Dr. Sultana Nurun Nahar (SNN)
Dept of Astronomy, 140 W. 18th Ave, The Ohio State U. Columbus, OH 43210
Tel: (614)292-1888 (O), (614)456-7199(H), Fax: (614)292-2928
Emails: nahar.1@osu.edu
CV ("CV in one pdf file with activities and publication list")
POSITIONS (CURRENT)
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Research Professor,
September 2015 - present (At OSU: Since 1990)
Co-Director (OSU): Indo-US APJ Abdul Kalam STEM Education and Research
Center of OSU-Aligarh Muslim University, 2017 -
Director: Women in STEM Roadshow, 2017-2018
ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY
Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics, 2017 -
Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP 202002, India
Adjunct Professor, Cairo University, Egypt, 2018 -
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. (Atomic Theory), 1987,
Wayne State U., Detroit,
Michigan
- Dissertation: "Electron and positron scattering from atoms"
- Thesis Advisor: Professor J.M. Wadehra
- Congratulation from the
Congressman,
- WSU Physics Newsletter, 1987: "Doctoral
degrees awarded", p.5 (WSU Alumni newsletter)
M.A. (Quantum Optics), 1982,
Wayne State University, Detroit,
Michigan
- Thesis: "Nematic Liquid Crystal and Optical Nonlinearity"
- Congratulation from House of
Representatives
- Wikipedia: In
Alumni: Science "List of Wayne State University People"
M.Sc, Theoretical Physics),
1979, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Thesis: "Compton Scattering on Nucleons at Low Energies"
- First Class First position in Dhaka University,
DU Award (#13)
B.Sc.Hons. (Physics), 1977,
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
First Class First position in Dhaka
University (Award #1) (the first female student to get the place)
- Salekunnesa Award for the Best Female B.Sc.Hons. Student of Dhaka University
- Wikipedia: In List of University of Dhaka alumni and faculty - Physics
RESEARCH GRANTS: 19
NASA: 7, DOE: 2, NSF: 2, OSU Diversity: 1, STSCI: 1,
U.S. Department of State (Fulbright-Hays): 1, US-India Education Foundation: 1
19. Co-I NSF: "Solving the solar problem with accurate opacities",
PI:. A.K. Pradhan, 07/01/2024 - 06/30/2027, \$560 K, 4 mons/yr, 3 years
18.. Women in Physics (WiP) grant of APS: Faculty Advisor for supervision
of physics activities of female undergraduate students at Aligarh Muslim
University, 08/01/2024-07/31/2025, $1000
17. Coordinator: MHRD of Government of India: "Leadership for
Academicians Programme" (LEAP), 2019, $250 K (recipient OSU), 16 mons
16. PI: U.S. Department of State: "Indo-US collaboration: STEM
educational and research opportunities for women from minorities and
disadvantaged groups" under "Women in STEM Roadshow".
Held nine workshops in Tier-1 and Tier-2 cities in New Delhi, Hyderabad
and Kolkata consulate districts and 1 year follow-up, PI: S.N. Nahar,
S-IN650-17-GR-0034, 9/30/2017 - 9/30/2018, \$74,871.80 (recipient OSU),
support: 2.0 months
16. Co-PI: DOE: ''Testing theoretical stellar interior and HED plasma
opacities at the Sandia Z", PI: A.K. Pradhan, Co-PIs: S.N. Nahar, M.
Pinsonneault, DOE Office of Fusion Sciences, DE-SC0012331,
09/01/14-08/31/20, \$503K (recipient OSU), (support: 4 months/yr 3 yrs)
15. PI: NSF: ''Solving the Nebular Abundances Anomaly: New Features in
Photoionization and Recombination", PI: S.N. Nahar, NSF AST-1312441,
08/15/2013 - 07/31/2020, \$390,247 (recipient OSU), 3 Yrs (support: 4
months/yr)
14. HST-STSCI: ""Improving UV Continuous Opacities and Model Spectra for
Cool Stars", PI: J. Valenti, Co-Is: N Piskunov, B Edvardsson, A Pradhan,
S. Nahar, N Lewis, S Horst, J Moses, Cycle 23 AR, $70,000, 10/01/15 - 09/30/16,
$36K (total for OSU), (support: 2 mos)
13. DOE: "Testing theoretical Stellar Interior and HED Plasma Opacities
at the Sandia Z", PI: Anil Pradhan, Co-PIs: Sultana Nahar, M. Pinsonneault,
DOE Office of Fusion Sciences, $503K, 09/01/14-08/30/20 (recipient OSU),
(support: 4 months/yr 3 yrs)
12. USIEF: ``The STEM -Faculty Project: Training the Next
Generation of STEM faculty at Higher Eduction Institutes in India", PI: A.K.
