Faculty Profile

Dr. Md. Azharul Arafath

Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Department of Chemistry, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801708528243
  • Email: arafath-che@sust.edu, arafath_sustche90@yahoo.com

Biography

Dr. Md. Azharul Arafath is currently working as a Professor in the department of chemistry at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology. He obtained a PhD in 2018 from Universiti Sains Malaysia of Malaysia under the program of USM-TWAS postgraduate fellowship. He graduated B. Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry and M. Sc. with research in Chemistry from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh. He specializes in the area of Inorganic chemistry, particularly in the coordination chemistry, organometallic chemistry, material chemistry, and their application as anticancer, antibacterial, antioxidant, anti- Alzheimer’s agents, energy storage material, environmental application, and catalysis. He first joined as lecturer in 2009 in the chemistry department of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Khulna, Bangladesh. Then he joined as a lecturer in 2011 and promoted to assistant professor in 2012 in the department of chemistry of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh. He was promoted to associate professor in 2018 and professor in 2022 in the department of Chemistry. He was born in a teacher family at Nawpara of Mymensingh in 1982. His father Reaz Uddin was a School teacher and his mother Sakhina Akthar is a housewife.

Education

  • PhD in Chemistry, University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia, 2018
  • 2007-2009: M.S. in Chemistry with Research, Result: 3.95 out of 4.00, Letter grade A with Distinction, Department of Chemistry, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
  • 2001-2006: B. Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry with Research. Result: 3.63 out of 4.00, Letter grade A- Department of Chemistry, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh

Research Interests

  • Schiff base ligand, Coordination Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry, MOF, Coordination Polymer
  • Antibacterial activity and anticancer activity
  • Renewable energy material, catalysis, photocatalysis

Active Research Project

  • 1. Promotional Research Grant: Title: “Coordination polymer/MOFs of N/O donor ligand with Zr, Ce, Cu, Ni and Cd: Synthesis, characterization, photocatalytic and electrical properties” (Project ID: PS/2023/1/04, 2023-2024), Research Center, SUST, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh.
  • 2. University Grant Commission Research Project (2021-2022): Title: Ni(II), Pd(II) and Cu(II) coordination complexes with substituted thiosemicarbazone Schiff base ligand: Synthesis, Characterization and catalytic activities. University Grant Commissions, Dhaka-1207.

Previous Research Project

  • 1. Promotional Research Grant: Title: “Study on the synthesis of Fe(II/III), Ru(II/III), Ni(II) and Pd(II) coordination complexes with substituted thiosemicarbazone Schiff base ligand and their catalytic activities” (Project ID: PS/2021/1/07, 2021-2022), Research Center, SUST, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh.
  • 2. Promotional Research Grant: Title: “Schiff base complexes of Ni(II), Pd(II), Cu(II), Zn(II) and Fe(II) metals and their nano oxide: Synthesis, Characterization and antibacterial activity” (Project ID: PS/2019/1/01, 2019-2020), Research Center, SUST, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh.
  • 3. Promotional Research Grant: Title: “The synthesis of Schiff base ligands having NNO and NSO group and their Zn(II), Cu(II) and Sn(II) complexes and investigation of their biological activity” (Project ID: PS/2018/1/04, 2018-2019), Research Center, SUST, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh.
  • 4. Alternative Sub Project Manager (ASPM) (June 2014 -October 2014) Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP), World Bank, Department of Chemistry, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh.
  • 5. Promotional Research Grant: Title: “Synthesis, Characterization & Anti-cancer activity of N-Heterocyclic Carbene complex with Cu, Ag and Au” (Project ID: PS/2022/1/07, 2022-2023), Research Center, SUST, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh.

