Dr. Md. Nurnabi
(Professor & Chairman)Department of Applied Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
| Degree Name | Group/Major Subject | Board/Institute | Country | Passing Year |
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| Ph.D. | Chemistry | University of Leeds | United Kingdom | 2003 |
| Masters | Applied Chemistry and Chemical Technology | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 1993 |
| Bachelor | Applied Chemistry and Chemical Technology | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 1992 |
| Title | Organization | Location | From Date | To Date |
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| Postdoctoral Fellowship | Centre for Self-Organised Molecular Systems (SOMS) | Leeds, UK | 01, Jul 2019 | 01-07-2019 |
| Professor | Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Dhaka University | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 01, Jul 2019 | Currently Working |
| Commonwealth Staff Fellow | Nottingham University | UK | 20, Oct 2013 | 30-12-2013 |
| Associate Professor | Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Dhaka University | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 03, Mar 2009 | 30-03-2013 |
| National Science Council Fellowship | Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica | Taipei, Taiwan | 30, Sep 2007 | 30-03-2009 |
| Assistant Professor | Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Dhaka University | Dhaka, Bandladesh | 01, Mar 2004 | 29-09-2007 |
| Lecturer | Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Dhaka University | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 01, Jul 1998 | 01-07-2019 |
| Lecturer | Dept. Chemistry, BUET | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 01, Jul 1997 | 01-07-1998 |
Research Interest
| Subject | Description | Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator) |
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| Sonochemistry and Leather Processing | Development of Ultrasound Assisted Eco-friendly Leather Processing |
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| Development of suitable adsorbents from renewable sources for the removal of dyes and heavy metals from aqueous system | Synthesis of graphene oxide (GO) and its composite for the removal of Textile Dyes and heavy Metals from Industrial waste water. |
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| Synthesis of carbon dots and their application | C-dots are synthesized from carbohydrates and other small organic compounds, their purification, characterization and applications in sensing heavy metals and for bio-imaging. |
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| Desalination of sea water employing membrane technologies (FO and RO) | Membranes are syntheiszed, charaterized and their application in RO, FO and determination of their performace |
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| Industrial and municipal waste management employing membrane bio reactor (MBR) | Fabrication, chraterization and performance analysis of ultrafiltration membranes. Comparison of their performance with commercial membranes are also studied. |
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| Micribial Fuel Cell | Proton Exchangeable Membrane (PEM) and agar-salt bridge based dual chamber MFC have been constructed. Organic wastes from kitchen were used as substrates and different sludges were employed as sources of microorganisms. |
Project/Research Supervision
| Level of Study | Title | Supervisor | Co-Supervisor(s) | Name of Student(s) | Area of Research | Current Completion |
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| Ph.D. | Development of Ultrasound Assisted Eco-friendly Leather Processing Techniques | Dr. Md. Zahangir Alam | Dr. Mohammad Nurnabi | Md. Abu Sayid Mia | Sonochemistry and Leather Processing |
2021 |
| Ph.D. | Removal of Textile Dyes from Aqueous Solution Using Graphene Based Adsorbents | Dr. Mohammad Nurnabi | Dr. Md. Zahangir Alam | Dewan Md. Mahmuddannabi | Textile Effluent Treatment |
2020 |
| Ph.D. | Fabrication of Composite ultrafiltration Membranes for the Treatment of Industrial waste Water | Dr. Mohammad Nurnabi | Dr. Dewan Shamim Ahmed | Md. Nur-E-Alam | Current Year | |
