1. Ph.D. in Natural Science, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea (2015) (KINGS Scholarship).
2. M.S. in Applied Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2007).
3. B.Sc. (Honours) in Applied Chemistry & Chemical Technology, Faculty of Engineering, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2006).

• Workshop on Outcome Based Education (OBE) Curriculum Development, Organized by University, Grant Commission (UGC), Govt. of Bangladesh.
• Food Processing and Packaging, Export Diversification and Competitiveness Development Project, Organized by WTO Cell, Ministry of Commerce, Bangladesh.
• Internship on Industrial Process Unit Operation & Process Control technique in Training Institute for Chemical Industries (TICI), Bangladesh.
• Industrial Training on Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Production and Formulation in Square Pharmaceuticals, Bangladesh.
• Eight weeks training on Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) by Perkin Elmer, India
• Computational Chemistry Training, Kyungpook National University, South Korea.
• Environmental Health and Safety Training which includes: laboratory Safety, Chemical Safety, Radiation Safety, Bio Safety, Food Safety, Laser Safety and Computer Worl Place Safety organized Kyungpook National University, South Korea.
• Asian Core Winter School program organized by Academia Sinica, Taiwan.

• Food Analytical Chemistry
• Unit Operation in Food Industries
• Unit Processing in Food Industries
• Industrial Chemistry
• Environmental Food Technology
• Food Chemistry
• Quality Control in Food Processing Industries
• Engineering Properties and Principle of Food Machineries
• Water and Beverage Technology
• Instrumental Methods of Food Analysis
• Food Toxicology and Adulteration