External Affiliations

  • Editorial Board Member : Acta Scientific Pharmaceutical Sciences

Journal Publications

  • 1. A review on environmental Chemodynamics, isothermal, kinetics, and thermodynamics modeling for the adsorptive removal of Cr (VI) from the industrial effluent using magnetic nanoparticles as a bio-sorbent. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, (2023).
  • 2. Adsorptive Elimination of Heavy Metals from Aqueous Solution Using Magnetic Chitosan/Cellulose-Fe (III) Composite as a Bio-Sorbent
  • 3. Md. Azharul Arafath, Farook Adam, Mohamed B Khadeer Ahamed, Mohammad Razaul Karim, Md. Nizam Uddin, Bohari Mohd. Yamin, and Aly Abdou, Ni(II), Pd(II) and Pt(II) complexes with SNO-group thiosemicarbazone and DMSO: Synthesis, Characterization, DFT, Molecular Docking and cytotoxicity, Journal of Molecular Structure (2023) 1278, 134887.
  • 4. Al Mamun , Muhammad Rashed ; Yusuf , Mohammad Abu ; Bhuyan, Md. Murshed; Bhuiyan, Md. Shohag Hossain ; Arafath , Md. Azharul ; Uddin , Md. Nizam ; Soeb , Md. Janibul ; Almahri, Albandary ; Rahman , Mohammed ; Karim , Mohammad Razaul, Acidity controlled desulfurization of Biogas by using Iron (III) and Ferrosoferric (II, III) oxide, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, (2022) 95, 1234-1241
  • 5. Dali Rani Sarker, Md. Nizam Uddin, Md Elias, Zidnia Rahman, Ratan Kumar Paul, Iqbal Ahmed Siddiquey, Md. Abul Hasnat, Razaul Karim, Md. Azharul Arafath, Jamal Uddin, P-doped TiO2-MWCNTs nanocomposite thin films with enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light exposure, Cleaner Engineering and Technology, (2022) 6, 100364.
  • 6. Mohammad Razaul Karim, Md. Nizam Uddin, Md. Aslam Shaikh, Md. Shamim Rahaman, Iqbal Ahmed Siddiquey, Md. Azharul Arafath, Md. Saidul Islam, Shinya Hayami, Khalid A. Alamry, Abdullah M. Asiri, Mohammed M. Rahman, Engineering tunable conductivity, pn junction and light-harvesting semi-conductivity of graphene oxide by fixing reduction mood only." Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, (2021) 120, 325-335.
  • 7. Md. Azharul Arafath, Farook Adam and Mohd. Zaheen Hassan, Synthesis, characterization and antibacterial activity of nickel, palladium and platinum complexes with Schiff base derived from N-cyclohexylhydrazinecarbo thioamide and 5-(tert-butyl)-2-hydroxybenzaldehyde, Phosphorus, Sulfur and Silicon and the Related Elements, (2021) 196(6), 530-537.
  • 8. Md. Mahbubul Alam, Beghetto Valentina, Alberto Scrivanti, Matteo Bertoldini, Md. Azharul Arafath, Synthesis of a water-soluble thio-triazole ligand for biphase rhodium catalyzed hydroformylation of styrene. SN Applied Sciences, (2020) 2(11)
  • 9. Md. Azharul Arafath, Huey Chong Kwong and Farook Adam, Md. Mohiuddin, Md. Sohug Sarker, Mohammad Salim and Md. Mahbubul Alam, Bis[4-(2-hydroxy-3-nitro-5-methoxybenzylideneamino)phenyl]ether, Acta Cryst. (2020) E76, 91-96.
  • 10. TzeShyang Chia, Huey Chong Kwong, Qin Ai Wong,Ching Kheng Quah and Md. AzharulArafath,Crystal structure of a Second polymorph of 3-methoxybenzoic acid Z' = 1,Acta Cryst. (2019)E75, 8-11.
  • 11. TzeShyang Chia, Huey Chong Kwong, Ai Jia Sim, Weng Zhun Ng, Qin Ai Wong, C. S. Chidan Kumar, Ching Kheng Quah and Md. AzharulArafath, Conformational dimorphism of 2,2'-methylenebis(isoindoline-1,3-dione)Crystal structure of (E)-2-(3-(tert-butyl)-2-hydroxybenzylidene)-N-cyclohexylhydrazine -1-carbothio amide, Acta Cryst.(2019) E75, 49-52.
  • 12. Qin Ai Wong, TzeShyang Chia, Huey Chong Kwong, Weng Zhun Ng, C. S. Chidan Kumar, Ching Kheng Quah and Md. AzharulArafath,Crystal Structure and Hirshfield surface analysis of a chalcone derivative (E)-3-(4-fluorophenyl)-1-(4-nitrophenyl)prop-2-ene-1-one, Acta Cryst. (2019) E75, 53-57.
