Chemistry

    Faculty Profile

    Dr Shameem Ara Begum

    Professor

    Contact Information:

    • Office Address: Department of Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Kumargaon, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh. **Room No 202 Academic Building B
    • Phone: 01731789864
    • Email: meem_sust@yahoo.com

    Education:

    • Ph D (Chemistry), Osaka University, Japan
    • M Sc(Chemistry), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
    • B Sc (Hons Chemistry), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Research Interests:

    • Natural Product Chemistry
    • Organic Synthesis

    Awards & Recognition:

    • Research grant from University Grant Commision(UGC) for research in extraction, isolation and characterization of active ingredients from plants and vegetables from October 2012- September 2013
    • Research Associates, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Japan (from April 1997 to March 1999
    • Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan (Monbukagakusho) scholarship as doctoral students, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. (October 2003 to March 31, 2007)
    • Post doctoral Research Fellow (Follow-up Research Fellowship, JASSO, 2011), Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

    Journal Publications

    1. Hira S. A., Begum S. A. and Rahman M. M. (2022). Impact of pharmaceutical industry effluent on seed germination and seedling growth of some common crops of Bangladesh. Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. 57(1), 15-20.
    2. Microwave–Assisted Urea Catalyzed Knoevenagel Condensation of Different Aldehydes with Active Methylene Compounds. Waziha Tasnim Purba, Prashanta Sharma Roy, Sadia Jannat, Shameem Ara Begum and M. Mizanur Rahman. Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. 2020, 55(2), 159-164.
    3. Facile and rapid synthesis of arylidene derivatives by microwave assisted NH4OAc catalyzed under solvent free condition. M. R. Ahmed, A Nasiruddin, M. A .Alim, N. Jaman, S A Begum, M. M. Rahman , M. F. Ahmed and M. A. Mannan Organic Chemistry: Current Research, 2018, 7(3).
    4. Phytochemical constituents from the leaves of Mal verticillata L. Mohammad Shahabuddin, Md. Sharif Hossain, Md. Mizanur Rahman, Tanvir Muslim and Shameem Ara Begum Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2017; 6(1): 16-22
    5. Physico-chemical analysis of textile industry effluents and impact of this effluents on seed germination and seedling growth of some cultivated crops Shamim Ahmed Hira, Shameem Ara Begum, Md. Masum Talukder andMd. Mizanur Rahman International Journal of Chemical Studies 2017; 5(1): 92-97

    Teaching

    • Organic Chemistry
    • Spectroscopy
    • Natural Product Chemistry