Education

PhD in Chemistry 2025 - present

University of California, Riverside

Master of Science in Organic Chemistry
*2024 – 2025 *
Department of Chemistry, University of Dhaka

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
January 2019 – September 2023
Department of Chemistry, University of Dhaka

Research Experience

Research Fellow
Bose Centre for Advanced Study and Research in Natural Sciences, University of Dhaka
July 2024 – June, 2025

Undergraduate Research Project
“An assessment of the concentrations of respirable silica and heavy metals and their aerosol morphology in the air of Dhaka city”
January 2023 – December 2023

Health Investigation and Air Sensing for Asian Pollution (Hi-ASAP)
December 2023 – December 2024

Skills

Instrumental Skills
UV-Vis , FTIR, SPR, ICP-MS, SEM-EDX, FTIR, GC-MS, HPLC, Freeze Dryer

Software Skills
SigmaPlot, Origin, WinXpow, ChemDraw, Python, RStudio, ImageJ, BIOVIA Discovery , Dock Server (Zdock, Haddock), PyRX, Yasara MD, MS Excel, MS Word, Mendeley, MS PowerPoint.

Publications and Presentations

Journal Article:
Biswas, M., Hossain, M.I., Bashar, A.K. et al. (2025). Analysis of respirable silica and heavy metals with their morphology in ambient air of Dhaka City. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 82(4).
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-025-09468-3

Poster Presentation:
Biswas, M., Hossain, M.I., Salam, A., & Islam, M.S. (2024). An assessment of the concentrations of respirable silica and heavy metals and their aerosol morphology in the air of Dhaka City.
Presented at the BCSIR Congress 2023, Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh.
DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.19248.88321/1

Awards and Honors

• Deans Distinguished Award, UC Riverside (2025)
• Habibul Haque Educational Travel Fund (2025)
• Luxmi-Fanindra Trust Fund Scholarship (2022)
• Dr. Maliha Khatun – Md. Nurul Huda Trust Scholarship (2020)
• Runner-up, Bangladesh Chemistry Olympiad (2018)
• Secondary School Certificate Scholarship (2016)
• Junior School Certificate Scholarship (2014)

Research Interests

Professional Experience

Chemistry Instructor
Udvash Academic and Admission Care

• 2022 – 2024*

Standardized Tests Taken

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Volunteering Activities

Vice President, Project Chemistry
2022 – 2024
Project Chemistry is a student-led initiative by students of the Department of Chemistry. It organizes annual ‘ChemTalks’ and hands-on workshops to spark interest in chemistry among school students and freshmen.

Mentor, NSF-IRES Project
Atmospheric and Environmental Chemistry Research Lab
Summer 2023 & Summer 2024
Mentored students in NSF-funded atmospheric and environmental chemistry research, assisting with sampling, data extraction from Arduino based sensors and data analysis.