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SK Mahasin
Alam

PhD in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Education

  • PhD in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
    Nanyang Technological University , Singapore
  • Master of Pharmcey (Specialization in Pharmaceutical Chemistry)
    Jadavpur University , India
  • Bachelor of Pharmacy
    Jadavpur University , India

Achievements

  • Screening of Suitable Materials for Shielding Against Non-Ionizing Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Radiation
    –

Technical Skills

  • Tablet and granules manufacturing techniques and quality control tests
  • Analytical techniques (Spectroscopy, chromatography)
  • Chemical Theoretical Studies (Sodium and Lithium-Ion Batteries; Polymers; 2D-Materials; Nanowires; Doped Semiconductors; Surface Chemistry)
  • Computer-Aided Design (CAD) – QSAR, Molecular docking
  • Medicinal Plant Evaluation (Microbiological; Pharmacological)

Research Interests

  • Optimization of tablet manufacturing and granulation processes, development of excipients from natural sources
  • ab initio modeling of nanomaterials with focus on organic electrode materials for Na and Li batteries
  • Photoluminescence properties of nanomaterials using Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory

    (TD-DFT)

  • Structural and electronic and magnetic properties of nanomaterials
  • QSAR studies of biomolecules for their bioactivities, molecular docking and pharmacophore mapping

Current Projects

  • QSAR Modeling, Molecular Docking Study and Spectral Analysis of Cannabinoids
    – Present

Past Projects

  • Screening of Suitable Materials for Shielding Against Non-Ionizing Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Radiation
    –

Teaching Modules

Chemical Engineering, BSc

  • CE2508 - Chemical Engineering Lab Course 1
  • CE3502 - Chemical Engineering Lab Course 2
  • TCE1023 - Analytical Chemistry and Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Lab Course
  • TCE2013 - Organic Chemistry Lab Course
  • TCE2032 - Chemical Engineering Lab Course 1 and 2

Chemical Engineering, BEng (Hons)

  • CHE1023 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory
  • CHE2015 - Engineering Practice
  • TCE2043 - Analytical Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry Lab Course

Food Technology, BFoodTech(Hons)

  • FTE2023 - Food Chemistry

Pharmaceutical Engineering, BEng (Hons)

  • PHE1013 - Chemistry
  • PHE1125 - Engineering Principles 1 (Heat and Mass Transfer)
  • PHE2223 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory
  • PHE2233 - Engineering Principles Laboratory
  • PHE2235 - Engineering Principles 2 (Fluid Mechanics)
  • PHE3013 - Bioseparations Laboratory
  • PHE3016 - Analytical Chemistry
  • PHE3018 - Unit Operations Laboratory
  • PHE3117 - Downstream Processing II (Blending & Tableting)
  • PHE3238 - Downstream Processing 1 (Particle Technology)
  • PHE1133 - Engineering Principles Laboratory
  • PHE3240 - Pharmaceutical Formulation
  • PHE3020 - Pharmaceutical Analytical Techniques

Past

  • FTE2014 - Heat and Mass - Conservation and Transfer
  • PHE3011 - Bioanalyticals

Journal Papers

  • Hong-Wei Xi, Sultana Bedoura, Mahasin Alam Sk, Kok Hwa Lim, Mono-, Di-, Tri- and Tetra-silacyclobutenes: Strain Energy, Hyperconjugationand Ring-Opening Reaction, Polyhedron, 2022, 211, 115538.

  • Hong-Wei Xi, Sultana Bedoura, Mahasin Alam Sk and Kok Hwa Lim, The disappearance of the stable slightly-bend isomer of germasilaallenes and the appearance of its cyclic isomer, Polyhedron, 2021, 192, 114821.

  • Mahasin Alam SK*, Loh Wan Ping, Kok Hwa Lim, Priscilla Tan Chui Ling, Wang Danping, Joshua Chan Tze Jin, Michael Moniaga, Ong Teng Teng, Wang Lee Chin, Kong Yan Siong, Andy Long Shijun, Chang Hwee Khim, Continuous improvement of chemical waste management to enhance safety, Journal of Environment and Safety, 2021, 12, 21-24.