| Ph.D. | Development of adsorbents for the removal of chromium from leather effluents | Dr. Md. Zahangir Alam | Dr. Mohammad Nurnabi | Fatema-Tuz-Zohra | Leather Effluent Treatment | Current Year |
| Ph.D. | Accumulation of heavy metals in leafy vegetables grown in Hazaribagh area and development of novel adsorbents for their removal from leather effluents their | Dr. Mohammad Nurnabi | Dr. Md. Zahangir Alam | Md. Sobur Ahmed | Leather Effluent Treatment | Current Year |
| Ph.D. | Synthesis, purification, characterization and application of graphene based materials | Dr. Mohammad Nurnabi | Dr. A.F.M. Mustafizur Rahman | Md. Amirul Hoque | Material Science | Current Year |
| M.Phil | Fluorescent nanomaterials and their sensing ability toward organic pollutants | Dr. Mohammad Nurnabi | Dr. A.F.M. Mustafizur Rahman | Mariam Islam | Nanomaterials, Photophysical Chemistry | 2010 |
| Masters | Synthesis of Sodiumalginate-GO nanocomposite and its application in heavy metals removal | Dr. Mohammad Nurnabi | Dr Md. Al-Mamun, Atomic Energy Commission | Marzia Islam Mouri | Separation, Effluent treatment |
2020 |
| Masters | Synthesis of carbon nanoparticles from carbohydrates and their applications | Dr. Mohammad Nurnabi | Dr Md. Al-Mamun, Atomic Energy Commission | Rahnuma Rimi | Nanomaterials |
2020 |
| Masters | Performance analysis of Organic Waste Based Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) | Dr. Zahid Hasan mahmood (late) | Dr. Mohammad Nurnabi | Sheikh Shehab Uddin | 2018 | |
| Masters | Photoluminescent Carbon Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Physiochemical Properties and Applications as Fluorescent Probe in Metal Sensing | Dr. Mohammad Nurnabi | Rafsan Noor | 2018 | ||
| Masters | Surface passivated Carbon Nanoparticles for Bio-imaging and Heavy Metal ion Dtection | Dr. Mohammad Nurnabi | Md. Jannatun Nayem | 2018 | ||
| Masters | Removal of Textile Dye from Aqueous solution by Using Chemically modified Sawdust | Dr. Mohammad Nurnabi | Md. Zahangir Alam | 2013 |
Project/Research Work
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Invited Talk
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| Journal Article | |
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| 1 |
Md. Abu Sayid Mia, Shamima Yeasmin, Mohammad Nurnabi and Md. Zahangir Alam : Eco-friendly Chrome Tanning of Leather using Ultrasound Technique,
Journal of the American Leather Chemists Association (JALCA) , pp.80-90 , 2024
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Md. Abu Sayid Mia, Mohammad Nurnabi and Md. Zahangir Alam : Application of Ultrasound in Eco-friendly Fatliquoring of Leather,
Journal of the American leather Chemists’ Association (JALCA) , pp.139-144 , 2024
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Md. Abu Sayid Mia, Shamima Yeasmin, Mohammad Nurnabi and Md. Zahangir Alam : Competency of Acacia mearnsii Tannin Extract for Vegetable Tanning using Ultrasound Technique,
Leather and Footwear Journal , 2024
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| 4 |
Md. Nur E Alam, Shamim Ahmed Deowan, Esrafl Hossain, Khandker Saadat Hossain, Muhammed Yusuf Miah and Mohammad Nurnabi : Fabrication of Polysulfone Based Microfltration Membranes and Their Performance Analysis,
Water Air Soil Pollut , pp.235 , 2024
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| 5 |
Mohammad Nurnabi, Sheikh Fahim Faysal Sowrav, Snahasish Bhowmik, Fathiya Naushin Jahan and Tasrina Rabia Choudhury : Enhanced chromium (VI) removal: A remediation study employing nano zero-valent iron supported by sawdust,
Envirn. Chem. Ecotoxicol , 2024
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| 6 |
Nurnabi, M, Jahan, S.A., Bhuiyan, M.N.I, Rahman, M.M., Rahman, A.F.M.M., Md. Aftab Ali Shaikha and 4. Hoque, M.A : Effect of successive recycling and reuse of acid liquor for the synthesis of 2 graphene oxides with higher oxygen-to-carbon ratios,
Heliyon , 2024
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Nurnabi, M, Alam, M.Z, Rahman, N, Shahriar, A and Ahmed, S : Synthesis of gamma irradiated acrylic acid-grafted-sawdust (SD-g-AAc) for trivalent chromium adsorption from aqueous solution,
J. Hazard. Mater. Adv , 2024
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Nurnabi, M, Alam, Z.A, Choudhury, T.R and Ahmed, S : Characterization and application of synthesized calcium alginate-graphene oxide for the removal of Cr3+, Cu2+ and Cd2+ ions from tannery effluents,
