I, Dr. Md. Masum Billah, have been serving as an Asst. Professor in the Department of Physics (Faculty of Science) at Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST), Bangladesh since April 2016. Before being upgraded as Assistant Professor, I was serving as a Lecturer in the same department from April 2014. Prior to joining at JUST, I held Lecturer positions at Primeasia University and Green University of Bangladesh.

My primary research interests span Biophysics and Medical Physics, with specialized focus on the following areas:

• Membrane Biophysics: structure, dynamics, and physical properties of artificial lipid bilayers and biomembranes
• Elastic modulus, phase stability, and phase transitions in model membrane systems
• Mechanisms and kinetics of pore formation in lipid bilayers and biomembranes
• Membrane potential, osmosis, and osmotic pressure
• Design and characterization of nano-biomaterials for drug delivery
• Peptide/protein–membrane interactions and Nanoparticles–membrane interactions
• Application of fluorescence-based techniques (fluorescence probes, photobleaching studies, and neutral-density filtering)

Expertise in (Experimental Techniques/Equipments):

1. Various Microscopes used in physiological measurement (Confocal LASER Scanning microscope (CLSM), Phase-contrast microscope, Differential Interference Contrast (DIC) microscope, and other several standard Fluorescence microscopes).
2. High-resolution Digital CMOS camera
3. Neutral density (ND) filters to control Photo-bleaching from the incident light source of Mercury (Hg) burner.
4. FastMoc solid-phase synthesis method using a Peptide synthesizer (Initiator + Alstra).
5. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC): reversed-phase.
6. Cleavage, Labelling of peptides/proteins
7. UV/Visible Spectrophotometer
8. Fluorescence spectrophotometer
9. Preparation of glass micropipette using capillary (of internal diameter: of 10~20 µm)
10. Model Vesicle preparation: Natural Swelling Method
11. Operating Lyophilizer (freeze dryer), Ultrasonic Sonicator, Vacuum Desiccator, and several other affiliated tools used in membrane biophysics.

Educational Details

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Science:

Biophysics Lab, Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology

Shizuoka University, Japan

Doctoral Dissertation: “Effects of Osmotic Pressure and Lipid Composition on Magainin 2-Induced Pore Formation and its Evolution.”

Master of Science (M. S) in Physics:

Institute: Department of Physics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka- 1000, Bangladesh

MS Dissertation: “Determination of Abdominal Fat Thickness using Focused Impedance Method and Correlation with Measurements using Conventional Methods.”

Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.) in Physics:

Institute: Department of Physics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka- 1000, Bangladesh

Higher Secondary School Certificate (H.S.C):

Institute:  B. A. F. Shaheen College, Tejgaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Education Board: Dhaka

Professional Experiences:

[26^th April, 2016– Present Date]

Assistant Professor,

Department of Physics,

Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore 7408, Bangladesh

[26^th April, 2014 – 25th April 2016]

Lecturer,

Department of Physics,

Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore 7408, Bangladesh

[2^nd September, 2013 – 25^th April, 2014]

Lecturer in Physics,

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,

Green University of Bangladesh

Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh

[1^st October, 2012 – 1^st September,  2013]

Lecturer,

Department of Basic Sciences,

Primeasia University,

Dhaka- 1213, Bangladesh

List of Courses Taught/Conducted in B.Sc & MS Level:

PHY 1101: Mechanics

PHY 1103: Properties of Matter

PHY 1105: Vector Analysis

PHY 1201: Vibrations and Waves

PHY 1203: Electricity and Magnetism

PHY 2101: Optics

PHY 2209: Computational Physics

PHY 3111: Introduction to Astrophysics

PHY 3103: Quantum Mechanics-I

PHY 3109: Statistical Mechanics

PHY 4207: Medical and Radiation Physics

PHY 5105: Biophysics

Experience in implementing Research Projects :

# Molecular Dynamics Simulation Studies on the Mechanism and Elementary Processes of AMP M2-Induced Pore Formation in Model Membranes under Varying Membrane Potentials.

#Study of Molecular Transport through Nanopore in GUV-membrane: Rate of Membrane Permeation 

# Mechanism of Reversible Shape Changes in Charge-neutral Model Vesicles induced by an Anionic Surfactant.

# Mechanism of pore formation and pore evolution in the phospholipid bilayers (models of biomembranes) under various conditions.

# To Design and Construction of a Laminated-core Step-down Transformer.

# To Design a Thermodynamically Isolated Peltier Box for Blood Storage and Transportation during Telemedicine Service.