry (Binary/Ternary Liquid-Liquid Solution)
• CO₂ Fixation, etc.

PUBLICATIONS:

• Hossain M. Shahadat,^abc Hussein A. Younus,*^d Zafar A. K. Khattak,^ab Rahaman M. Abdur,^abe Khairun Nahar,^c Nazir Ahmad,^a and Francis Verpoort*^abf. Hydrogen evolution by a macrocyclic nickel(II) complex in neutral aqueous conditions [J]. Nature Communications (under Review) (Top, SCI Q1 区, IF 14.919)
• Hossain M. Shahadat,^a,b,c Hussein A. Younus,^a,b,d Nazir Ahmed,^a,b Md. Ali Asraf,^e Md. Abdur Rahaman,^a,b,f SM Tareque Abedin,^g Zafar A. K. Khattak,^a,b Habib Ullah,^a,b and Francis Verpoort*^,a,b,h. Molecular water oxidation catalysts based on ruthenium and iridium and their key barriers in catalysis [J]. Coordination Chemistry Reviews (under Review) (Top, SCI Q1 区, IF 22.315)
• Habib Ullah, Bibi Maryam Mousavi, Hussein A. Younus, Zafar A. K. Khattak, Suleman Suleman, Hossain M. Shahadat, Baoyi Yu, Francis Verpoort*. CO₂/epoxides coupling by Ru(II)-ONN pincer type hydrazone complexes under atmospheric pressure [J]. ChemCatChem (Top, SCI Q1区, IF 4.495)
• Zafar AK Khattak, Nazir Ahmad, Hussein A Younus, Habib Ullah, Baoyi Yu, Khurram S Munawar, Muhammad Ashfaq, Sher Ali, Hossain M. Shahadat, Francis Verpoort. "Synthesis of 3D Cadmium (II)-Carboxylate Framework Having Potential for Co-Catalyst Free CO2 Fixation to Cyclic Carbonates." Inorganics 10.10 (2022): 162 (Top, SCI Q1 区, IF 2.86)
• Zafar A. K. Khattak, Nazir Ahmad, Hussein A. Younus, Hossain M. Shahadat, Francis Verpoort.* Zn-carboxylic based MOF for the chemical fixation of CO2 [J] (Ready for submission).
• Zafar A. K. Khattak, Hussein A. Younus, Hossain M. Shahadat, Francis Verpoort*. Coordinatively saturated Ni-complex for efficient electrocatalytic water oxidation [J] (In process).
• Md. Abdur Rahaman, Bibimaryam Mousavi, Hossain M. Shahadat, Nishat Akther, Zhixiong Luo, Serge Zuiykov, Francis Verpoort*. Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Ε-Caprolactone and Δ-Valerolactone by Titanium-Based Metal-Organic Framework [J]. New Journal of Chemistry: 2021, 45: 11313-11316. (Top, SCI Q1 区, IF 3.288)
• Md. Abdur Rahaman, Bibimaryam Mousavi, Hossain M. Shahadat, Nishat Akther, Somboon Chaemchuen, Francis Verpoort*. High Molecular Weight Poly (Methyl Methacrylate) Synthesis Using Recyclable and Reusable Zeolitic Imidazole Framework‐8 Catalyst [J]. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics: 2020, 221 (23): 2000271. (Top, SCI Q1 区, IF 4.501)
• Hossain M. Shahadat, Hussein A. Younus, Nazir Ahmad, Shiguo Zhang, Serge Zuiykov, Francis Verpoort*. Macrocyclic cyanocobalamin (vitamin B₁₂) as a homogeneous electrocatalyst for water oxidation under neutral conditions [J]. Chemical Communications: 2020, 56(13): 1968-1971. (Top, SCI Q1 区, IF 6.164)
• Hossain M. Shahadat, Hussein A. Younus*, Nazir Ahmad, Md Abdur Rahaman, Zafar A. K.Khattak, Serge Zuiykov, Francis Verpoort*. Homogenous electrochemical water oxidation by a nickel(ii) complex based on a macrocyclic N-heterocyclic carbene/pyridine hybrid ligand [J]. Catalysis Science & Technology: 2019, 9(20): 5651-5659. (Top, SCI Q1 区, IF 5.726)
• Zafar A. K. Khattak, Hussein A. Younus, Nazir Ahmed, Habib Ullah, Suleman Suleman, Hossain M. Shahadat, Mirella Elkadi, Francis Verpoort*. Highly active dinuclear cobalt complexes for solvent-free cycloaddition of CO₂ to epoxides at ambient pressure [J]. Chemical Communications: 2019, 55(57): 8274-8277. (Top, SCI Q1 区, IF 6.164)
• Hossain M. Shahadat, Shamim Akhtar, Francis Verpoort*. Densities and Dynamic Viscosities of Alicyclic Cyclohexane with Toluene, o-Xylene, and Mesitylene at T = (303.15 to 323.15) K and Atmospheric Pressure [J]. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data: 2018, 63(6): 1885-1895. (Top, SCI Q2区, IF 2.298)
• Hossain M. Shahadat^a, Md. Abdul Majed Patwary^b, Shamim Akhtar^c*. Viscometric Properties of the Binary Mixtures of Cyclohexane with Toluene, o-Xylene and Mesitylene at 303.15, 308.15, 313.15, 318.15 and 323.15 K [J]. The Journal of Comilla University: 2015, 1(2): 181-190. (ISSN: 2308-698X)
• Shamim Aktar, M. Abdur Rahaman, M. Kamrul Hossain, Hossain M. Shahadat, Shamim Akhtar*. Excess Molar Volumes and Deviations in Viscosity of the Binary Mixtures of 1-Pentanol + Aromatic Hydrocarbons at T = 298.15 K [J]. European Scientific Journal: 2015 (May), 11) 15: 213-225. (ISSN: 1857–7881)
• Arjun Chandra Bhowmick*, M. Abdur Rahaman, Merazul Islam, Nishat Akther, Hossain M. Shahadat, M. A. Majed Patwary. Comparative Adsorption Study on Rice Husk and Rice Husk Ash by Using Amaranthus Gangeticus Pigments as Dye [J]. European Scientific Journal: 2015 (July), 11) 21: 254-265 ISSN: 1857–7881
• M. Abdur Rahaman¹*, Hossain M. Shahadat², M. Kamrul Hossain³, Shamim Akhtar⁴, Nishat Akhtar⁵. Densities, Refractive Indices and Derived Properties of n-Heptane with some Aromatic Hydrocarbons at 298.15 K [J]. Journal of Science & Technology: 2015, 5(1): 53-64
• M. Kamrul Hossain¹, M. Abdur Rahaman², Hossain M. Shahadat³, Shamima Aktar¹, Shamim Akhtar⁴*. Volumetric Properties of Binary Systems of Tetrahydrofuran with Isomeric Butanols between 303.15 and 323.15 K [J]. American Journal of Chemistry: 2014, 4(1): 59-67 (DOI: 10.5923/j.chemistry.20140401.10)

