Research

Graduate Research Assistant (2021–Present)

Department of Chemistry, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Advisor: Prof. Michael Douglas Best

• Pioneered ROS-responsive lipid platforms from non-phospholipid precursors, lowering synthesis cost and enabling scale-up for biomedical translation.
• Constructed ROS-responsive molecular platforms for modeling signal transduction.
• Designed triphenylphosphonium–boronate–fluorophore probes for mitochondrial delivery.
• Mentored two undergraduate researchers in synthetic methodology and purification, lipid assembly and liposome preparations, fluorescence assays, and data analysis.

Master’s Thesis (Jan 2018 – Feb 2019)

University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Thesis: Phytochemical and Biological Studies on Bridelia stipularis (L.) Blume and Aporosa wallichii Hook.f.
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Choudhury Mahmood Hasan

• Isolated and characterized secondary metabolites from the two plants and investigated biological activity.

Undergraduate Project (Jan 2017 – Apr 2017)

University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Project: Study of Current Prescription Trends of Cardiac Physicians in Metropolitan Dhaka City, Bangladesh
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Muhammad Rashedul Islam

• Survey operated by interviewing cardiologists of eight renowned hospitals in Dhaka, Bangladesh.