Arts and Sciences

Dr. Mohammad Shahid Ullah

Research Interests

• Organic synthesis
• Functional polymer synthesis
• Polymer-supported chiral organocatalysts synthesis
• Application to asymmetric synthesis
• Green chemistry

Educational Background

• Doctor of Engineering, (Organic Chemistry), Toyohashi University of Technology (TUT), Japan [2018]
• Master of Science (MSc), (Organic Chemistry), Department of Chemistry, DU [2010]
• Bachelor of Science (BSc), (Chemistry), Department of Chemistry, DU [2008]

Honors and Achievements

• Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship- MEXT for PhD study, Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), 2015
• National Science & Information and Communication Technology (NSICT) Fellowship by MOSICT for M. S, Ministry of Science, Information and Communication Technology, Bangladesh, 2010
• Dr. M. Qudrat-i-Khuda - Scholarship for Chemistry student in dept. of Chemistry, DU, Dr. M. Qudrat-i-Khuda - Foundation, 2007

Publications

1. ''Immobilized Catalysts for Asymmetric Reactions'', SOS, 2018, Thieme. URL

1. Mohammad Shahid Ullah, Mohammad Farhadur Rahman & Shinichi Itsuno , ''Cinchonine- and Cinchonidine-Derived Chiral Squaramide Polymers: Synthesis and Application in Asymmetric Catalysis'', Journal of Polymer Research, 2026, Springer-Nature. URL
2. M. N. Sweety, Shamima Akther Eti, Mohammad Shahid Ullah, Shabiba Parvin Shandhi, Fariha Chowdhury, Sarna Khanam, Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman, ''Upcycling boiler fuel rice-husk waste: a sustainable cellulose–clay nanocomposite for lead remediation'', RSC Advances, 2026, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). URL
3. Nadim Ahmed, Abdullah Al Rakib, Md. Shahabuddin, Mohammad Shahid Ullah, Md. Nurnobi Rashed, Md. Jalil ''Removal of Cr(VI) ion from aqueous solution using jute stick lignin and application of machine learning approach to determine optimal parameters'', Journal of King Saud University – Science, 2026, Scientific Scholars. URL
4. Mohammad Farhadur Rahman, Md Rabiul Alam, Shinichi Itsuno and Mohammad Shahid Ullah*; C-2 SubstitutedCinchonaAlkaloid PolymericCatalyst in Malononitrile toChalconeReactions, ChemistrySelect, 2025, Wiley. URL
5. Rafiqul ISLAM, Mohammad Shahid Ullah*, Md. Abdus SALAM, Shinichi ITSUNO; Preparation of a chiral hyperbranched polymer based on cinchona alkaloids and investigation of its catalytic activity in asymmetric reactions, Turkish Journal of Chemistry, 2024, TUBUTAK. URL
6. Mohammad Shahid Ullah, Sadia Afrin Chhanda and Shinichi Itsuno *; Polymerization of Dimeric Cinchona Squaramides for the Preparation of a Highly Enantioselective Polymeric Organocatalyst, Catalysts, 2020, MDPI. URL
7. Ullah, M. S.; Itsuno, S. ''Synthesis of Cinchona Alkaloid Derived Chiral Squaramide Polymers by ADMET Polymerization and Their Application to Asymmetric Catalysis'', Chemistry Letters 2018, 47, 1220-1223., Chemistry Letters, 2018, Chemical Society of Japan. URL
8. Ullah, M. S.; Itsuno, S. ''Chiral Polymers of Cinchona Squaramides as Highly Efficient Catalysts in Asymmetric Michael Addition Reaction'', ACS Omega 2018, 3, 4573-4582., ACS Omega, 2018, ACS. URL
9. Ullah, M. S.; Itsuno, S ''Synthesis of cinchona alkaloid squaramide polymers as bifunctional chiral organocatalysts for the enantioselective Michael addition of β-ketoesters to nitroolefins'' Molecular Catalysis 2017, 438, 239-244, Molecular Catalysis, 2017, Elsevier. URL
10. Shohei Takata, Yuta Endo, Mohammad Shahid Ullah and Shinichi Itsuno, “Synthesis of cinchona alkaloid sulfonamide polymers as sustainable catalysts for the enantioselective desymmetrization of cyclic anhydrides.” RSC Adv. 2016, 6, 72300-72305., RSC Advances, 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). URL
11. Mohammad Shahid Ullah, M. Giasuddin Ahmed, U. K. R. Romman, Kawsari Akhter, S. Mosaddeq Ahmed and Md. Ershad Halim, ‘Synthesis of 5, 7-Diaryl-1,5-Dihydro (or 1, 2, 3, 5-Tetrahydro)- Pyrano[2, 3-d] Pyrimidin-2, 4-Diones (or 2-Thioxo-4-ones)’, Journal of Bangladesh Chemical Society (JBCS), 2012, Bangladesh Chemical Society. URL