  • W Liu, Mahasin Alam Sk, S Manzhos, I Martin-Bragado, F Benistant, SA Cheong, Grown-in beryllium diffusion in indium gallium arsenide: An ab initio, continuum theory and kinetic Monte Carlo study, Acta Materialia, 2017, 125, 455-464.

  • KP Prasad, A Than, N Li, Mahasin Alam SK, H Duan, K Pu, X Zheng, P Chen, Thiophene-derived polymer dots for imaging endocytic compartments in live cells and broad-spectrum bacterial killing, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2017, 1 (1), 152-157.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk and Sergei Manzhos, Exploring the sodium storage mechanism in disodium terephthalate as anode for organic battery using density-functional theory calculations, J. Power Sources, 2016, 324, 572-581.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk, S Manzhos, Sodium Interaction with Disodium Terephthalate Molecule: an Ab Initio Study, MRS Advances, 2016, 1 (53), 3579-3584.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk,   Lin Huang,   Peng Chen Kok-Hwa Lim, Controlling armchair and zigzag edges in oxidative cutting of graphene, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, 4 (27), 6539-6545.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk, Y Chen, S Manzhos, Orbital order switching in molecular calculations using GGA functionals: Qualitative errors in materials modeling for electrochemical power sources and how to fix them, Chemical Physics Letters, 2016, 659, 270-276.

  • Arundithi Ananthanarayanan, Yue Wang, Parimal Routh, Mahasin Alam Sk, Aung Than, Ming Lin, Jie Zhang, Jie Chen, Handong Sun and Peng Chen, Nitrogen and Phosphorus co-doped Graphene Quantum Dots: Synthesis from Adenosine triphosphate, Optical Properties, and Cellular Imaging, Nanoscale, 2015,7, 8159-8165.

  • Rern Jern Lim, Mingshi Xie, Mahasin Alam Sk, Jong-min Lee, Adrian Fisher, Xin Wang, Kok Hwa Lim, A review on the electrochemical reduction of CO2 in fuel cells, metal electrodes and molecular catalysts, Catalysis Today, 2014, 233, 169-180.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk, Sergey M. Kozlov, Kok Hwa Lim, Annapaola Migani and Konstantin M. Neyman, Oxygen vacancies in self-assemblies of ceria nanoparticles, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 18329-18338.

  • Lin Huang, Mahasin Alam Sk, Peng Chen, Kok Hwa Lim, Band-Gap Manipulations of Monolayer Graphene by Phenyl Radical Adsorptions: A Density Functional Theory Study, ChemPhysChem, 2014, 15, 2610-2617.

  • Siti Munira Haidad Ali, Yaw-Kai Yan, Peter P. F. Lee, Kenny Zhi Xiang Khong, Mahasin Alam Sk, Kok Hwa Lim, Beata Klejevskaja, Ramon Vilar, Copper(II) Complexes of Substituted Salicylaldehyde Dibenzyl Semicarbazones: Synthesis, Cytotoxicity and Interaction with Quadruplex DNA, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 1449-1459.

  • Peng Xiao, Mahasin Alam Sk, Larissa Thia, Xiaoming Ge, Rern Jern Lim, Jing-Yuan Wang, Kok Hwa Lim, Xin Wang, Molybdenum phosphide as an efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction, Energy & Environmental Science, 2014, 7, 2624-2629.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk, Sultana Bedoura, Hong-Wei Xi and Kok Hwa Lim, The disappearance of the stable slightly-bend isomer of germasilaallenes and the appearance of its cyclic isomer, J. Organomet. Chem., 2014, submitted.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk, Arundithi Ananthanarayanan, Lin Huang, Kok Hwa Lim and Peng Chen, Revealing the tunable photoluminescence properties of graphene quantum dots, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2014, 2, 6954-6960. 

  • Kenath Priyanka Prasad, Yun Chen, Mahasin Alam Sk, Aung Than, Yue Wang, Handong Sun, Kok-Hwa Lim and Peng Chen, Fluorescent Polymer Quantum Dots Derived from PEDOT and their Applications for Optical Imaging and Sensing, Mater. Horiz., 2014, 1, 529-534.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk, Man-Fai Ng, Lin Huang, and Kok Hwa Lim, Modulating the Electronic Properties of Germanium Nanowires via Applied Strain and Surface Passivation, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013, 15 (16), 5927 - 5935.