Clean. Water , 2024
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| 9 |
Uddin, S.S, Prodhan, M.M.H and Nurnabi, M : Studies on Agar Saltbridge Based Dual Chamber Microbial Fuel Cells Using Sludge and Dustbin Waste,
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery , 2024
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| 10 |
Mohammad Nurnabi, Shunmugasundaram Gurusamy, Jing-Yun Wu, Chung-Chou Lee, Malaichamy Sathiyendiran, Sheng-Ming Huang, Che-Hao Chang, Ito Chao, Gene-Hsiang Lee, Shie-Ming Peng, Veerasamy Sathish, Pounraj Thanasekaran and Kuang-Lieh Lu : Aggregation-induced emission enhancement (AIEE) of tetrarhenium(I) metallacycles and their application as luminescent sensors for nitroaromatics and antibiotics,
Dalton Trans , pp.1939-1949 , 2023
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Mohammad Nurnabi, Md. Zahangir Alam, Tasrina Rabia Choudhury and Sobur A. : Adsorption of Cu(II) and Cd(II) with graphene based adsorbent: adsorption kinetics, isotherm and thermodynamic studies,
Desalination and Water Treatment , pp.167–179 , 2023
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Nurnabi, M, Choudhury, T. R, Mahmudunnabi, D. M, Mahdi, M. M and Ahmed, S : Health risk assessment for heavy metal accumulation in leafy vegetables grown on tannery effluent contaminated soil,
Toxicology Reports , pp.346–355 , 2022
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Nurnabi, M, Mahmudunnabi, D. M, Alam, M. Z, Choudhury, T. R and Ahmed, S : Preparation of calcium alginate-graphene oxide composite and its application for the removal of Maxilon Blue,
Desalination and Water Treatment , pp.293–303 , 2021
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Nurnabi, M, Alam, M. Z, Choudhury, T. R, Mahmudunnabi, D. M and Mahdi, M. M : Synthesis and characterization of graphene oxide for removal of Cr(III) from tannery effluent,
Desalination and Water Treatment , pp.201-211 , 2021
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| 15 |
Mahmudunnabi DM, Alam MZ, Nurnabi M : Removal of TURQUOISE GN from aqueous solution using graphene oxide,
Desal. Wat. Treat. , vol.174 , pp.389-399 , 2020
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| 16 |
Mahmudunnabi DM, Alam MZ, Nurnabi M : Application of Graphene Oxide for the Removal of Textile Dye FD-R H / C from Aqueous Solution.,
J. Mater. Environ. Sci. , vol.11 (4) , pp.531–539 , 2020
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| 17 |
Choudhury, T. R., Bhowmik, S., Rahman, M. S., Nath, M. R., Jahan, F. N., Begum, B. A., & Nurnabi, M.* : Sythesis of Nano Zerovalent Iron Supported Sawdust (NZVI/SD) and Its Application for Removal of Arsenic (III) from Aqueous Solution.,
Chemical Science International Journal, , vol.29(1) , pp.1-12 , 2020
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Nurnabi M*, Bhowmik S, Rahman M. S , Choudhury T.R , Parsons A, J.Young S. D : Modification and Application of Albizia lebbeck Sawdust For The Sorption of Lead (II) and Copper (II) From Aqueous Solutions.,
Orient J Chem. , vol.36(4) , pp.591-600 , 2020
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| 19 |
Sayid, M.A, Ashraf, R, Alam, Z, Nurnabi, M. : Eco-friendly Leather Dyeing Using Ultrasound Technique.,
J. Am. Leather Chem. Assoc. , vol.115 , pp.199-206 , 2020
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M. J. UDDIN*, ARAFAT RAHMAN, MD. OVI-UZ-ZAMAN, SHARMIN RAHMAN, MD. NURNABI AND KESHAB K. ADHIKARY : A STUDY ON WATER QUALITY OF HAIL HAOR ECOSYSTEM OF BANGLADESH,
Bangladesh Asiatic Soc. (under review) , 2020
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Sobur Ahmed1,3, Fatema-Tuj-Zohra1,3, Abrar Shahriar1, Nazia Rahman2, Nirmal Chandra Dafader, Md. Zahangir Alam, Mohammad Nurnabi* : Preparation of Sawdust-graft-Acrylic acid by Gamma Irradiation for the Removal of Cr (III) from Aqueous Solution,
Applied Water Science (under review) , 2020
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Dewan Md. Mahmudunnabi, Marzia I. Mouri, Tasrina R. Choudhury, Md. Zahangir Alam, Mohammad Nurnabi,* : Preparation of Calcium Alginate-Graphene Oxide Composite and Its Application for the Removal of Dye Maxilon Blue,
Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (under review) , 2020
