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yunusahmed@cuet.ac.bd , yunus.acctiu@gmail.com
Dr Yunus Ahmed is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry. He received his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from the Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology (ACWEB) under the School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia. His research title was "Simultaneous removal of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, antibiotic resistance genes and micropollutants by using Photo-Fenton processes". It was an advanced level tertiary treatment process for Drinking or Municipal water. Prior to this degree, Ahmed received his Master of Science (MSc. Eng) degree in Chemical and Process Engineering from the National University of Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia. He received two more Master’s degrees [M.Phil in Chemistry from BUET and M.Eng in Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (ACCE) from Islamic University (IU), Kushtia]. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in ACCE from IU, Bangladesh. He is doing research in a multidisciplinary area, especially the removal of emerging contaminants (Biological and Chemical); Quality, Control, and Maintainance of Water Treatment Plant (WTP), Effluent Treatment Plants (ETP), Sewage Treatment Plants (STP ); Reuse and resource recovery from waste/wastewater streams, as well as drug discovery. He has published around 30 fully refereed journal papers on vastly different fields of Chemical Engineering, Water, Environment, and Pharmaceutical Chemistry. He is the Top 10 researcher in the world in the inactivation of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria (ARB) and its Genes (ARG) from water and wastewater. Yunus is strongly dedicated to teaching and learning, with extensive teaching experience in various areas of Chemical/Environmental/ Bioprocess Engineering. He is a reviewer for more than 5 international journals. He is a member of the Australian Water Association (AWA) and Bangladesh Chemical Society.
Application of nanomaterials and single-atom catalysts for water treatment
Advanced materials-based approaches toward solar water disinfection
Photocatalytic and electrochemical processes for environmental and energy Application
PhD in Chemical Engineering, UQ, Australia; MSc. Eng. in Chemical and Process Engineering, UKM, Malaysia; M.Phil in Chemistry, BUET as well as M.Engg. and B.Sc in Applied Chemistry & Chemical Engineering (ACCE), IU, Kushtia, Bangladesh.
Membership:
2022 - Current: Member (200099854): Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
2022 - Current: Member (32379049): American Chemical Society (ACS)
2019 - Current: Blue card: Working with children (1770159/2, V) – Queensland, Australia
2017 - Current: Member (ST-64730), Australian Water Association, Australia
2011 - Current: Member (LM-1435), Bangladesh Chemical Society, Bangladesh.
Please see my profile- ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8556-1944; Google Scholar: Yunus Ahmed
| Serial No | Title | Authors | Informations | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simultaneous removal of antibiotic resistant bacteria, antibiotic resistance genes and micropollutant by FeS2@GO-based heterogeneous photo-Fenton process | Yunus Ahmed, Jiexi Zhong, Zhiguo Yuan and Jianhua Guo | Environmental Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c03334. (IF: 9.028, Q1). | 2022 |
| 2 | Roles of reactive oxygen species in antibiotic resistant bacteria inactivation and micropollutant degradation in Fenton and photo-Fenton processes | Yunus Ahmed, Jiexi Zhong, Zhiguo Yuan and Jianhua Guo | Journal of Hazardous Materials; 2022; 430, 128408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128408. (IF: 14.224, Q1). | 2022 |
| 3 | Simultaneous removal of micropollutants, antibiotic resistant bacteria, and antibiotic resistance genes using graphitic carbon nitride under simulated solar irradiation | Jiexi Zhong, Yunus Ahmed, Gilda Carvalho, Zhiliang Wang, Lianzhou Wang, Jochen F. Mueller and Jianhua Guo | Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 433(3), 133839, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.133839. (IF: 16.744, Q1). | 2022 |
| 4 | Simultaneous removal of antibiotic resistant bacteria, antibiotic resistance genes, and micropollutants by a modified photo-Fenton process | Yunus Ahmed, Jiexi Zhong, Zhiguo Yuan and Jianhua Guo | Water Research; 2021; 197, 117075. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2021.117075. (IF: 13.4, Q1) | 2021 |
| 5 | Efficient inactivation of antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes by photo-Fenton process under visible LED light and neutral pH | Yunus Ahmed, Ji Lu, Zhiguo Yuan, Philip L. Bond and Jianhua Guo | Water Research 2020; 179, 115878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.115878. (IF: 13.4, Q1) | 2020 |
| 6 | Non-sulphide zeolite catalyst for bio-jet-fuel conversion | Md. Shahinuzzaman, Zahira Yaakob, Yunus Ahmed | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2017; 77: 1375-1384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.01.162. (IF: 16.799, Q1). | 2017 |
| 7 | Degradation and mineralization of methylene blue using a heterogeneous photo-Fenton catalyst under visible and solar light irradiation | Yunus Ahmed, Zahira Yaakob and Parul Akhtar | Catalysis Science & Technology, 2016; 6 (4): 1222-1233. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CY01494H. (IF: 6.117, Q1) | 2016 |
| 8 | Production of biogas and performance evaluation of existing treatment processes in palm oil mill effluent (POME) | Yunus Ahmed, Zahira Yaakob, Parul Akhtar, Kamaruzzaman Sopian | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015; 42:1260-1278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2014.10.073. (IF: 16.799, Q1). | 2015 |
| 9 | Antimicrobial and cytotoxic constituents from leaves of Sapium baccatum | Yunus Ahmed, Md. Hossain Sohrab, Sharif Md Al-Reza, Faqir Shahidulla Tareq, Choudhury Mahmood Hasan and Md. Abdus Sattar | Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2010, 48(2), 549-552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2009.11.030. (IF: 5.572, Q1). | 2010 |
| 10 | Inhibition of plant pathogens in vitro and in vivo with essential oil and organic extracts of Cestrum nocturnum L. | Sharif M. Al-Reza, Atiqur Rahman, Yunus Ahmed and Sun Chul Kang | Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 2010, 96(2), 86-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pestbp. 2009.09.005. (IF: 4.966, Q1). | 2010 |
| 11 | New insights of phenolic compounds from optimized fruit extract of Ficus auriculate | M Shahinuzzaman, Parul Akhtar, N Amin, Yunus Ahmed, Farah Hannan Anuar, H Misran, Md Akhtaruzzaman | Scientific reports; 2021; 11 (1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91913-w. (IF: 4.379, Q1). | 2021 |
| 12 | Chemical constituents of Saurauia roxburghii | Yunus Ahmed, Parul Akhtar and Shakila Rahman, Zahira Yaakob | Chemistry of Natural Compounds. 2016; 52(5): 953-955, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10600-016-1831-0. (IF: 0.809, Q3). | 2016 |
| 13 | In vitro antibacterial and in vivo brine shrimp lethal active compounds isolated from the leaves of S. roxburghii | Yunus Ahmed, Zahira Yaakob, Parul Akhtar, Mahbubur Rahman and Faridul Islam | International Journal of Pharmacology, 2015; 11(7): 821-827. https://doi.org/10.3923/ijp.2015.821.827. (IF: 0.751, Q4). | 2015 |