
Dr Md Saiful Islam
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Md. Saiful Islam is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow--working on an exciting project of the Australian Space Agency. In September 2021, he conferred a Ph.D. from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Adelaide, Australia. Because of his excellent research and outstanding thesis, he has been honored as the Mach Bearer during the graduation ceremony, awarded the University Doctoral Research Medal, The William Culross Prize for Scientific Research 2021, and the prestigious Dean's Commendation. He also has been awarded the Gertrude Rohan Memorial Prize from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
In 2012, he completed a Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET). He secured the position of first-class second having a grade point average of 3.76 out of 4.00. He completed the Master's degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from the Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Bangladesh. He stood first class first and secured a GPA of 4.00 out of 4.00.
After his Bachelor's degree, he started his academic career at the university level in Bangladesh, and continued from 2012 to 2017. Dr. Islam also worked as a tutor at the University of Adelaide from 2018, according to the Student Experience of Learning and Teaching (SELT) report, Islam is always an effective university teacher.
Dr. Islam has a strong research profile in the field of Optics, Photonics, and Terahertz and published around 50+ journal articles. As a consequence— recognised as being in the top 0.78% of researchers in optics for 2020 according to the Stanford List (hosted by Mendeley). According to Google Scholar, his citation reaches around 2000 with 27 h-index and 39 i10-index.
Dr. Islam has an outstanding reviewer profile as well. According to publon, he reviewed 175+ journal articles. He also reviews grants as well and so far, reviewed two grants for the Polish Academy of Science. He has been awarded the Top peer reviewer award in physics and cross fields from Web of Science, and Outstanding reviewer recognition from different journals.
Dr Islam was awarded many awards and Scholarships including the ECMS Divisional Scholarship, Frank Perry Travelling Scholarship, and Adelaide Graduate Scholarship.
His current research interests include semiconductor lasers, semiconductor materials, deep-space communication, plasmonic biosensors, and terahertz.
Dr. Islam is a member of IEEE, IEEE Young Professionals, Optical Society of America (OSA), and Institute for Photonics & Advanced Sensing (IPAS).
- My Research
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Research Interests
- Phased Array Antenna for Deep Space Network
- Tunable metamaerial\metasurface for absorption and sensing.
- Surface plasmon resonance biosensor.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2022 - ongoing Grant Funded Researcher-A8 The University of Adelaide 2021 - 2022 Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Adelaide 2016 - 2017 Assistant Professor & Course coordinator Bangladesh University 2014 - 2016 Lecturer Bangladesh University 2012 - 2014 Lecturer World University of Bangladesh -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2022 Honour Mace Bearer at your Graduation Ceremony The University of Adelaide Australia 2022 Award University Doctoral Research Medal The University of Adelaide Australia 2022 Award The William Culross Prize for Scientific Research 2021 University of Adelaide Australia 2022 Award Gertrude Rohan Memorial Prize University of Adelaide Australia 2022 Honour Top 0.78% of researchers in optics for 2020 Mendeley United States 2021 Award Deans Commendation University of Adelaide Australia 2020 Research Award Frank Perry Travelling Scholarship in Engineering The University of Adelaide Australia 4300AUD 2019 Honour Top Reviewers in Physics Web of Science United States 2019 Honour Top Reviewers in Cross-field Web of Science United States 2019 Research Award • Research Travel Scholarship The University of Adelaide Australia 1000AUD 2019 Honour Top peer reviewer award in physics and cross fields Web of Science United States 2018 Achievement Outstanding Reviewer Award International Journal of Electronics & Communications United States 2018 Honour Outstanding Reviewer Award Optical Fiber Technology United States 2017 Scholarship Engineering, Computer, and Mathematical Sciences Divisional Scholarship The University of Adelaide Australia 28092/year 2017 Scholarship Full tuition fee waiver award The University of Adelaide Australia 43000AUD/year -
Language Competencies
Language Competency Bengali Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2017 - 2021 University of Adelaide, Adelaide Australia Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering 2015 - 2016 Islamic University of Technology Bangladesh Master of Science in Electrical & Electronic Engineering 2008 - 2012 Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, Rajshahi Bangladesh Bachelor of Science in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering -
Postgraduate Training
Date Title Institution Country Career & Research Skills Training University of Adelaide Australia -
Certifications
Date Title Institution name Country — CERT IV in Information Technology TAFE SA Australia -
Research Interests
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Journals
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2021 Islam, M. S., Upadhyay, A., Ako, R. T., Sultana, J., Ng, B. W. H., Bhaskaran, M., . . . Abbott, D. (2021). High Q Asymmetrical Terahertz Metasurface For Frequency Selective Applications. In 2021 46th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz) Vol. 2021-August (pp. 1-2). online: IEEE.