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M. Nahidur Rahman, R. Rani Bhowmik, M. Nurnabi, M. Asraful I. Molla : Synthesis and Characterization of an amidoxime Compound With Benzimidazole Moiety and pH Sensing Behaviour Under Basic Condition in Methanol and DMSO,
J. Chil. Chem. Soc. (impact factor:0.463) , vol.63 , no.3 , pp.4047-50 , 2018
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Mizan, A.; Zohra, F. T.; Ahmed, S.; Nurnabi, M.; Alam, M. Z. M : Low cost adsorbent for mitigation of water pollution caused bytannery effluents at Hazaribagh,
Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. , vol.51 , no.3 , pp.215-20 , 2016
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Noor, I. Z.; Das, A. K.; Ferdous, T.; Nurnabi, M. : Isolation of lupeol from Terminalia arjuna bark,
Dhaka Univ. J. App. Sci. Eng. , vol.3 , no.1 , pp.87-90 , 2015
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Rashed-Ul-Islam, M.; Azim, M. A.; Islam, R.; Nurnabi, M. : Removal of chromium from tannery effluent by using Low cost adsorbent”,
Dhaka Univ. J. App. Sci. Eng. , vol.2 , no.2 , pp.135-138 , 2014
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Salem, K. S.; Lubna, M. M.; Rahman, A. F. M. M.; Nurnabi, M.; Islam, R.; Khan, M. A. : The effect of multiwall carbon nanotube additions on the thermo-mechanical, electrical and morphological properties of gelatin polyvinyl alcohol blend nanocomposites,
J. Composite Mater. , pp.DOI: 10.1177/0021998314534704 , 2014
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Rahman, A. F. M. ; Kabir, S. M. F.; Nurnabi, M.; Chowdhury, A. M. S.; Sikder, M. A. : Chemical and Biological Investigations of Axonopus compressus (Sw.) P. Beauv,
Dhaka Univ. J. Pharma. Sci (impact factor:0.67) , vol.17 , pp.113-115 , 2014
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Rahman, M. A.; Islam, M. R.; Nurnabi, M; Bala, P. : Kinetics and Equilibrium Studies of Sorption of Remazol G Yellow RGB (An Anionic Reactive Dye) Onto Acid Activated Vegetable Kitchen Waste,
Intl. J. Environ. Pollu. Contrl. Manag. , vol.5 , pp.72-84 , 2013
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Bala, P.; Hossain, M. N.; Karim, R.; Nurnabi, M.; Saha, D. K. : Isothermal Transformation of Organically Modified Na-Montmorillonite,
Bangladesh J. Phys. , vol.11 , pp.23-31 , 2012
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Akter, N.; Khan, R. A.; Tuhin, M. O.; Haque, M. E.; Nurnabi, M.; Parvin, F.; Islam, R. : Thermo-mechanical, barrier and morphological properties of chitosan reinforced starch-based biodegradable composite films,
J. Thermoplastic Composite Mater. , pp.DOI: 10.1177/0892705712461512 , 2012
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Tuhin, M. O.; Rahman, N.; Haque, M. E.; Khan, R. A.; Dafader, N. C.; Islam, R.; Nurnabi, M.; Tonny, W. : Modification of mechanical and thermal property of chitosan-starch blend films,
Rad. Phys. Chem. (impact factor:1.984) , vol.81 , pp.1659-166 , 2012
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Khan, A. H.; Bala, P.; Rahman, A. F. M. M.; Nurnabi, M. : Investigation on Microstructural and Layer Disorder Parameters of Na-Montmorillonite-Glycine Intercalation Compounds,
Dhaka Univ. J. Sci. , vol.60 , pp.25-29 , 2012
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Lee, C.-F.; Hsu, S.-C.; Chan, K.-C.; Nurnabi, M.; Lee, C.-C.; Wu, J.-Y.; Lai, L.-L.; Lu, K. L. : Self-adaptation of a conformationally flexible yet restricted ‘‘piperazinepyrazine’’building block toward the design of coordination polymers,
Cryst. Eng. Comm. (impact factor:3.304) , vol.13 , pp.2960 , 2011
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Rahman, A. F. M. M.; Reza, M. S.; Ismail, M.; Nurnabi, M.; Haque, M. N. : Production of Biodiesel from Karanja (Pongamia pinnata) Oil and Comparison of Its Fuel Properties with Commercial Diesel,
Dhaka Univ. J. App. Sci. Eng. , vol.2 , pp.25-29 , 2011
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Rahman, A. F. M. M.; Haque, M. E.; Nurnabi, M.; Chowdhury, A. M. S.; Rashid, M. A. : 15. Commercial and Biological Investigation of Phyllanthus niruri. Isolation of a Pure Compound from Crude Dichloromethane Extract,
Dhaka Univ. J. App. Sci. Eng. , vol.59 , pp.271-274 , 2011
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Rahman, A. F. M. M.; Alam, M. A.; Nurnabi, M.; Rahman, A. F. M. H.; Rahman, M. S.; Rashid, M. A. : Antimicrobial and Brine Shrimp Lethality of Fruit Extracts of Terminalia chebula. Isolation of a New Compound,
