Arts and Sciences

Dr. Md. Shakhawoat Hossain

Research Interests

• Natural Product
• Organic Synthesis
• Organic Chemistry
• Environmental Chemistry
• Nanochemistry & Nanotechnology

Educational Background

• Ph.D, (Organic Chemistry (Synthesis)), Middle East Technical University, Turkey
• Master of Science (MSc), (Organic Chemistry (Natural product)), Dhaka University
• Bachelor of Science (BSc), (Chemistry), Dhaka University

Honors and Achievements

• European Union Scholarship ( EMMA -Erasmus Mundus Mobility Asia) for PhD study, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 2009

Publications

• Antidiabetic Activity of Momordica charantia L. and Mechanism of Insulin Secretion of 1-Butanol Soluble Part on Type 2 Diabetic Model Rats, Dhaka University Journal of Pharmaceutical Science, 2020
• Isolation and Characterization of Two Cucurbitane Type Triterpenoid Glycocide from 1-Butanol Soluble Part of Momordica charantia Fruit Pulp Juice, The Dhaka University Journal of Science, 2018
• Synthesis of (3,6-dihydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)phosphonate derivatives and investigation of catalyst effect on frontier molecular orbitals using DFT method, Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements, 2016
• Synthesis of tertiary propargylic phosphonates by addition of trialkynylaluminum reagents to acyl phosphonates and investigation of their antimicrobial activities, Turkish Journal of Chemistry, 2014
• Biocatalytic resolution of multifunctional phosphonates, New Biotechnology, 2012
• Hypoglycemic effect of Irvingia gabonensis (Aubry-Lacomate Ex. Ororke), Baill in Type 2 Diabetic Long-Evans Rats, Dhaka University Journal of Pharmaceutical Science, 2012
• Reactions of acyl phosphonates with organoaluminum reagents: A new method for the synthesis of secondary and tertiary α-hydroxy phosphonates, Tetrahedron, 2011