Pradhan, W. Haider (Co-I: S.N. Nahar with 7 others), Obama-Singh 21st
Century Knowledge Initiative Award, US India Education Foundation,
07/01/13-07/17/2017, $250,000 (recipient OSU), (support: 2 mons/yr, 3 yrs)
11. PI, NSF: ``Radiative Atomic Processes in Iron-Peak Elements For
Non-LTE Astrophysical Models", PI: S.N. Nahar, AST-1109088, 9/1/11-08/31/2014,
$342,495 (recipient OSU) (3 yrs), support: 4 mo/yr
10. Co-I, DOE: "Laboratory Tests of Stellar Interior Opacity Models",
PI, J.E. Bailey, Sandia National Lab; Co-I/Consultants: A. Pradhan, M.
Pinsonneault, C. Iglesias, R. Heeter, J. Abdallah, M. Sherrill, D. Arnett,
C. Meakin, W. Eissner, S.N. Nahar, DE-FG52-09NA29580, 09/15/09-09/14/2012,
$396K (total for OSU) (3 yrs) (support: 4 mo./yr for S.N. Nahar)
9. PI, OSU DIVERSITY: ``Collaborative Project on Energy, Health, and
Globalization with Egypt", S.N. Nahar, Diversity and Inclusion, OSU, April
2012, \$1000 (internal from OSU)
8. PI: NASA: ``Atomic Data for Multi-Wavelength Spectroscopy of Iron
in Astrophysical Plasmas", PI: S.N. Nahar, Co-I: C.J. Zeippen, APRA,
07/01/06 - 06/30/08, \$165,000, (recipient OSU)
7. Co-I, NASA: ``Theoretical X-Ray Atomic Astrophysics and Spectroscopy -
The RmaX Network", A.K. Pradhan, Co-I: S.N. Nahar, ATP, 04/15/02 -
04/14/04, $150K (recipient OSU), (6mos/yr)
6. Co-I, NASA: ``Atomic Data for Multi-Wavelength Spectral Formation",
PI: A.K. Pradhan, Co-I's: S.N. Nahar, T.A.A. Sigut, Space Astrophysics and
Research Analysis (SARA), 01/01/02 - 12/31/04, $183,000
5. Collaborator: NSF grant (743042): "High-Precision Computational
Spectroscopy of Fe-Peak Elements", PI: A.K. Pradhan, collaborator S.N. Nahar,
7/1/02 - 6/30/04, $85,000/yr (partial support, PI: A.K. Pradhan)
4. Co-I, NASA: ``Atomic Processes In X-ray Astrophysics", PI: A.K.
Pradhan, Co-I: S.N. Nahar, T.W. Kallman, Astrophysical Theory Program (ATP),
05/01/99 - 04/30/02, $193,000
3. Co-I, NASA: ``Radiative and Collisional Atomic Data for UV and Optical
Astronomy", PI: A.K. Pradhan, Co-I: S. N. Nahar, NASA (Ultraviolet, Optical,
Visible, \& Gravitational Astrophysics), 10/01/98 - 09/30/01, \$161K
2. Co-I, NASA: ``Atomic Database For Astrophysics From The Iron Project",
PI: A.K. Pradhan, Co-I's: S.N.Nahar, C. Mendoza, T.W. Kallman, C.J.Zeippen,
ADP, 01/01/98 - 12/31/00, \$138K
1. Co-I, NASA (ADP): ``A comprehensive opacities/atomic database for the
analysis of astrophysical spectra and modeling", PI: A.K. Pradhan, Co-PI's:
S.N.Nahar, D.Mihalas, I.Hubeny, T.Lanz, S.Voels, M. Van Steenberg and S.Heap,
ADP, 06/1/94 - 05/31/97, $177K
Computational OSC: 7000 RU, SUG meeting of OSC, December 5, 2015,
Have continuous computational grants from 1990 - present (2024)
Travel Grants: 16 (APS 4 times, Climate Change-UN, Conferences
in Stellar Atmosphere-Germany, Atomic data-Germany, -Mexico, -Kentucky,
ITAMP Harvard-CfA 2 times, IAU GA, Symp - 2 times, Electron-Ion Collisions
-Atlanta, ICPEAC, OSU-ODI, OSU Global Gateway-2 times)
JOB HISTORY: LONG TERM POSITIONS
Associate Director and Chief Liaison Officer,
Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative Award Project:
"THE
STEM-FACULTY PROJECT: Training the Next Generation of STEM Faculty at Higher
Education Institutions in India", 2013-2017
Research Scientist, 2003
- 2015, Astronomy, Ohio State U, Columbus, Ohio
Senior Research Associate,
1997 - 2003, Astronomy, Ohio State U, Columbus, Ohio
Research Associate, 1993 -
1997, Astronomy, Ohio State U, Columbus, Ohio
University Postdoctoral Fellow,
Mathematical and Physical Scienencs,
June 1990 - July 1993, Astronomy, Ohio State U, Columbus, Ohio
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Jan 1988 - May 1990, Physics and
Astronomy, Georgia State U., Atlanta, Georgia
Research: Photoionization cross sections and asymmetry parameter for angular
distribution of atoms in Hartree-Fock approximation. Developed fortran
codes for the atomic parameters. Electron-positron scattering from atoms.