Dhaka Univ. J. Sci. , vol.59 , pp.267-270 , 2011
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Rahman, A. F. M. M.; Nurnabi, M. : Direct ortho lithiation of sulfonylazulenes. An efficient method to introduce substituents at the 2-position of azulene,
Dhaka Univ. J. Sci. , vol.58 , pp.157-160 , 2010
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Khan, A.H.; Nurnabi, M.; Bala, P. : Studies on thermal transformation of Na-montmorillonite-glycine intercalation compounds,
J. Therm. Anal. Calorim. (impact factor:2.042) , vol.96 , pp.929-935 , 2009
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Schmitt, E. K.; Nurnabi, M.; Bushby, R. J.; Steinem, C. : Electrically insulating pore-suspending membranes on highly ordered porous alumina obtained from vesicle spreading,
Soft Matter. (impact factor:3.889) , vol.4 , pp.250-253 , 2008
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Nurnabi, M.; Karim, M. F.; Khan, A. H.; Bala, P. : Removal of luganil Green N anionic Dye from Tannery waste by low cost adsorbent,
Dhaka Univ. J. Sci. , vol.56 , no.1 , pp.103-106 , 2008
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Nurnabi, M.; Grigg, R. : N- and C-Alkylation of 2,4-Thiazolidinedione,
Dhaka Univ. J. Sci. , vol.55 , no.1 , pp.97-99 , 2007
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Nurnabi, M.; Ismail, M. : Synthesis of Biologically Important Chiral Morpholine Derivatives,
Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. , vol.42 , no.2 , pp.135-146 , 2007
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Islam, M. R.; Nurnabi, M.; Chowdhury, A. M. S.; Masud, M. M. : Synthesis of Some Biologically Important 3-Oxacepham Derivatives,
Dhaka Univ. J. Pharm. Sci. (impact factor:0.67) , vol.5 , pp.47-51 , 2006
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Evans, P.; Hogg, P.; Grigg, R.; Nurnabi, M.; Hinsley, J.; Sridharan, V.; Suganthan, S.; Korn, S.; Collard, S.; Muir, J. E. : 8-Methylquinoline palladacycles: stable and efficient catalysts for carbon-carbon bond formation,
Tetrahedron (impact factor:2.377) , vol.61 , pp.9696-9704 , 2005
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Jeuken, L. J. C.; Connel, S. D.; Nurnabi, M.; O'Reilly; Henderson, P. J. F.; Evans, S. D.; Bushby, R. J. : Direct Electrochemical Interaction between a Modified Gold Electrode and a Bacterial Membrane Extract,
Langmuir (impact factor:3.789) , vol.21 , pp.1481-1488 , 2005
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Grigg, R.; Nurnabi, M.; Sarkar, M. R. A. : Dihydrofurocoumarin and dihydrofurodihydropyrid-2-one derivatives via palladium catalysed cascades involving aryl/heteroaryl/vinyl iodides and allene followed by acid catalysed cyclisation,
Tetrahedron (impact factor:2.377) , vol.60 , pp.3359-3373 , 2004
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Khan, M. A. R.; Ali, M. A.; Nurnabi, M.; Rashid, M. A. : Isolation of bioactive compounds from the stem bark of Oroxylum indicum,
J. Bangladesh Chem. Soc. , vol.14 , no.1 , pp.95-99 , 2001
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Nurnabi, M.; Ali, M. A.; Rashid, M. A. : Antibacterial activity of compound isolated from Andrographis paniculata,
Bangladesh J. Bot. (impact factor:0.214) , vol.27 , no.1 , pp.57-59 , 1998
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| Award Type | Title | Year | Country | Description |
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| International | Commonwealth Staff Fellow | 2013 | United Kingdom | Achieved highly prestigious Commonwealth Staff Fellowship |
| International | Overseas Research Student (ORS) Award | 1999 | United Kingdom | Awarded by the committee of the Vice Chancellors and Principals to overseas students with outstanding merit and research potential and is based on academic excellence at undergraduate level. It provided funding for my PhD tuition fees. |
| International | Tetley and Lupton Scholarship | 1999 | United Kingdom | Awarded by the University of Leeds to International students to covered the PhD tuition fees. |
Dr. Md. Nurnabi
Professor & Chairman
Department of Applied Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Email: nnabi@du.ac.bd
Phone: Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering