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Department of Science & Humanities (SH)

Lt Col Palash Kumar Sarker, PhD, Sigs

Associate Professor (Instr Cl 'A'), Department of Science & Humanities (SH)

 

Faculty Profile

 

Name: Lt Col Palash Kumar Sarker, PhD, Sigs

Designation: Associate Professor (Instr Cl 'A')

Email:  sarker@sh.mist.ac.bd; sarker_sust@yahoo.com

Contact Number: +88-01769024152 (off.)

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

Sc & Hum Dept, 9th Floor, General Mustafiz Tower, MIST.

Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh.

 

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

  • PhD in Advanced Materials Chemistry

Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan

  • M.Sc. in Analytical & Environmental Chemistry

Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (SUST)

  • B.Sc. in Chemistry

           Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (SUST) 

AWARDS/ HONOURS

  • Monbukagakusho Scholarship for doctoral program, MEXT, Japan, 2009
  • University Merit Scholarship B.Sc. (Hons.), SUST
    • Academic Session 1999-2001
  • Award for S.S.C Result-1995 (18th place, Rajshahi Education Board), Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
    • Academic Session 1993-1995

 

 

 


ACADEMIC PROJECTS: Removal of Dyes from Textile Wastewater by Using Low-Cost Bioadsorbent and Nanoparticles.

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Research Domain: Materials Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Prebiotic Chemistry.

 

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

  • Sarker, P.K.; Takahashi, J.-I.; Kawamoto, Y.; Obayashi, Y.; Kaneko, T.; Kobayashi, K. Photostability of Isovaline and its Precursor 5-Ethyl-5-methylhydantoin Exposed to Simulated Space Radiations. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 13, 1006–1017, January 2012.

 

  • Sarker, P.K.; Takahashi, J.-I.; Obayashi, Y.; Kaneko, T.; Kobayashi, K. Photo-alteration of Isovaline and its Precursor 5-ethyl-5-methylhydantoin Exposed to UV and -ray Radiation. Viva Origino, 40, 4–8, June 2012.

 

  • Sarker, P.K.; Takahashi, J.-I.; Obayashi, Y.; Kaneko, T.; Kobayashi, K. Photo-alteration of hydantoins against UV light and its relevance to prebiotic chemistry. Adv. Space Res., 51(12), 2235–2240, June 2013.

 

  • Kobayashi, K.; Sarker, P.K.; Ono, K.; Kawamoto, Y.; Obayashi, Y.; Kaneko, T.; Yoshida, S.; Mita, H.; Yabuta, H.; Yamagishi, A. Formation, Alteration and Delivery of Exogenous High Molecular Weight Organic Compounds: Objectives of the Tanpopo Mission from the Point of View of Chemical Evolution. Trans. JSASS Space Tech. Jpn., 10(28), Tp_7–Tp_11, March 2012.

 

  • Sarker, P.K.; Kaneko, T.; Kobayashi, K.; Takahashi, J; Mita, H.; Adachi, M.; Zen, H.; Hosaka, M.; Katoh, M. Asymmetric Reactions of Amino-Acids and Their Precursor Molecules by Circularly Polarized Light from Free Electron Laser. UVSOR Activity Report (2010), 53, June 2011.

 

  • Takahashi, J-I.; Sarker, P.K.; Obayashi, Y.; Kaneko, T.; Kobayashi, K.; Okatyeva, N.; Poluhina, N. G.; Gusev, G. A.; Tsarev, V. A.; Xu, J. H.; Tao, Y.; Matsuo, K.; Gekko, K.; Yabuta, H.; Mita, H.; Saito T. Circular Dichroism Spectra of Amino-Acid Films Irradiated with Spin Polarized Electrons in Beta-Decay Radiation. HiSOR Activity Report (2010), 150–151, 2011.

 

  • Sarker, P.K.; Takahashi, J-I.; Matsuo, K.; Obayashi, Y.; Kaneko, T.; Kobayashi, K. Chirality formation of amino acids by circularly polarized UV irradiation. HiSOR Activity Report (2011), 173–174, 2012.

 

  • Matsuo, K.; Sarker, P. K.; Sawada, M.; Namatame, H.; Taniguchi, M. Performance Evaluation for Vacuum-Ultraviolet Circular Dichroism Instrument at Beamline 12. HiSOR Activity Report (2013).

 

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

  • Photolysis of Amino Acids and Their Precursors by UV and g-Rays and its Relevance to Bioorganic Chirality. Sarker, P.K.; Takahashi, J.-I.; Matsuo, K.; Kobayashi, K. Origins 2014, Nara, Japan, July 6–11, 2014.

 

  • Photo-alteration of Amino Acids and Their Precursors in Space and its Relevance to Prebiotic Chemistry. Sarker, P.K.; Takahashi, J.-I.; Matsuo, K.; Obayashi, Y.; Kaneko, T.; Kobayashi, K. The 18th Hiroshima International Symposium on Synchrotron Radiation, Hiroshima University Faculty Club, Japan, March 6–7, 2014.

 

  • Asymmetric Photolysis of Amino Acids by Circularly Polarized Light from Free Electron Laser. Sarker, P.K.; Takahashi, J.-I.; Matsuo, K.; Obayashi, Y.; Kaneko, T.; Kobayashi, K. Hiroshima International Workshop on Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy, Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center (HiSOR), Japan, March 4, 2014.

