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Fellow CV
List of Publications
(Fellow, 2023)
B. Sc. Hons. (DU), M. Sc. (DU).
Ph. D. (University of London, UK),
DIC (Imperial College, London.
Postdoctoral Research (Osaka University, Japan).
Prof. A. K. M. Akther Hossain obtained B.Sc. (Honours) in 1988 (held in 1991) and M. Sc. in 1989 (held in 1994) in Physics from the Department of Physics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He secured First Position in First Class in M. Sc. He started his career as a Lecturer in Physics at Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh in April 1994. He was appointed Lecturer in the Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh in June 1994. In 1995, he was awarded Association of Commonwealth Universities Scholarship for pursuing PhD. He obtained PhD & DIC from Imperial College of Science Technology & Medicine, the University of London, UK in 1998 in the field of Colossal Magnetoresistance (CMR). He was appointed Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor in 1999, 2002, and 2008, respectively. He was awarded Japan Society of Promotion of Sciences fellowship tenable at Osaka University, Japan for Postdoctoral research during 2002-2004. His research interest is in CMR, superconductors, nanostructured ferrites, ferroelectrics, multiferroics, Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors, and nanocrystalline alloys. He supervised 11 Ph.D., 43 M. Phil. and 20 M. Sc. students. He has published 114 full length articles in various reputed International Journals.
(i) Provost, Titumir Hall, BUET (April 2014 – March 2018).
(ii) Head, Department of Physics, BUET (December 2009-October 2011).
(i) Junior Associate, The Abdus Salam ICTP, Italy. (2002-2007)
(ii) Member, American Physical Society (APS), USA
(iii) Member, Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP), Japan
(iv) Life Member, Bangladesh Physical Society (BPS)
(v) Life Member, Bangladesh Association for Advancement of Science (BAAS)
(vi) Former Student Member, Institute of Physics, United Kingdom.
(i) Delivered Invited lectures in Various National and International conferences organized by the Bangladesh Physical Society, (2020, 2019, 2018, 2016).
(ii) Delivered Invited lectures in the Department of Physics, Comilla University, Bangladesh.
(iii) Delivered Invited lectures in the Department of Physics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
(iv) Delivered Invited lectures in the Department of Physics, Comilla University, Bangladesh.
(v) Delivered Invited lectures in Miniworkshop on Frontiers in Advanced Materials, The Abdus Salam Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. 3.
(vi) Delivered Invited lectures in International Workshop on Nanostructured Magnetic Materials and their Applications, Gebze Institute of Technology, Istanbul, Turkey.
(vii) Delivered Invited lectures in International Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 2010, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