- Undergraduate modern physics course, a two-hour lecture course meeting
twice a week, at Georgia State University, Fall, 1989
Postdoctoral Research Associate, May 1987 - Dec 1987, Wayne
State U., Detroit, Michigan
- {Research:} Relativistic calculations of electron and position scattering
from atoms. Developed the fortran programs for the processes.
Graduate Research Assistant, AFOSR support, Wayne State University,
1984-1987
- Research: Positronium formation and electron-positron scattering from
atoms
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wayne
State University, Fall 1979-Summer 1984.
- Undergraduate introductory physics laboratories and quiz recitation sessions,
Visiting Professor, under MOA between OSU & Cairo University, Cairo
University, Giza, Egypt, 2013 - 2017
- Course advertisement in
facebook, 2016
Visiting Professor,
Physics Department, Aligarh Muslim University under
Obama-Singh STEM Edudation and Research Project,
Aligarh, India, 2014 - 2017
PREVIOUS POSITIONS: SHORT TERM
Visiting Scientist,
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, June 17 - 22, 2018
- SRIP in Physics Library, WIS,
- Office at WIS,
- Guest House San Martin, WIS
Visiting Professor, Department
of Physics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, October - November, 2017
Visiting Professor (invitation from
Vice Chancellor Professor
Khurshid Ansari), Conducted workshop:
"ATOMIC STRUCTURE
AND TRANSITONS: THEORY & COMPUTATION USING SUPERSTRUCTURE PROGRAM",
March 25, 2016 Physics Department, University of Kashmir, Srinagar,
India, March 23-27, 2016
Visiting Faculty,
Teaching, Physics
Department, Delhi University, Delhi, Inida, Feb-March 2014
SHORT TERM VISITOR AT INSTITUTIONS:
University of Kashmir (Seminar, meetings), Kashmir, India, March 15-19,
2017
National Research Institute of Astrophysics and Geophysics (NRIAG),
(Seminer, discussions at Helwan, Telescope on Kottamia etc), Egypt, April
2015. Invitation letter from President
Prof. A.A. Mohamed.
Astronomers, visit
74in Telescope on
Kottamia mountains,
dome in the back, also
14in telescope
King Saud University (seminars, workshop), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,
2014
Dammam University (seminars), Dammam, Saudi Arabia, 2014
Taibah University (seminars), Madina, Saudi Arabia, 2014
Indian Institute of
Astrophysics, Banglore, India, 2014
Jain University (research,
higher education), Banglore, India, 2014
Visiting Scientist, NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center, October 2012
Aligarh Muslim University (seminars), Aligarh, India, 2011
United Arab Emirates University (seminars), Al Ain, UAE, 2011
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (seminar, research), October 2010
Visiting ITAMP-Scientist,
CFA, Harvard University, August, 2006
Visiting ITAMP-Scientist, CFA,
Harvard University, August, 2005
Consultant, Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, June 28-July 5, 2005
Visiting NASA-Scientist and
Presentation, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
October 2010
Physics Department, Stuttgart University (research), 2002
1) OSU Delegate at Saudi Arabia convention IECHE
14. Member of the National Committee,
IAU100 Celebrations in Bangladesh, 2018 - 2019
13. Vice Chair, "DIVISION B /
COMMISSION B5 / WORKING GROUP HIGH-ACCURACY STELLAR SPECTROSCOPY",
IAU, 2016-2018
12. Associate Member, Innovation in Science, Technology, Education,
Modeling and Management (ISTEMM), Chouaïb Doukkali University, El Jadida,
Kingdom of Morocco, 2018 - 2021
11. Selection committee: John Wheatley
Award, APS, 2015
10. Leader, OSU Delegation,
the 5th International Exhibition and Conference on Higher Education (IECHE),
Saudi Arabia, April 15-18, 2014
9. Selection committee: APS Fellows through FIP, 2012-2014
8. Member, Review Panel of Research Associateship
Programs of National Research Council, 2014
7. Elected Member of Executive Committee, Forum of
International Physics (FIP), 2012-2014,
FIP
Candidate page,
News on Elected Member, FIP newsletter
6. Co-Chair, the
Atomic Data Working Group, IAU Commission 14, 2012-2015
5. Faculty Advisor, "International
Society of Muslim Women in Science at Ohio State", OSU, 2016-present
4. Advisor (2012-present) of
Bangladesh Student Association (BSA), Ohio State
University
3. Coordinator (2 meetings at NASA, Germany), the Iron Project, 2001-2002
2. President,
International Society
of Muslim Women in Science (ISMWS)
1. Class Representative in B.Sc.Hons, Dhaka University
Class Representative, throughout Elementary and High Schools
REFEREE/REVIEWER OF JOURNALS AND BOOKS: 45
1. Advances in Quantum Chemistry
2. Arabian J. Chemistry
3. Astronomy \& Astrophysics (A\&A),
4. Astrophysical Journal (ApJ),
5. Astrophysical Journal Letters (ApJL),
6. Astrophysical Journal Supplements (ApJS),
7. Astrophysics and Space Science (ASTR),
8. Atomic Data Nuclear Data Tables (ADNDT),
9. Atoms,
10. Canadian Journal of Physics (CJP),
11. Environmental Science and Pollution Research,
12. European Physics Journal D (EPJD),
13. IEEE-Transactions on Plasma Science,
14. Indian Journal of Physics (IJP),
15. Intl J. Mass Spectrometry,
16. The International Conf. and Exhib. for Science (ICES), Saudi Arabia
j
17. Int Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
18. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics,
19. Journal of Astrophyiscs and Astronomy D
20. Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology,
21. Journal of Earth and Space Sciences,
22. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena,
23. Journal of Optical Society of America (JOSA),
24. Journal of Optics and Laser Technology
25. Journal of Physics B (JPB),
26. Journal of Physics B Letter,
27. Journal of Physics D,
28. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy \& Radiative Transfer (JQSRT),
29. Molecular Physics
30. Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS),
31. New Astronomy,
32. New Journal of Physics (NJP),
33. Ohio Journal of Science,
34. Optics Letters
35. Physical and Chemical News,
36. Physica Scripta,
37. Physical Review A (PRA),
38. Physical Review Letters (PRL),
39. Physics of Plasmas (POP),
40. PRA Rapid Communications,
41. Pramana - Journal of Physics,
42. Radiation Physics and Chemistry,
43. Solar Physics,
44. The Open Astronomy Journal (TOAJ)
45. Centennial Book Series of Dhaka University, Bangladesh