 

  • Chirality Emergence in Amino Acids by Circularly-Polarized UV and Spin-Polarized Electron Irradiation. Sarker, P.K.; Takahashi, J.-I.; Matsuo, K.; Obayashi, Y.; Kaneko, T.; Kobayashi, K. The 17th Hiroshima International Symposium on Synchrotron Radiation, Hiroshima University Faculty Club, Japan, February 28–March 1, 2013.

 

  • Photo-alteration of Hydantoins against UV Light and Its Relevance to Origins of Life. Sarker, P.K.; Takahashi, J.-I.; Obayashi, Y.; Kaneko, T.; Kobayashi, K. The 39th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Mysore, India, July 14–22, 2012.

 

  • Alteration of Organic Compounds in Small Bodies and Cosmic Dusts by Cosmic Rays and Solar Radiation. Kobayashi, K.; Sarker, P.K.; Kawamoto, Y.; Okabe, T.; Eto, M.; Kaneko, T.; Obayashi, Y.; Takahashi, J.-I.; Mita, H.; Kanda, K.; TANPOPO WG. The 39th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Mysore, India, July 14–22, 2012.

 

  • Stability of Amino Acids and Their Precursors (Hydantoins) against UV Light and Its Relevance to Origins of Life. Sarker, P.K.; Takahashi, J.-I.; Obayashi, Y.; Kaneko, T.; Mita, H.; Kobayashi, K. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2012, Makuhari, Chiba, Japan, May 20–25, 2012.

 

  • Photostability of Free-Amino Acids and Their precursor Molecules Exposed to Simulated Space Radiation. Sarker, P.K.; Takahashi, J.-I.; Kawamoto, Y.; Ono, K.; Obayashi, Y.; Kaneko, T.; Hosaka, M.; Katoh, M.; Adachi, M.; Zen, H.; Mita, H.; Kobayashi, K. The 25th annual conference of Japan Society for Biological Science in Space, Yokohama, Japan, September 30–October 1, 2011.

 

  • Asymmetric Reactions of Amino-Acid Precursor Molecules by Circularly Polarized Light from Free Electron Laser. Takahashi, J.-I.; Sarker, P.K.; Kaneko, T.; Kobayashi, K.; Yabuta, H.; Mita, H.; Adachi, M.; Zen, H.; Hosaka, M.; Katoh, M. Origins 2011, Montpellier, France, July 3–8, 2011.
  • Formation, alteration and delivery of complex amino acid precursors of interstellar origin with high molecular weight – Experimental verification on ground and in space. Kobayashi, K.; Sarker, P.K.; Ono, K.; Kawamoto, Y.; Obayashi, Y.; Kaneko, T.; Mita, H.; Yabuta, H.; Takahashi, J.-I.; Yoshida, S.; Kanda, K.; Yamagishi, A. Origins 2011, Montpellier, France, July 3–8, 2011.

 

  • Asymmetric Decomposition of Amino Acids by Circularly Polarized UV Irradiation. Sarker, P.K.; Takahashi, J.-I.; Suzuki, T.; Ono, K.; Obayashi, Y.; Kaneko, T.; Hosaka, M.; Katoh, M.; Adachi, M.; Zen, H.; Mita, H.; Kobayashi, K. The 36th annual Meeting of the SSOEL-Japan, Fukuoka, Japan, March 15–17, 2011.

 

  • Decomposition and Chirality Formation of Amino Acids by Circularly Polarized UV Irradiation. Sarker, P.K.; Takahashi, J.-I.; Suzuki, T.; Ono, K.; Kaneko, T.; Hosaka, M.; Katoh, M.; Adachi, M.; Zen, H.; Mita, H.; Kobayashi, K. The 24th annual conference of Japan Society of Synchrotron Radiation Research, Tsukuba, Japan, January 7–10, 2011.

 

  • An approach to analyze organic matter in space dust by ‘TANPOPO’ mission. Sarker, P.K.; Ono, K.; Fushimi, H.; Kawamoto, Y.; Obayashi, Y.; Kaneko, T.; Kobayashi, K.; Mita, H.; Yabuta, H.; Okudaira, K.; Imai, E.; Tabata, M.; Hashimoto, H.; Yokobori, S.; Yamagishi, A.; TANPOPO WG. The 24th annual conference of Japan Society for Biological Science in Space, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, September 17–18, 2010.

 

Workshop:

  • Integrated Chemical Management: Bangladesh Perspective. Sarker, P.K. Workshop on Needs Assessment and Best Practices on Integrated Chemical Management, Jakarta, Republic of Indonesia, March 20–22, 2017.

 

 

SUBJECTS TAUGHT

Theory

Sessional

Inorganic Chemistry

Physical Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

Environmental Chemistry

 

Inorganic Quantitative Analysis

Basic Physical Chemistry Sessional

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

     

  • FACULTY MEMBER, Department of Sc & Hum, Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh.
    Duration: November, 2014 – Present.
     
  • FACULTY MEMBER, Department of Environmental Science, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB).

Duration: January, 2007 – October, 2014.

  • RESEARCH FELLOW, Bose Centre, University of Dhaka.

Duration: August, 2006 – January, 2007.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

END

Lt Col Palash Kumar Sarker, PhD, Sigs

Associate Professor (Instr Cl 'A') Department of Science & Humanities (SH) sarker@sh.mist.ac.bd