PROCEEDINGS:

• M. Habibullah¹, M. H. Kabir^2,*, M. A. M. Patwary³, Hossain M. Shahadat³, S. M. T. Abedin³, M. W. Ullah³, M. A. Rahman³, M. A. Rahaman⁴. Conductomeric Study of Benzoic Acid in water and 1-Propanol-Water Mixtures at Different Temperatures [CP]. (Abstract in 37^th Bangladesh Chemical Society Conference: P-49)
• S. M. S. Rahman^1,*, M. E. Huque¹, M. W. Ullah², S. M. T. Abedin², Hossain M. Shahadat², M. A. M. Patwary². Apparent Molar Volume and Compressibility of Dodecyltrimethylammonium Bromide (DTAB) in water and in Aqueous Solutions of D(+) Glucose, D(-) Fructose and Sucrose at Temperatures of (288.15, 295.15, 302.15, 309.15 and 316.15) K in Premicellar and Postmicellar Regions [CP]. (Abstract in 37^th Bangladesh Chemical Society Conference: P-50)
• M. W. Ullah^2,*, S. M. S. Rahman¹, M. E. Huque¹, S. M. T. Abedin², Hossain M. Shahadat², M. A. M. Patwary². Viscometric and Thermodynamic Properties of a Cationic Surfactant in water and in Aqueous Some Carbohydrates Solutions at several Molalities and Temperatures in Premicellar and Postmicellar Regions [CP]. (Abstract in 37^th Bangladesh Chemical Society Conference: P-50)

• Best Graduate Award in 2020 for PhD Study from Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
• Best Article Award in Academic Year 2019-20 from Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
• Best Article Award in Academic Year 2018-19 from Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
• Excellent Student Award in Academic Year 2017-18 of PhD Study from Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
• CSC Scholarship from Chinese Govt. for PhD Study from Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
• D.P.I. scholarship from University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh for 1^st position in M. S. result in 2009
• NSICT fellowship under the Ministry of Science, Information and Communication Technology on M.S. research work in 2009
• Late Shahidul Latif scholarship from Department of Chemistry, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh for the 1^st position in B. Sc. (Hons.) result in 2008
• D.P.I. scholarship from University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh for 1^st position in B. Sc. (Hons.) result in 2008
• BSC (Bangladesh Scholarship Council) Scholarship for 1^st position in B. Sc. (Hons.) results in 2007
• Comilla Zillah Foundation Scholarship for B. Sc. (Hons.) results in 2006
• Brihattar Comilla Zillah Association Scholarship for B. Sc. (Hons.) results in 2005
• Board Stipend for H.S.C. results from College Authority (Nawab Fayzunnesa Govt. College) in 2000
• Board Stipend for S.S.C. results from Comilla Board in 1998

• Member

General Member

American Chemical Society (ACS)

• Member

General Member

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

 

• Member

Lifetime Member

Bangladesh Chemical Society (BCS)