  • 13. Md. AzharulArafath, Huey Chong Kwong and Farook Adam, (E)-2-(2-hydroxy-3-methylbenzylidene)-N-methylhydrazine-1-carbothioamide: supramolecular assembliesintwodimensionsmediatedbyN—H•••SandC— H•••πinteractions, Acta Cryst.(2019) E75, 571-575.
  • 14. Md. Azharul Arafath, Farook Adam, Fouad S. R. Al-Suede,Salih Al-Juaid, Mohamed B. Khadeer Ahamed, Amin M. S. A. Majid, Schiff base-nickel, palladium and platinum complexes derived from N-cyclohexyl hydrazine carbothioamide and 3-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde: Selective antiproliferative and proapoptotic effects against colorectal carcinoma, Drug Development Research (2019) 80(6) 778-790..
  • 15. Md. AzharulArafath, Huey Chong Kwong and Farook Adam, Crystal structure of (E)-N-cyclohexyl-2-(2-hydroxy-3-methylbenzylidene)hydrazine-1-carbothioamide, Acta Cryst. (2019) E75, 1065-1068.
  • 16. Md. AzharulArafath, Huey Chong Kwong and Farook Adam, {Dimethyl sulfoxide-κS}(Hanifehpour et al., 2015){cyclohexanamino((Z)-2-[(E)-5-methoxy-3-nitro-2-oxidobenzylidene]hydrasin-1-ylidene-κ2O,N)methanethiolato-κS} platimun(II): supramolecular assemblies in two-dimensional mediated by C-H…N, C-H…O, N-H…O and C-H…π interaction,Acta Cryst. (2019) E75, 1486-1489.
  • 17. Huey Chong Kwong, Imdad Mahmud Pathi, C. S. Chidan Kumar, Ching Kheng and Md. Azharul Arafath, Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of pyridiniminnium bromide salt: 1-(2-(adamantanyl)-2-oxoethyl)-3-methypyridine-4(1h)-iminium bromide Acta Cryst. (2018) E74, 1030-1034.
  • 18. Md. Azharul Arafath, Huey Chong Kwong, Farook Adam and Mohd. R. Razali, 6,6-((1E,1E)-((oxybis(4,1-phenylene))bis(azanylylidene))bis(methanylylidene))bis(2-methyl phenol): supramolecular assemblies in two dimension mediated by hydrogen bonding and C-H interactions, Acta Cryst. (2018) E74, 687-69
  • 19. Md. AzharulArafath, Huey Chong Kwong, Farook Adam and Mohd. R. Razali, 6,6'-((1E,1'E)-((oxybis(4,1-phenylene))bis(azanylylidene))bis(methanylylidene))bis(2-methyl phenol): supramolecular assemblies in two dimension mediated by hydrogen bonding and C-H…π interactions, Acta Cryst. (2018) E74, 687-690.
  • 20. Huey Chong Kwong,Imdad Mahmud Pathi, C. S. Chidan Kumar, Ching Kheng andMd. AzharulArafath,Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of pyridiniminnium bromide salt: 1-(2-(adamantanyl)-2-oxoethyl)-3-methypyridine-4(1h)-iminium bromideActa Cryst. (2018) E74, 1030-1034.
  • 21. Md. AzharulArafath, Huey Chong Kwong, Farook Adam and Mohd. R. Razali, Crystal structure of (E)-2-(3-(tert-butyl)-2-hydroxybenzylidene)-N-cyclohexylhydrazine -1-carbothioamide, Acta Cryst. (2018)E74, 1460-1462.
  • 22. Md. Masudur Rahman, Ayesha Siddiqua, Elias Khalil, Md. Azharul Arafath and S. S. Alam, Studies on the Quality Parameters of Some Textile Effluents and the Removal of Dye and Metal Iron Using Some Natural Bio-Adsorbents, IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT) (Mar. 2017) Volume 11, Issue 3 Ver. III 87-95.
  • 23. Md. Azharul Arafath, Farook Adam, Mohd. R. Razali, (E)-2-methyl-6-(((5-methylpyridin-2-yl)imino)methyl)phenol, IUCrData (2017) 2, x 162009
  • 24. Md. Azharul Arafath, Farook Adam, Mohd. R. Razali, (E)-2-(5-Chloro-2-hydroxybenzy lidine)-N-cyclohexylhydrazine-1-carbothioamide, IUCrData (2017) 2, x 161997.
  • 25. Md. AzharulArafath, Farook Adam, Fouad Saleih R. Al-Suede,Mohd. R. Razali, Mohamed B. Khadeer Ahamed, Amin Malik Shah Abdul Majid, Mohd. Zaheen Hassan, Hasnah Osman, Saifullah Abubakar,Synthesis, characterization, X-ray crystal structures of heterocyclic Schiff base compounds and in vitro cholinesterase inhibition and anticancer activity, Journal of Molecular Structure (2017) 1149, 216-228.
  • 26. Md. Azharul Arafath, Farook Adam, Mohd. R. Razali,1-(E)-(3-Hydroxy-4-methoxy benzyidene)amino-3-methylthiourea, IUCrData (2016). 1, x 161599.