2020 Islam, M. S., Ng, B. W., & Abbott, D. (2020). Terahertz Ultrahigh-Q Metasurface Enabled by Out-Of-Plane Asymmetry. In 2020 45th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz) Vol. 2020-November (pp. 149-150). online: IEEE.
2020 Sadath, M. A., Faisal, M., & Islam, M. S. (2020). Zeonex Based Polarization Maintaining Low Loss Porous Core Fiber for Terahertz Regime. In 3rd IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications and Photonics, ICTP 2019 (pp. 1-4). online: IEEE.
2019 Islam, M. S., Sadath, M. A., Hossain, S., Khan, S. A., Das, C., & Ahmed, T. (2019). Low loss high core power fraction silicon based photonic crystal fiber for efficient wave propagation in THz regime. In 2019 5th International Conference on Advances in Electrical Engineering, ICAEE 2019 (pp. 506-509). online: IEEE.
2019 Islam, M. S., Sadath, M. A., & Faisal, M. (2019). Low Loss Topas Based Single Mode Photonic Crystal Fiber for THz Wave Propagation. In 3rd IEEE International Conference on Telecommunications and Photonics, ICTP 2019. Dhaka, Bangladesh: IEEE.
Scopus12019 Islam, M. S., Sultana, J., Dinovitser, A., Ng, B., & Abbott, D. (2019). Electrically Tunable Graphene Metasurface for Multiband Superabsorption and Terahertz Sensing. In International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves Vol. 2019-September (pp. 1-2). online: IEEE.
Scopus22019 Islam, M. S., Sultana, J., Dinovitser, A., Cordeiro, C., Cruz, A. L. S., Abbott, D., & Ng, B. (2019). Broadband Characterization Of Glass And Polymer Materials Using THz-TDS. In IEEE Xplore Vol. 2019-September (pp. 1-2). online: IEEE.
Scopus112019 Sultana, J., Islam, M. S., Habib, M. S., Cordeiro, M. B., DInovitser, A., Ng, B. W. H., . . . Abbott, D. (2019). Novel Hollow Core Antiresonant Terahertz Fiber with Metamaterial Cladding. In International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz Vol. 2019-September (pp. 1-2). online: IEEE.
Scopus22019 Sultana, J., Saiful, M. S., Habib, M. S., Cordeiro, C. M. B., Dinovitser, A., Ng, B. W. H., . . . Abbott, D. (2019). Five-capillary cladding terahertz fiber with low loss and single mode. In International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz Vol. 2019-September (pp. 1-2). online: IEEE.
Scopus32018 Islam, M., Sultana, J., Dinovitser, A., Ng, B., & Abbott, D. (2018). A gold coated plasmonic sensor for biomedical and biochemical analyte detection. In 2018 43rd International Conference on Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves Vol. 2018-September (pp. 8510018-1-8510018-2). Nagoya, Japan: IEEE.
Scopus9 WoS172017 Islam, M. S., Sultana, J., Dinovitser, A., Ahmed, K., Islam, M. R., Faisal, M., . . . Abbott, D. (2017). A novel Zeonex based photonic sensor for alcohol detection in beverages. In Telecommunications and Photonics (ICTP), 2017 IEEE International Conference on Vol. 2017-December (pp. 114-118). Dhaka: IEEE.
Scopus24 WoS202017 Islam, M. S., Kouzani, A. Z., & Coyle, E. D. (2017). Theoretical analysis of the propagation of surface plasmon waves in multilayer surface plasmon resonance biosensor. In Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (pp. 1162-1167). online: IEEE.
2016 Rana, S., Islam, R., Islam, M. S., & Islam, M. R. (2016). Low loss rotated porous core octagonal single-mode fiber for THz radiation. In 2016 5th International Conference on Informatics, Electronics and Vision, ICIEV 2016 (pp. 166-169). online: IEEE.
2016 Rana, S., Islam, M. S., Sultana, J., Reza, K. M. S., Uddin, M. A., Faisal, M., . . . Islam, R. (2016). A Highly Birefringent Slotted-Core THz Fiber. In 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING (ICECE) (pp. 226-229). online: IEEE.
WoS32013 Islam, M. S., & Kouzani, A. Z. (2013). Variable incidence angle subwavelegth grating SPR graphene biosensor. In Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS Vol. 2013 (pp. 3024-3027). United States: IEEE.
Scopus6 Europe PMC12012 Sultana, N., & Islam, M. S. (2012). Analysis of XPM effect with SPM and GVD in WDM fiber optic transmission system. In 2012 International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering, ICCCE 2012 (pp. 263-266). IEEE.
Scopus32011 Islam, M. S., Kouzani, A. Z., Dai, X. J., Michalski, W. P., & Gholamhosseini, H. (2011). Comparison of performance parameters for conventional and localized surface plasmon resonance graphene biosensors.. In Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference Vol. 2011 (pp. 1851-1854). United States: IEEE.