  • Ashok K. Sundramoorthy, Wei Shan Chia, Kumar Raj, Mahasin Alam Sk, Ya Xuan Thong, Siew Hooi Yeap, Wang Jing, Chang Ming Li, Peng Chen, Kok Hwa Lim, Siu Kwan Sze and Mary B. Chan-Park, Scalable and Effective Selective Enrichment of Semiconducting Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes by a Dual Selective Naphthalenebased Azo Dispersant, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (15), 5569-5581.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk, Man-Fai Ng, Shuo-Wang Yang and Kok Hwa Lim, Stress induced half-metallicity in surface defected germanium nanowires, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012, 14, 1166-1174.

  • Weizhi Wang, Mahasin Alam Sk, Pingqi Gao, Kok Hwa Lim, and Mary B Chan-Park, Mild Bromination-Assisted Density-Gradient Ultracentrifugation to Sort Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Metallicity, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2012, 116 (43), 23027-23035.

  • Shiow Jin Tan, Mahasin Alam Sk, Peter Peng Foo Lee, Yaw Kai Yan, Kok Hwa Lim, Structural requirements of salicylaldehyde benzoylhydrazone and their Cu(II) complexes for anticancer activity, Can. J. Chem., 2012, 90, 762-775.

  • Diana V. Wellia, Qing Chi Xu, Mahasin Alam Sk, Kok Hwa Lim, Tuti Mariana Lim, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan, Experimental and theoretical studies of Fe-doped TiO2 films prepared by peroxo sol-gel method, Appl. Catal. A: General, 2011, 401, 98-105.

  • Junluo Feng, Mahasin Alam Sk, Liang Yu Yan, Chang Ming Li, Zaher Judeh, Yuan Chen, Lain-Jong Li, Kok Hwa Lim, Mary B. Chan-Park, Sorting of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes based on metallicity by selective precipitation with polyvinylpyrrolidone, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2011, 115, 5199-5206.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk, Man-Fai Ng, Shuo-Wang Yang and Kok Hwa Lim, Water induced electrical hysteresis in germanium nanowire: a theoretical study, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 11663-11670.

  • Qing-chi Xu, Diana V. Wellia, Mahasin Alam Sk, Kok Hwa Lim, Joachim Say Chye Loo, Dai Wei Liao, Rose Amal and Timothy Thatt Yang Tan “Transparent Visible Light Activated C-N-F-Codoped TiO 2 Films for Self-Cleaning Applications” J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chemistry, 2010, 210, 181-187.

  • Zhi Dai, Liangyu Yan, Mahasin Alam Sk, Junluo Feng, Pyria Rose Divina Mariathomas, Yuan Chen, Chang Ming Li, Qing Zhang, Lain-Jong Li, Kok Hwa Lim, Mary B. Chan-Park, Selective small-diameter metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes removal by mere standing with anthraquinone and application to field-effect transistor, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2010, 114, 21035-20141.

  • S. Samanta, Mahasin Alam Sk, P. Panda and T. Jha, Possible anticancer agents: QSAR analogs of glutamamide: Synthesis and pharmacological activity of 1, 5-N,N' -disubstituted-2-(substituted benzenesulphonyl) glutamamides, Euro. J. Med. Chem. 2009, 44(1), 70-82.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk, Xi Hong-wei, Lim Kok Hwa; Structure, Bonding and Hyperconjugation of Germaallene: A Theoretical Study, Organometallics, 2009, 28 (13), 3678-3685.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk, S. Samanta, A. K. Halder, S. Basu and T. Jha, QSAR modelling of pancreatic β-cell KATP channel openers R/S-3,4-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-6-halo-4-(substituted phenylaminocarbonylamino)-2H-1-benzopyrans using MLR-FA techniques, Euro. J. Med. Chem. 2009, 44(1), 359-364.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk, Ria Pal, Shuchi Nagar, Md. A. Islam and A. Saha, Pharmacophore Search for Anti-fertility and Estrogenic Potencies of Estrogen Analogs, J. Mol Mod. 2008, 14(11), 1071-1082.