Thank you letter, New
Astronomy, 2012
"Elsevier Reviewer Recognition
Certificate for JQSRT 2014
"Elsevier Reviewer Recognition
Certificate for J. of Rad. Phys. Chem., 2016
"Elsevier Reviewer Recognition
Certificate for J. Opt. Las. Tech., 2016
"Springer Nature
Reviwer Certificate" for Solar Physics, 2024
REVIEWER/EVALUATOR OF PROPOSALS:
11. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) opportunity, 2024
10. NASA MUREP Innovation and Tech Transfer Idea Competition (MITTIC), 2024
9. National Research Council of National Academy of Sciences (2015 - present
2024)
- NRC panel, March 2024
- Appreciation letter 2024
- meeting, 2022,
- NAS thank you letter 2022),
8. NSF (2023)
7. NASA APRA (Astrophysics Research and Analysis, 2022)
6. Army Research Lab (2017-present 2023)
5. Physics and Astronomy prizes, Al Azhar University, Egypt, 2016
4. APS Fellowships (2012-2014), Award
3. NASA Fellowships
2. Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC)
1. Razzaq-Shamsun Physics Research prizes, Bangladesh, 2003 - present
Pictures from NRC-RAP reviews 2015, National Academy of Science (NAS), Irvine,
California
- Physics panel pic1,
- pic2,
- panel room Balboa,
- Darwin bust in Beckman Hall,
- with Marilyn in Balboa island
NRC-RAP reviews 2019, National Academy of Science (NAS), Irvine,
California
- Physics panel Review,
- afternoon break,
- NAS Founders,
Walkiing on University of California, Irvine, 2019:
- Physics Building,
- lecture hall,
- Public Health,
- Meeting cousin brother Nabi,
NAS Appreciation letter 2023
EDITOR:
7. Editor, Egyptian Journal
of Physics
6. Chief Editor, e-magazine "An-Nisa"
for women in STEM, published by Indo-US
STEM Education and Research Center of OSU and AMU at AMU, India,
2022 - present
5. Guest Editor, journal Atoms
4. Chief Editor with Prof. G. Hinojosa (Editor): "Photoionization of
atoms", special issue of journal ATOMS with publisher MDPI (2021-2022)
3. Editor: Newsletters for "International Society of Muslim Women in Science",
2014 - present 2022 (originated, 2010)
2. Journal
of Taibah University for Science (JTUSCI, Elsevier, 2014-2020)
1. "Atomic Data for X-ray Astronomy" (Editors: A.K. Pradhan, S.N. Nahar, P.L.
Smith), Proceedings of IAU XXV JD 17 in "Highlights of Astronomy", Vol.
13, IAU 2003, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series (ASP
Publisher, 2006, Edited by O. Engvold), p621
SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZER OF NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCES AND EVENTs: 41
i) SOC member in Poster of Atomic Data Workshop at Heidelberg University 2022, ii)
Leading the EducationUSA program for admission at OSU 2021, iii) Organizer in
International Women's Day symposiu, 2021, iv) SOC-FOP, US-Bangladesh e-conference
in Physics, Bangladesh
41. Chair of the Committee for the "Internaitonal Women's Day
Symposium 2024" organized by the Indo-US APJAK STEM Education and
Research Center of AMU and OSU, and International Society of Muslim
Women in Science (ISMWS), Hybrid platform with participants from 9
countries held at Aligarh Muslim University, India, March 30, 2024
40. Organized and hosted
Program Scientist of NASA Missions, Dr. Hashima Hasan, of NASA Headquarters
along with student organization International Society of Muslim Women
in Science at Ohio State for a public
lecture session for students and NASA
mission objective presentations at Astronomy Department, Januray 17-19,
2024
- Newsletter of Astronomy, Feb 2024:
Hashima Hasan visit in
section "OTHER ACTIVITIES".
39. Member of
the Organizing Committee for the sympposium of the
"Internaitonal Women's Day" by the Indo-US APJAJ STEM Education and
Research Center of AMU and OSU, and International Society of Muslim
Women in Science (ISMWS), Hybrid platform, Aligarh Muslim University,
India, March 29, 2023
38. Member of the SOC (Scientifc
Organizing Committee) for atomic Data for
"Investigating
the roots: How our perception of the Milky Way System is
shaped by our knowledge of atomic data products", University of
Heidelberg, Germany, Oct 3 - 7, 2022
- Objectives,
- Invited
participants,
- Program
- Group picture
37. As a Co-founder and Co-Director, Indo-US A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Centre
for STEM Education and Research of OSU-AMU, India (with A.K. Pradhan at
OSU, founded in 2013) - initiated and worked with Vice Chancellor Prof.
