Faculty Profile

Dr Muhammad Zobayer Bin Mukhlish

Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Professor Institute of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801912815531
  • Email: zobayer-cep@sust.edu, zobayer_ceps@yahoo.com

Education

  • • Ph. D. (Engineering), Material Science and Production Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan. Dissertation: Development of Flexible Ceramic Nanofiber Membranes for Energy and Environmental Applications.
  • • M. Sc. (Engineering), Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh. Dissertation: Pilot Plant for Iron Free Drinking Water: Design and Operation
  • • B. Sc. (Engineering), Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh

Research Interests

  • • Development of electrospun nanofiber for energy, environmental and biomedical application
  • • Development and synthesis of advanced nanomaterials for energy conversion, biomedical application and environmental pollution remediation
  • • Development of biosorbents for wastewater treatment by adsorption process.

Active Research Project

  • Development of Efficient Electrochemical Sensor Based on Metal Oxide Semiconductor Nanoparticles for Environmental Monitoring.
  • Development of conductive polymers based supercapacitor.
  • Development of semiconductor photocatalyst for the treatment of dye containing waste water.
  • Preparation of chemically modified adsorbents for the treatment of heavy metal containing waste water.

Previous Research Project

  • Development of Flexible Ceramic Nanofiber Membranes for Energy and Environmental Applications
  • Synthesis of heterostructure photocatalysts for decontamination of dye containing water.
  • Improvement of properties of construction materials using polymer resin as binder
  • Pilot Plant for Iron Free Drinking Water: Design and Operation
  • Technology Partnership for Innovative Treatment of Drinking and Industrial Water (INNOWA) funded by European Union
  • Waste water treatment using adsorption, coagulation-flocculation and membrane techniques
  • Removal of arsenic by adsorption process using activated carbon derived from agricultural waste

