Md  Saiful Islam

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).

Research Interests

  • Phased Array Antenna for Deep Space Network
  • Tunable metamaerial\metasurface for absorption and sensing.
  • Surface plasmon resonance biosensor.
  • 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

  • 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

  • Mentoring

    Date Topic Location Name
    2018 - 2018 Communication University of Adelaide Md Saiful Islam
  • 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
  • Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Phone: 83131818
  • Email: mdsaiful.islam@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Ingkarni Wardli, floor 3
  • Org Unit: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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