T. Mansoor, to hold the formal celebration of the Center with engraving
a stone at the newly dedicated building for the Center, Sep 26, 2022
36. As a founder of the International Society of Muslim Womin in
Science (ISMWS with members from 32 countries, founded in 2010)
inaugurated opening a new chapter at Kashmir, ISMWS-Kashmir, at
National Institute of Technology - Srinagar, India, Sep 22, 2022
35. Organized Session X
"US-Bangladesh Education Collaboration Program" at the annual
conference of Bangladesh Physical Society (BPS), Dhaka, Bangladesh,
May 19-21, 2022, "programme,
sessopm X
34. Chair of the organizing committee, celebration of the
international
(US, India, Egypt) Women's Day (supported by the International Society
of Muslim Women in Science and Indi-US STEM Education Center of OSU-AMU,
virtual platform, March 26, 2022
33. Organization and hosting the program "Admission Adda with the Ohio
State University" of EducationUSA for Bangladeshi students and
researchers (zoom platform and facebook streaming), US Embassy in Dhaka,
Bangladesh, August 25, 2021
- EducationUSA posted vido "Admission
Adda with the Ohio State University"
- OSU Around the Oval Arts and Sciences weekly news
"Ohio State
highlighted by EducationUSA at U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh",
(under "This week in recognition", p.7), October 6, 2021
32. Chair of the organizing committee, celebration of the
International Women's Day (US,
India, Egypt) supported by the International
Society of Muslim Women in Science (ISMWS founded in 2010 by Nahar)
and Indi-US STEM Education Center of OSU-AMU, March 20, 2021
31. The US Organizer (for Frontiers of Physics) along with Bangladesh Physical
Society for the first US-Bangladesh physics conference,
"International e-Conference
on Physics", operated in Bangladesh, Feb 5-7, 2021
30. Co-organizer, Symposium on "Prospects
of STEM Education in
21st Century and Contributions of Women Scientists in STEM" at the
Indo-US STEM Education and Research Center of OSU-AMU, celebrating
the centenary of Aligarh Muslim University, India, October 13-14, 2020
29. Co-organizer for the symposium on "International collaboration and
prospects in STEM Education and Research", Indo-US STEM Education and
Research Center of OSU-AMU, India, March 3-4, 2020
28. Co-Coordinator, workshop of the "Leadership
for Academicians Programme (LEAP)" of government of India organized by
OSU in Ohio, Sep 9 - 14, 2019
27. Organizer, Celebration of
International Women's
Day, Aligarh Muslim University, India (support: US Dept of State
\& ISMWS), 2018
18-26, Director - organized 9 workshops in 6 cities (Aligarh, Delhi,
Hyderabad, Kolkata, Kurnool, Patna) on
Women in STEM Roadshow, under US
Department of State, 2018
17. Member of the Internaitonal
Scientific Committee, the 6th International Conference of Science and
Developments (ICSD VI), Gaza, Palestine, March 14-15, 2017
16. Organizer, Celebration of International Women's Day, Aligarh
Muslim University, India (support: Dept of Physics \& ISMWS), 2017
15. Member of International
Committee, Modern Trends in Physics Research
2016 (MTPR-016), Hurghada, Egypt, December 17-20, 2016
14. Organizer, Celebration of International Women's Day, Aligarh
Muslim University, India (support: Dept of Physics \& ISMWS), 2016
13. Co-convener, joint international
conference on nanotechnology, ALIGARH NANO-V and STEM Education and Research
(STEMCON16, organizer) of the Ohio State University
and Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, March 12-15, 2016
12. Co-convener, joint
international conference on nanotechnology,
ALIGARH
NANO-V and STEM Education and Research (STEMCON16) of the Ohio State
University and Aligarh Muslim University, AIgarh, India, March 12-15, 2016
12. Member of International Advisory Committee,
Modern Trends in Physics
Research 2014 (MTPR-014), Dec 19-23, 2014, Cairo, Egypt
11. Organizer, Celebration of International Women's Day, Aligarh
Muslim University, India (support: Dept of Physics \& ISMWS), 2014
10. Convener, ALIGARH NANO-4
International, an International Conference on Nanoscience and
Nanotechnology, Aligarh Muslim University, India, March 8-10, 2014
9. Worked with organizing committee for US speakers, 3rd international
conference on Current Development of Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Nano
Physics with Applications (CDAMOP), Delhi, India, 2011
8. US coordinator, 3rd International Workshop on Ultra-Fast Laser Technology
and Applications (UFLTA), Egypt, 2010
7. Meeting Coordinator: "Nanospectroscopy
Consortium" (Ohio State University, CfA-Harvard University, Thomas
Jefferson University), Ohio State U, December 8, 2006