Journal Publish

  • 1. Muhammad Zobayer Bin Mukhlish, Shafiul Hossain, Md Anisur Rahman, Md Tamez Uddin, Kinetic and equilibrium studies of the activated carbon prepared from jackfruit leaves for the adsorption of methyl orange, Desalination and Water Treatment, 256 (2022) 253–264.doi: 10.5004/dwt.2022.28366
  • 2. Md Solaiman Hossain, Eurida Liyana, Saad Al-din Sifat, Fuad Ameen, Md Akram Ullah, Yeasmin Nahar Jolly, Shamshad Begum Quraishi, Mofazzal Hossain, Sazlina Salleh, Sharmin Akter, Mohammad Afzal Hossain, Muhammad Zobayer Bin Mukhlish, Michael Elliott, Trace element bioaccumulation in edible red seaweeds (Rhodophyta): A risk assessment for consumers, Environmental Pollution, 307 (2022), 119560 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119560
  • 3. Uddin, M. T., Mukhlish, M. Z. B., & Patwary, M. R. H., A novel magnetically separable CoFe2O4/SnO2 composite photocatalyst for the degradation of methylene blue dye from aqueous solution, Desalination and Water Treatment 212, 311–322 (2021),
  • 4. Yoshinaga K., Horie Y., Ichigi A., Mukhlish M. Z. B, & T. Nomiyama, Conductive self-standing nanofiber fabric of fluorine-doped tin oxide prepared by electrospinning for use in flexible electronics, J Mater Sci: Mater Electron (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-05812-x
  • 5. Mukhlish, M. Z. B., Islam, M. A., Rahman, M. A.,Hossain, S., Islam, M. A., &Uddin, M. T. (2021). Facile solid-state synthesis of heterojunction CeO2/TiO2 nanocomposite as an efficient photocatalyst for the degradation of organic pollutants, Desalination and Water Treatment, 230 (2021) 169–183.
  • 6. 4. Rahman, M. M., Joy, P. M.,Uddin, M. N.,Mukhlish, M. Z. B., & Khan, M. M. R. (2021 Improvement of capacitive performance of polyaniline based hybrid supercapacitor, Heliyon 7 (2021) e07407
  • 7. Alam, M. M., Mukhlish, M. Z. B, Tazrin, A., Jui, N. A., Asiri, A. M., Rahman, M. M., Islam, M. A., & Uddin, M.T. A novel highly selective electrochemical chlorobenzene sensor based on ternary oxide RuO2/ZnO/TiO2 nanocomposites, RSC Advances 10, 32532–32547 (2020).
  • 8. Rahman, M. M., Mahtab, T., Mukhlish, M. Z. B., Faruk, M. O., & Rahman, M. M., Enhancement of electrical properties of metal doped polyaniline synthesized by different doping techniques, Polymer Bulletin (2020).
  • 9. Mukhlish, M. Z. B., Khan, M. R., Islam, M. S., Nazir, M. I., Snigdha, J. S., Akter, R., & Ahmad H., Decolorization of Reactive Dyes from Aqueous Solution Using Combined Coagulation-Flocculation and Photochemical Oxidation (UV/H₂O₂). Sustainable Chemical Engineering, 1 (2), 51–61 (2020).
  • 10. Mukhlish, M. Z. B., Horie, Y., Higashi, K., Ichigi, A., Guo, S., & Nomiyama, T., Self-standing conductive ITO-silica nanofiber mats for use in flexible electronics and their application in dye-sensitized solar cells. Ceramics International, 43, 8146–8152 (2017).
  • 11. Guo, S., Horie, Y., Imada, S., Mukhlish, M. Z. B., & Nomiyama, T., Enhancement of carrier-collection by electrospun Nb-doped TiO2 nanofiber-network in photoelectrode of dye-sensitized solar cells. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 28, 13084–13093 (2017).
  • 12. Mukhlish, M. Z. B., Horie, Y. & Nomiyama, T., Flexible alumina-silica nanofibrous membrane and its high adaptability in reactive red-120 dye removal from water. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 228: 371 (2017).
  • 13. Mukhlish, M. Z. B., Khan, M. M. R., Islam, A. R., & Akanda, A. N. M. S., Removal of reactive dye from aqueous solution using coagulation–flocculation coupled with adsorption on papaya leaf. Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Sciences (JMES), 10(1): 1884–1894 (2016).
  • 14. Rahman, G. M. S., Aftab, H., Islam, M. S., Mukhlish, M. Z. B., & Ali, F., Enhanced physico-mechanical properties of polyester resin film using CaCO3 filler. Fibers and Polymers, 17(1): 59–65 (2016).
  • 15. Khan, M. M. R., Mukhlish, M. Z. B., Mazumder, M. S. I., Ferdous , K., Prasad, D. M. R. & Hassan, Z., Uptake of Indosol Dark-blue GL dye from aqueous solution by water hyacinth roots powder: adsorption and desorption study. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 11(4): 1027–1034 (2014).
  • 16. Mukhlish, M. Z. B., Najnin, F., Rahman, M. M., & Uddin, M. J., Photocatalytic Degradation of different dyes using TiO2 with high surface area: a kinetic study, Journal of Scientific Research, 5(2): 301–314 (2013).
  • 17. Mukhlish, M. Z. B., Huq M. M., Ferdous , K., Mazumder, M. S. I., Khan, M. M. R., & Islam M. A., Treatment of textile effluent of Fokir Knitwear in Bangladesh using coagulation-flocculation and adsorption methods, International Research Journal of Environment Sciences, 2(6): 49–53 (2013).
  • 18. Alam, M. M., Mukhlish, M. Z. B., Uddin, S., Das, S., Ferdous, K., Khan, M. M. R., & Islam M. A., Photocatalytic degradation of Reactive Yellow in batch and continuous photoreactor using titanium dioxide. Journal of Scientific Research, 4(3): 665–674 (2012).
  • 19. Mukhlish, M. Z. B., Khan, M. M. R., Bhoumick, M. C., & Paul, S., Papaya (Carica papaya L.) leaf powder: novel adsorbent for removal of methylene blue from aqueous solution, Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 223:4949–4958 (2012).
  • 20. Islam, M. S., Kurawaki, J., Kusumoto, Y., Abdulla-Al-Mamun, M., & Mukhlish, M. Z. B., Hydrothermal Novel Synthesis of Neck-structured Hyperthermia-suitable Magnetic (Fe3O4, γ-Fe2O3 and α-Fe2O3) Nanoparticles, Journal of Scientific Research 4 (1), 99–107 (2012).

Awards & Recognition

  • • Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho/MEXT) Scholarship for PhD Programme (2014-2018)
  • • Vice chancellor Award for standing first position in B. Sc. (Engineering) examination in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science
  • • Departmental Scholarship of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh (2000-2004)

Teaching

  • • Science and Engineering of Materials
  • • Nanoscience and Nanotechology
  • • Polymer Composite
  • • Elements of chemical Engineering
  • • Process Control
  • • Process Design
  • • Chemical Process Technology
  • • Environmental Engineering