  • Mahasin Alam Sk, S. Samanta, A. K. Halder, S. Basu, and T. Jha, Structural finding of R/S-3,4-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-6-halo-4-(substituted phenylaminocarbonyl amino)-2H-1-benzopyrans as selective pancreatic β-cells KATP-pβ channel openers, Can. J. Chem.  2007, 85(12), 1053-1063.

  • S. P. Visnoi, A. Basu, Mahasin Alam Sk, S. Samanta and T. Jha, Evaluation of the antipyretic potential of methanol extract of the leaves of Abies spectabilis (D. Don) Spach, Nat. Prod. Rad., 2007 6(5), 369-371.

  • S. Samanta, Mahasin Alam Sk, S. Basu, T. Maji, D. K. Roy and T. Jha, Chemoimmunotherapeutic approach to Prolonged Survival Time in Combination with Immunization and Glutamic Acid Derivatives with Antitumor Activity in Tumor-Bearing Mice, Biol. Pharm. Bull. 2007, 30(12), 2334-2339.

  • Soma Samanta, Parthasarathi Panda, Mahasin Alam Sk, and Tarun Jha, Search for  Structural Requirements of 2-Phenylimidazo[1,2-α]pyridineacetamide Analogs to Improve Affinity and Selectivity towards Central and/or Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptors, Internet Electron. J. Mol. Des. 2007, 6(7), 183-199.

  • P. Panda, S. Samanta, Mahasin Alam Sk, S. Basu, and T. Jha, QSAR for Analogs of 1,5-N,N'-Disubstituted-2-(substituted benzenesulphonyl) Glutamamides as Antitumor Agents, Internet Electron. J. Mol. Des. 2007, 6(9), 280-301.

  • Soma Samanta, Mahasin Alam Sk, Parthasarathi Panda, Tarun Jha, Pharmacophore mapping of Tricyclic Isoxazoles for Their Affinity Towards Alpha-2 Adrenoreceptors, Internet Electron J. Mol. Des. 2006, 5(10), 503-514.

Conferences

  • Experimental and theoretical determination of evaporation rate of commonly used chemicals in laboratory, The 10th Asian Conference on Safety and Education in Laboratory, 2023, Bali, Indonesia.

  • Advances in electrochemical reduction of CO2 in fuel cells, Asian Conference on Electrochemical Power Sources 11 (ACEPS’11) December 11-14, 2022, Singapore (Invited talk).

  • Continuous improvement of chemical waste management to enhance safety, The 7th Asian Conference on Safety and Education in Laboratory, 2020, online (Awarded: Bronze Medal)

  • Theoretical Studies on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, ICMAT 2013, Suntec City, Singapore.

  • Designing of Half-metallic Germanium Nanowires - A DFT Study, RSCE 2011, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

  • Evaluations of Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Germanium Nanowires: Effects of Water Adsorption, Chemical Passivations and Surface Defects, NanoPrint 2011, NTU, Singapore.

  • Growth orientation dependent Elastic properties of Ge nanowires: A DFT study, ISEFCBE 2010, NTU, Singapore.

  • Effect of surface defect on the electronic properties of germanium nanowires: A possible half-metallic property, RSCE 2010, Bangkok, Thailand.

  • The Effect of Surface Chemical Passivation on Electronic Properties of Germanium Nanowire, APCChE 2010, Taipei, Taiwan.

  • Structural and electronic properties of OH-passivated germanium nanowires, RSCE 2009, Manila, Philippine.

  • QSAR of R/S-3,4-dihydro 2,2-dimethyl-6-halo-4-(substituted phenylamino- carbonylamino)-2H-1-benzopyrans using topological indices, Wan-Ford charges, partition coefficients and indicator parameters, International conference on Structure and Dynamics: From Micro to Macro, 2006, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India.

  • Evaluation of Antipyretic Potential of Cryptomeria japonica D. Don Leaves at the conference, XXXIX Annual Conference of Indian Pharmacological Society, 2006, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, India.