Curriculum Vitae

 

NAME: Md. Hasan Zahir

 

ACADEMIC RANK: Assistant Professor

 

MARITAL STATU: Married

 

PRESENT ADDRESS

Department of Chemistry, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, KFUPM Box 1946, Dhahran 31261 SaudiArabia

 

PERMANENT ADDRESS

Islam Villa, H/321, Ramchandrapur, P.O. Ghoramara, Rajshahi-6100, Bangladesh.

 

 

ACADEMIC PREPARATION

 

Ph.D in Chemistry, 1990-1995, Department of Science of Material Reactions, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Japan,

 

M. Sc. in Applied Chemistry, 1986–1988, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh.

 

B.Sc. (Hons.) in Applied Chemistry, 1980-1985, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

4/2010- Present

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia.

 

a)   Researcher, 7/2007-2/2010

Functional Assembly Technology Group, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology, Chubu, Japan 

 

b)      Researcher, 4/2003 – 7/2007

Materials Research and Development Laboratory, Japan Fine Ceramics Center (JFCC), Japan.

 

c) Researcher, 4/2000- 3/2003,

Fine Ceramics Research Association, Japan.

 

d) Researcher, 11/1997- 11/1999,

National Institute for Materials Science (former name: National Research Institute for Metals), Japan.

 

c)       Post Doctoral Fellow,10/1995- 10/1997,

 Department of Electro-analytical Chemistry, University of Science, Malaysia

 

d)      Ph.D Student, 4/1991-3/1995, Department of Science of Material Reactions, Kobe University, Japan.

 

e)      Research Student, 10/1990-3/1991, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Kobe University, Japan.

 

f)       Lecturer, 1/1989-3/1990, Department of Chemistry, Polytechnic Institute, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

1. The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry

2. The Chemical Society of Japan

3. American Chemical Society

4. Japan Ceramic Society

 

 

Awards/Honors 

(a)                4/2000 -4/2003, NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization) fellowship, from Japan Govt.

(b)        10/1995-10/1999, STA award (Science and Technology Agency, Japan Govt.), from Japan Govt.

 (c)        10/1995-10/1997, Post doc. Fellowship from Malaysian Govt., University of Science Malaysia

(d)        10/1990-4/1995, Monbusho (Ministry of Education and Culture) Scholarship, from Japan Govt.