  • 27. Md. Azharul Arafath, Farook Adam, Mohd. R. Razali, Loiy E. Ahmed Hassan, Mohamed B. Khadeer Ahamed, Amin Malik S. A. Majid, Synthesis, characterization and anticancer studies of Ni(II), Pd(II) and Pt(II) complexes with Schiff bases derived from N-methyl hydrazinecarbothioamide and 2-hydroxy-5-methoxy-3-nitrobenzaldehyde, Journal of Molecular Structure (2016) VOL.1130, 791-798.
  • 28. M. A. Salam, Md. Azharul Arafath, Mouayed A. Hussein, Rabeya Basri & Rehana Pervin, Organotin(IV) complexes with 2-hydroxynaphthaldehyde-N(4)-ethylthiosemi carbazone: Synthesis, characterization, and in vitro antibacterial activity, PHOSPHORUS, SULFUR, AND SILICON (2016) VOL. 191, NO. 8, 11011107.
  • 29. Farook Adam, Md Azharul Arafath, Rosenani Anwaeul Haque and Mohd Rizal Razali, Crystal structure of 5-(5, 6-dihydrobenzo4,5imidazo1,2-cquinazolin-6-yl)-2-methoxy phenol, Acta Cryst. (2015) E71, o971.
  • 30. Farook Adam, Md Azharul Arafath, Rosenani Anwaeul Haque and Mohd Rizal Razali, Crystal structure of (E)-4-methoxy-2-(5-methylpyridin-2-yl)iminomethylphenol, Acta Cryst. (2015) E71, o819.
  • 31. Rosenani A. Haque, M.A. Salam & Md. Azharul Arafath, New organotin(IV) complexes with N(4)methylthiosemicarbazone derivatives prepared from 2,3-dihydroxybenzaldehyde and 2-hydroxy-5-methylbenzaldehyde: synthesis, characterization, and cytotoxic activity, Journal of Coordination Chemistry (2015) Vol. 68, No. 16, 29532967.
  • 32. M. A. Salam, M. A. Affan, Md. Azharul Arafath. Synthesis, characterization and antibacterial activities of organotin (IV) complexes with 2-acetylpyridine-N(4)-cyclohexylthiosemicarbazone (HAPCT). Heteroatom Chemistry (2013) Volume 24(1), 43-52.
  • 33. Md. Azharul Arafath, Mobarak Hossain, S.S. Alam, and Raihan Sourav, Studies on adsorption efficiency and kinetics of dye removal from textile effluent using some natural bio-adsorbent, International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Technology (2013) 2(9), 853-856.
  • 34. M. A. Salam, M. A. Affan, M. I. M. Tahir, Md. Azharul Arafath and M. B. Shamsuddin. Synthesis, characterization, antibacterial and cytotoxic activities of organotin(IV) complexes derived from N(4)-cyclohexylthiosemicarbazone: X-ray crystal structure of Ph2SnCl(L). Taylor and Francis, Journal of Coordination Chemistry (2012) 65 (18), 3174-3187.
  • 35. M. A. Salam, M. A. Affan, F. B. Ahmad and Md. Azharul Arafath. Organotin(IV) complexes with pyruvic acid phenylhydrazone (HPAPD): synthesis, spectral characterization, and in vitro antibacterial activity. Taylor and Francis, Journal of Coordination Chemistry (2012) 65 (11), 1999-2007.
  • 36. A.K.M. Nur Alam Siddiki, Md. Shahidur Rahman, Mohammad Arifur Rahman, Md. Abdus Salam, Abdus Salam, Md. Abu Yousuf, Md. Farhadul Islam and Md. Azharul Arafath, Synthesis and Antimicrobial Studies of Copper(II)Metal Complexes that Specifically Recognize Nucleic Acid and Bases. Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Journal (2012) 15(1): 83-87.
  • 37. Thiosemicarbazone Schiff base ligands and complexes with nickel, palladium and platinum metals and their anticancer and antibacterial activities
  • 38. Coordination complexes of copper, silver and gold with SNO group containing thiosemicarbazones Schiff base ligands and their biological applications
  • 39. Synthesis of Cu and Zr-based coordination polymers with N/O donors and investigation of their photocatalytic activity against dye, Heliyon, (2024) 10, e33440.
  • 40. Magnetic Chitosan Nanoparticles as a Potential Bio-sorbent for the Removal of Cr(VI) from Wastewater: Synthesis, environmental impact and challenges, Desalination and Water Treatment, (2024) 319, 100449
  • 41. Copper and Nitrogen co-doped ZnO Nanomaterials with Enhanced Photocatalytic and Antibacterial Activities, Asian Journal of Chemistry, (2024) 36(8), 1912-20.