PUBLICATIONS

1. Md Al Mamunur Rashid, Mofizur Rahman, Thamina Acter, Nizam Uddin; Identifying the acidic or basic behavior of surface water: a QM/MM-MD study, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2023,25, 31194-31205
2. Md Al Mamunur Rashid, Thamina Acter, Nizam Uddin; Li+−Li+ and Na+−Li+ ion pairs in aqueous solution, Fluid Phase Equilibria Volume 576, 2024, 113957
3. Rashid, M.A., Acter, T. & Uddin, N. Excited-state intramolecular proton transfer in 10-hydroxybenzoquinoline, 1-hydroxyanthraquinone, methyl salicylate and 4-methyl-2,6-diformyl phenol: a QM/MM–MD study. Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, 2023,142, 96.
4. Md Al Mamunur Rashid, Thamina Acter, Nizam Uddin, The solvation dynamics of CO2 by quantum mechanical molecular dynamics, Chemical Physics Letters, Volume 832, 2023,140861
5. Uddin, N, Acter, T, Rashid, MH-A, Chowdhury, AI, Jahan, EA. Coping with the COVID-19 pandemic by strengthening immunity as a nonpharmaceutical intervention: a major public health challenge. Health Science Reports. 2023; 6:e1562
6. Thamina Acter, Seungwoo Son, Donghwi Kim, Un Hyuk Yim, Mark P. Barrow, Quan Shi, Nizam Uddin, Sunghwan Kim,; Environmental petroleomics – Application of ultrahigh-resolution mass spectrometry for molecular-level understanding of the fate of spilled oils, Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry,40,2023,e00212
7. Kifayati Rosiyanti Dewi, Maya Ismayati, Nissa Nurfajrin Solihat, Nancy Dewi Yuliana, Feri Kusnandar, Handy Riantana, Heryani Heryani, Abdul Halim, Thamina Acter, Nizam Uddin & Sunghwan Kim. Advances and key considerations of liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry for porcine authentication in halal analysis. Journal of Analytical Science and Technology 14, 13 (2023)
8. Thamina Acter, Seulgidaun Lee, Nizam Uddin, Kamarum Monira Mow, Sunghwan Kim. Characterization of petroleum-related natural organic matter by ultrahigh-resolution mass spectrometry: Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society 2023, 43( 3), .... Publisher: Wiley Online Library.
9. Thamina Acter, Nizam Uddin, Eunji Cho, Eleanor Riches, Pierre Giustie, Carlos Afonso, Sunghwan Kim: Ion mobility mass spectrometry for structural elucidation of petroleum compounds, TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 151, 2022, 116597. Publisher: Elsevier
10. Cho, Eunji, Acter, Thamina, Uddin, Nizam, Kim, S. Analysis of coffee bean with laser desorption ionization high-resolution mass spectrometry: Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society 2022, 43( 3), 438. Publisher: Wiley Online Library.
11. Minhaz Uddin, Md. Jawad Hasan, Yead Mahmud, Nizam Uddin, Khandaker Tanzim Rahman, Imam Jafar Ali Nishad, Sayed Md. Shamsuddin: A cleaner goatskin preservation with leaf paste and powder; an approach for salinity remediation in tannery wastewater. Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 2022, 100357. Publisher: Elsevier
12. Acter, T.;  Uddin, N.; Solihat, N. N. and Kim, S. Application of Laser-Desorption Silver-Ionization Ultrahigh-Resolution Mass Spectrometry for Analysis of Petroleum Samples Subjected to Hydrotreating. Energy and Fuels, 2021, Publisher: American Chemical Society.
13. Mokarom Hossain, Md. Arif Chowdhury, Md. Jawad Hossain, Md. Harun-Ar Rashid, Thamina Acter, M. Nuruzzaman Khan, Sheikh Mahatabuddin, Nizam Uddin: Heavy Metal Pollution in the Soil-Vegetable System of Tannery Estate. Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management, 2021, 100557. Publisher: Elsevier
14. Tasrina Rabia Choudhurya, Thamina Acter, Nizam Uddin, Masud Kamal, A. M. Sarwaruddin Chowdhury, M. Safiur Rahman: Heavy metals contamination of river water and sediments in the mangrove forest ecosystems in Bangladesh: A consequence of oil spill incident. Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management, 2021, 100484. Publisher: Elsevier