Scopus9 Europe PMC12011 Islam, M. S., & Kouzani, A. Z. (2011). Design and modelling of a double gate bilayer graphene field effect transistor. In Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings, APMC (pp. 343-346). 2011 Islam, M. S., & Kouzani, A. Z. (2011). Variable incidence angle localized surface plasmon resonance graphene biosensor. In 2011 IEEE/ICME International Conference on Complex Medical Engineering, CME 2011 (pp. 58-63). IEEE.
Scopus62011 Islam, M. S., & Kouzani, A. Z. (2011). Design of a high sensitive double-gate field-effect transistor biosensor for DNA detection. In Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS Vol. 2011 (pp. 4788-4791). United States: IEEE.
Scopus22011 Islam, M. S., Kouzani, A., Dai, X. J., & Michalski, W. P. (2011). Modeling and comparative analysis of carbon nanotube and boron nitride nanotube cantilever biosensors. In Advanced Materials Research Vol. 159 (pp. 650-655). Trans Tech Publications, Ltd..
Scopus42010 Islam, M. S., Kouzani, A. Z., Dai, X. J., & Michalski, W. P. (2010). Parameter sensitivity analysis of surface plasmon resonance biosensor through numerical simulation. In 2010 IEEE/ICME International Conference on Complex Medical Engineering, CME2010 (pp. 171-176). IEEE.
Scopus72010 Rana, M. M., Islam, M. S., & Kouzani, A. Z. (2010). Peak to average power ratio analysis for LTE systems. In 2nd International Conference on Communication Software and Networks, ICCSN 2010 (pp. 516-520). IEEE.
Scopus322010 Islam, M. S., Kouzani, A. Z., Dai, X. J., & Michalski, W. P. (2010). 3-D modeling of a carbon nanotube cantilever biosensor. In 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10 Vol. 2010 (pp. 6535-6538). United States: IEEE.
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- ECMS divisional scholarship from The University of Adelaide, Australia.
- Full fee scholarship.
- Conference allowance in 2017 for attending ICTP, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Conference allowance in 2018 for attending 43rd IRMMW-THz, Nagoya, Japan.
- Grants from RMIT for attending workshop titled "THINKING BIG WITH NANO" at 2018.
- Conference allowance in 2019 for attending 44th IRMMW-THz, PARIS, FRANCE.
- Research Travel Scholarship-University of Adelaide,-2019.
- Frank Perry Travelling Scholarship-2020.
1. Lecturer (P/T), Kaplan
Duration: 2021-Present.
2. Lecturer (P/T), University of Adelaide.
Duration: Semester 1, 2018-Present.
3. Assistant Professor & Course Coordinator
Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University
Duration: 2016-2017 (June)
4. Lecturer
Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University
Duration: 2014-2016
5. Lecturer
Electrical & Electronic Engineering, World University of Bangladesh
Duration: 2012-2014
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Mentoring
Date Topic Location Name 2018 - 2018 Communication University of Adelaide Md Saiful Islam
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Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2020 - ongoing Member Engineers Australia Australia 2020 - ongoing Member Engineers Australia Australia 2019 - ongoing Member Student Chapter of OSA, University of Adelaide Australia 2018 - ongoing Vice-President Adelaide Bangladesh Student Society Australia 2018 - ongoing Member Institute for Photonics & Advanced Sensing (IPAS) Australia 2018 - ongoing Member Institute of Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) Australia 2018 - ongoing Member Optical Society of America (OSA) United States 2018 - ongoing Member IEEE Photonics Society United States 2018 - ongoing Member IEEE United States 2017 - ongoing Member South Australian Cricket Associations (SACA) Australia 2017 - ongoing Member Optical Society of America (OSA) Australia 2017 - ongoing Member IEEE United States 2017 - ongoing Member IEEE Young Professionals United States -
Review, Assessment, Editorial and Advice
Date Title Type Institution Country 2019 - ongoing Scientific Reports Peer Review Nature 2019 - ongoing Photonic Research Journal Review OSA United States 2019 - ongoing IEEE ACCESS Peer Review IEEE United States 2019 - ongoing Optics Express Journal Review Optical Society of America United States 2019 - ongoing Optical Material Express (OSA) Journal Review OSA United States 2018 - ongoing Optical Fiber Technology (OFT) Journal Review Elsevier Australia 2018 - ongoing IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL Peer Review IEEE United States 2018 - ongoing Applied Optics Peer Review OSA United States 2018 - ongoing IEEE Photonics Journal Peer Review IEEE 2018 - ongoing Optics Communications Peer Review Elsevier United States 2018 - ongoing Journal of Lightwave Technology Peer Review IEEE United States 2018 - ongoing Optics Express Peer Review OSA United States 2018 - ongoing Optik Journal Review Elsevier United States 2017 - ongoing Royal Society Open Science Peer Review IEEE United States 2016 - ongoing Optical Engineering Peer Review SPIE United States
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