Conference

  • 1. Zarin Tasnim, Md. Mohibul Alam and Md. Azharul Arafath, Cu(II) and Ni(II) Coordination Polymer with N/P Donor Ligand as Photocatalyst for Textile Dye Degradation, International conference on environmental protection for sustainable development (ICEPSD-2022), 2-4 September 2022, University of Dhaka, Dhaka. Bangladesh.
  • 2. Md.Azharul Arafath, Farook Adam, Rosenani A. Haque, Mohd. R. Razali, Synthesis, characterization and catalytic studies of N-heterocyclic Schiff base compound and their metal complexes with Ni(II), Pd(II) and Pt(II), 5th International Conference for Young Chemists 2015, 5th-7th August 2015, City Bayview Hotel, Penang Malaysia.
  • 3. Md. Azharul Arafath, Syed Shamsul Alam, Md. Masudur Rahman, Mohammad Obaidul Haque, Mobarak Hossain, Studies on the quality parameters of some textile and tannery effluents and the removal of dye and heavy metals using natural bio-adsorbents, Bangladesh Chemical Congress, December 2012, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • 4. Md Azharul Arafath, Shahnaz Parveen, Md Abdus salam and Mohammad Abu Yousuf, Studies on water quality parameters and feasibility of biosensor for arsenic detection in water. International conferences on Environmental Technology and Construction Engineering for Sustainable Development, 10-12 March, 2011. Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Teaching

  • 2022–till: Professor, Department of Chemistry, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • 2018–2022: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • 2012-2018: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh.
  • 2011-2012: Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh.
  • 2009-2011: Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Khulna, Bangladesh.

Awards & Recognition

  • USM-TWAS Postgraduate Fellowship Award (2013)
  • Capstone Course 2024/1 Fellow (National Defence College, Dhaka, Bangladesh)
  • M.S. Scholarship
  • B.Sc. (Hons) Scholarship
  • Primary School Scholarship

Graduate Supervision

  • 1. Md. Mohiuddin (2020-2021), Synthesis, Characterization, Antibacterial and Cytotoxic Activities of Coinage Metal Complexes with Schiff Base Ligand Derived from Benzaldehyde Derivatives and N- Substituted Carbothioamide. PhD (on going).