15. Acter T, Uddin N, Das J, Akhter A, Choudhury TR, Kim S: Evolution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: A global health emergency. Science of The Total Environment, 2020, 730:138996. Publisher: Elsevier
16. Mahmud, Y.; Uddin, N.; Acter, T.; Uddin, M. M.; Chowdhury, A. S. M.; Bari, M. L.; Mustafa A. I. and Shamsuddin, S. M. Enhancement of Antimicrobial Properties of Shoe Lining Leather Using Chitosan in Leather Finishing, Advance in Materials Research, 2020, 9(3).
17. Harun-Ar Rashid1, Thamina Acter2, Nizam Uddin1*, Md. Abdur Rahim3 and Md. Bellal Hossain1*, Feasibility Study of Beetroot Cultivation and Sale in Bangladesh, Journal of Agricultural Research Advances (JARA), 2(4), 2020, 1-11.
18. Haque, E.; Zavabeti, A.; Uddin, N.; Wang, Y.; Rahim, M. A.; Syed, N.; Xu, K.; Jannat, A.; Shoaib, M.; Shamsuddin, S.; Nurunnabi, Deciphering the Role of Quaternary N in O₂ Reduction over Controlled N-Doped Carbon Catalysts. Chemistry of Materials, 2020, Publisher: American Chemical Society.
19. Acter, T.; Solihat, N. N.; Sungjune K.; Uddin, N.; Mustafa, A. I.; Shamsuddin, S. M. and Kim, S. Application of Silver Assisted-Laser Desorption Ionization Ultrahigh Resolution Mass Spectrometry for the Speciation of Sulfur Compounds. Analytical & Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2020, Publisher: Springer.
20. Bhadra, B. N.; Song, J. Y.; Uddin, N.; Khan, N. A.; Choi C. H. and Jhung S. H., Oxidative denitrogenation with TiO₂@porous carbon catalyst for purification of fuel. Applied Catalysis B:  Environmental, 2019, 224, 215-224. Publisher: Elsevier
21. Pandith, A.; Uddin, N.; Choi, C. H.; Kim, H.-S., Highly selective imidazole-appended 9,10-N,N′-diaminomethylanthracene fluorescent probe for switch-on Zn²⁺ detection and switch-off H₂PO₄⁻ and CN⁻ detection in 80% aqueous DMSO, and applications to sequential logic gate operations. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2017, 247, 840-849. Publisher: Elsevier.
22. Khan, N. A.; Uddin, N.; Choi, C. H.; Jhung, S. H., Adsorptive Denitrogenation of Model Fuel with CuCl-Loaded Adsorbents: Contribution of Π-Complexation and Direct Interaction between Adsorbates and Cuprous Ions. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2017, 121 (21), 11601-11608. Publisher: American Chemical Society.
23. Heo, W.; Uddin, N.; Park, J. W.; Rhee, Y. M.; Choi, C. H.; Joo, T., Coherent intermolecular proton transfers in the acid-base reaction of excited state pyranine. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017, 19 (28), 18243-18251. Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry.
24. Uddin, N.; Choi, T. H.; Choi, C. H., Origin of Acid–Base Catalytic Effects on Formaldehyde Hydration. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2016, 120 (48), 9598-9606. Publisher: American Chemical Society.
25. Uddin, N.; Ghosh, M. K.; Choi, T. H.; Choi, C. H., Gauche effects of glucopyranose by QM/MM-MD simulations. Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, 2015, 134 (11), 1-10. Publisher: Springer.
26. Uddin, N.; Choi, C. H., Comparative Atomic Charges on Na⁺-(H₂O)_(n) (n=1-6) Clusters. Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, 2015, 36 (3), 827-831. Publisher: Wiley Online Library.
27. Uddin, N.; Kim, J.; Sung, B. J.; Choi, T. H.; Choi, C. H.; Kang, H., Comparative Proton Transfer Efficiencies of Hydronium and Hydroxide in Aqueous Solution: Proton Transfer vs Brownian Motion. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2014, 118 (47), 13671−13678. Publisher: American Chemical Society.
28. Uddin, N.; Choi, T. H.; Choi, C. H., Direct Absolute pK_(a) Predictions and Proton Transfer Mechanisms of Small Molecules in Aqueous Solution by QM/MM-MD. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2013, 117 (20), 6269-6275. Publisher: American Chemical Society.
29. Ghosh, M. K.; Uddin, N.; Choi, C. H., Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Associations of a Methanol Pair in Aqueous Solution. Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2012, 116 (49), 14254-14260. Publisher: American Chemical Society.

BOOK CHAPTER

1. Nizam Uddin, Thamina Acter: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in Global Epidemics. Chapter-1: An Overview of Global Epidemics and the Challenges Faced. 2021. Publisher: Elsevier
2. Acter Thamina, Nizam Uddin, Sungwhan Kim: The Chemistry of Oil and Petroleum Products. Chapter-12 Molecular structure characterization of crude oil and its products by mass spectrometry:. 2022. Publisher: De Gruyter

PRESENTATIONS & CONFERENCES

1. Uddin, N.; Choi, T. H.; Choi, C. H. (2013, April). Direct Absolute pK(a) Predictions and Proton Transfer Mechanisms of Small Molecules in Aqueous Solution by QM/MM-MD. Poster session presented at the 111^th General Meeting and Conference of the Korean Chemical Society, KINTEX, Seoul, South Korea.
2. Uddin, N.; Choi, C. H. (2013, June). Theoretical study of charge transfers on solvated metal ions. Poster session presented at the 113^th Summer Symposium on Physical Chemistry, Division of Physical Chemistry, Korean Chemical Society, POSTECH, Pohang, South Korea.
3. Uddin, N.; Choi, T. H.; Choi, C. H. (2013, October). Conformational and vibrational analysis of Glucopyranose in aqueous solution: A combined study of quantum mechanical calculation and QM/MM-MD simulations. Poster session presented at the 112^th General Meeting and Conference of the Korean Chemical Society, CECO, Changwon, South Korea.
4. Uddin, N.; Lee, D. H.; Kim, J.; Sung, B. J.; Choi, T. H.; Choi, C. H.; Kang, H. (2014, February). Asymmetric Transport dynamics of Hydronium & Hydroxide: Hydroxide goes Brownian while Hydronium Hops. Oral and poster session presented at the Asian CORE winter School on Frontiers of Molecular, Photo-, and Material Sciences. Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
5. Uddin, N. (2014, February). Asymmetric Transport dynamics of Hydronium & Hydroxide: Hydroxide goes Brownian while Hydronium Hops. Oral session for young Scientist presented at the Asian CORE winter School on Frontiers of Molecular, Photo-, and Material Sciences. Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
6. Uddin, N.; Kim, J.; Sung, B. J.; Choi, T. H.; Choi, C. H.; Kang, H. (2014, April). Asymmetric Transport dynamics of Hydronium & Hydroxide: Hydroxide goes Brownian while Hydronium Hops. Poster session presented at the 113^th General Meeting and Conference of the Korean Chemical Society, KINTEX, Seoul, South Korea.
7. Uddin, N.; Kim, J.; Sung, B. J.; Choi, T. H.; Choi, C. H.; Kang, H. (2014, June). Asymmetric Transport dynamics of Hydronium & Hydroxide: Hydroxide goes Brownian while Hydronium Hops. Poster session presented at the 116^th Summer Symposium on Physical Chemistry, Division of Physical Chemistry, Korean Chemical Society, Daemyung Resort Gyeongju, South Korea.
8. Uddin, N.; Choi, T. H.; Choi, C. H. (2014, October). Conformational and vibrational analysis of Glucopyranose in aqueous solution: A combined study of quantum mechanical calculation and QM/MM-MD simulations. Poster session presented at the 114^th General Meeting and Conference of the Korean Chemical Society, Kim Dae-jung Convention Center, Gwangju, South Korea.
9. Uddin, N.; Choi, T. H.; Choi, C. H. (2015, April). Excited State Intra-molecular Proton Transfer Reaction Dynamics of 10-Hydroxybenzoquinoline by QM/MM-MD Simulations. Poster session presented at the 115^th General Meeting and Conference of the Korean Chemical Society, KINTEX, Seoul, South Korea.
10. Uddin, N.; Choi, T. H.; Choi, C. H. (2015, June). Excited State Intra-molecular Proton Transfer Reaction Dynamics of 10-Hydroxybenzoquinoline by Quantum Mechanical/Molecular Mechanical-Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Poster session presented at the 15^th International Congress of Quantum Chemistry, China.
11. Uddin, N.; Choi, T. H.; Choi, C. H. (2015, August). Excited State Intra-molecular Proton Transfer Reaction Dynamics of 10-Hydroxybenzoquinoline by QM/MM-MD Simulations. Poster session presented at the 45^th World Chemistry Congress, IUPAC-2015, Bexco, Busan, South Korea.
12. Uddin, N.; Choi, T. H.; Choi, C. H. (2015, October). Reaction Mechanisms of Proton Catalyzed Formaldehyde Hydration in Aqueous Solution. Poster session presented at the 116^th General Meeting and Conference of the Korean Chemical Society, EXCO, Daegu, South Korea.
13. Uddin, N.; Choi, T. H.; Choi, C. H. (2016, March). Thermodynamics and Reaction Dynamics of Proton Transfer in Condensed Phase by Quantum Mechanical/Molecular Mechanical- Molecular Dynamics Simulation. Poster session presented at the 16^th Asian Chemical Congress, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
14. Uddin, N.; Choi, T. H.; Choi, C. H. (2016, April). Free Energy Surface of Proton Catalyzed Formaldehyde Hydration in Aqueous Solution. Poster session presented at the 117^th General Meeting and Conference of the Korean Chemical Society, KINTEX, Seoul, South Korea.
15. Uddin, N.; Song, J. W. (2018, October). UV/vis Absorption Spectra of Syn and Anti Pyrene by LC-BOP/TD-DFT. Poster session presented at 14th Korea-Japan Symposium on Frontier Photoscience-2018, GIST, Gwangju, South Korea.
16. ACS Student Chapter Chemistry Conference, July 25-26, 2019, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
17. International Conference on Climate Change, February 25-27, 2020, Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Building, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
18. South Asian Policy Leadership for Improved Nutrition and Growth (SAPLING) seminar, BRAC Centre Inn., March 01, 2020, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
19. Lessons Learned Dissemination Workshop, Nutrition and Food Science Dpt. PSTU and UNICEF, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, March 03, 2020, Patuakhali, Bangladesh.
20. Awareness program on Intellectual property for Bangladesh Agro-Professors Association (BAPA), Department of Patent, Design & Trademarks (DPDT); Business Promotion Council (BPC); BAPA and European Union (EU), March 09, 2020, BADC, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
21. International Symposium on Nanotechnology, American International University of Bangladesh, March 12, 2020, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Area of Expertise

• Food Adulteration
• Food Toxicology
• Heavy Metal Pollution
• Public Health
• Global Health
• Environmental Pollution
• Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
• Thermodynamics and Reaction Mechanism
• Molecular Dynamics Simulation

Skilled in Laboratory Tools

• Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (AAS)
• Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR)
• Thermo Gravimetric Analysis (TGA)
• Chromatography (TLC,PC)
• High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
• UV-VIS Spectrophotometer
• Refractometer (ºBrix Analysis)
• Molecular Simulation
• Kjeldhal Protein Analyzer
• Soxhlet Fat Analyzer
• Electric Muffle Furnace
• Digital Moisture Analyzer
• Rotary Evaporator
• Centrifuge Machine
• pH Meter
• Conductivity Meter
• Digital Viscosity Meter
• TDS, TSS, BOD, COD Analyzer

Award

• Best Oral Presenter Award in International Conference, 2013, Taiwan.
• Best Poster Award in Korean Chemical Society (KCS) Conference, 2012, Busan, South Korea.

Scholarship

1. Prizes from Scientific Conference and General Meeting of Korean Chemical Society, South Korea.
2. KINGA full funded PhD Scholarships, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
3. Korea Research Fellowship 2018, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, South Korea

• Member of Korean Chemical Society (KCS)
• Member of Bangladesh Chemical Society (BCS)
• Member of Dhaka University Alumni Association (DUAA)
• Member of Bangladesh Society of Chemical Scientist (BSCS)
• Member of American Chemical Society (ACS)
• Editorial Board Member of Bangladesh Nano Society (BNS)