6. Scientific Organizer: Joint international Iron Project Team and ITAMP
workshop "High Accuracy
Atomic Physics in Astronomy", Honoring M.J. Seaton,, Harvard-Smithsonian
Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 7-9, 2006
(In ITAMP (Harvard-CfA) newsletter, "High
Accuracy
Atomic Physics in Astronomy", ITAMP (Harvard-CfA) newsletter, Spring 2007)
5. Data Panelist, JD 17 "Atomic
Data for X-ray Astronomy", International Astronomical Union General
Assembly, Sydney, Australia, July 13-26, 2003
4. Scientific Organizer:
The international symposium "Advances in Atomic Physics and
Applications to Astrophysics", in honor of birthdays of Professor
Micheal J. Seaton and Dr. Werner Eissner; University College London, London,
U.K., December 13, 2002 - Program
3. Scientific Organizer: The international workshop "Astrophysical
Appilcations of the Iron Project/ Opacity Project data for NLTE Models";
University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, July 19, 2002
2. Scientific Organizer: The international workshop "Astrophysical and
Laboratory Applications of the Iron Project and the Opacity Project";
Goddard - NASA, Maryland, USA, Feb 22, 2002
1. Coordinator: The international scientific collaboration: "The
Iron Project" (July 2001 - June 2002)
Organized semi-annual international general IP
meetings at
(i) Goddard-NASA, USA, Feb 23-24, 2002,
(ii) University of Stuttgart, Germany, July 20-21, 2002
SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS CHAIR: 7
7. Session 6: Astrophysics,
Arab Conference on Astronomy and Geophysics the 5th Assembly (ACAG-5),
NRIAG, Helwan, Egypt, October 17-20, 2016
6. Session B8:
Electron-Atom and -Molecule Collisions, Chair, 45th
Annual Meeting of APS DAMOP, June 2–6, 2014; Madison, Wisconsin
5. Aligarh Nano IV
International 2014 conference, India, 2014
4. 3rd intl conference of CDAMOP, India, 2011
3. Intl conference on {\it Modern Trends in Physics Research},
Cairo Univ, Egypt, April 6-10, 2008
2. DAMOP meeting of American Physical Society, Knoxville, Tennessee,
May 16-20, 2006
1. The international joint IP/ITAMP workshop "High Accuracy Atomic Physics
in Astronomy", Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, August 7-9, 2006
FOUNDING SOCIETY MEMBER: 4
Founder: "International
Society of Muslim Women in Science", (April 2010) - for encouraging
Muslim women to science profession, 130 members from 25 countries
Co-founder: "International Society of Arab Women in Science" (with
Professor Lotfia El Nadi, Cairo University, Egypt, 2010), 7 Middle
Eastern \& African counties, 239 members
Founding member and sponsor of STEM programs at various educational
institutions in Bangladesh, Egypt, India
Founder: Abdur Razzaq and Shamsun Nahar Trust for Education in Bangladesh
Member of Planetarium Founders' Society, Ohio State University
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: 13
The
American Physical Society (APS) (unit:DAMOP, lifetime)
International Astronomical Union (IAU)
Division
of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (DAMOP) of APS (unit:DAMOP)
Forum on
International Physics (FIP) of APS (unit:FIP)
Member of Committee on the Status of Women in Physics of APS
Forum on
Industrial \& Applied Physics (FIAP) of APS (unit:FIAP)
Honorary member of the Topical Society of Laser Sciences
(TSLS)
The Egyptian Physical Society,
certificate
EGLS (former
Ohio Section) of APS (unit:SOH)
Life Member of Bangladesh Physical
Society (in life members list of 2022 BPS conference, May 2022)
Life Member of Dhaka
Physics Group
Climate,
Water, Carbon (CWC) of Ohio State University
Member of the Founders Society of new OSU Planetarium
International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists (INWES), 2009 -
2012
Patron, Council for Research \& Empowerment of Women (CREW), Aligarh,
India, since 2016
PROFESSIONAL MENTOR:
Mentor in MentorNet, the E-Mentoring Network for Diversity in Engineering
and Science (www.MentorNet.net) affiliated to Forum of International Physics
(2007-present
- Certificates of appreciation, 2010,
2009
Professional Mentor: Guiding, helping and encouraging Freshman Minority
Students to Education under the Office of Minority Affairs and Retention
Services, Ohio State U. (1999 - 2005)
- Two certificates of appreciation, 2005, 2002
SERVICES
Built up the foundation for collaboration between OSU and Sharda
University in India, 2021
Evaluation for Tenured promotions: USA (2015), Iraq (2016)
Committee member of Honor Nominations: i) APS Fellowships,
ii) John Wheatly Award of APS, iii) Razzaq-Shamsun Physics Research prizes,
Bangladesh, iv) Physics \& Astronomy prizes, Al Azhar University,
Egypt, Aligarh Muslim University, India
JUDGE
- OSU Hayes Forum for Ph.D. students (2020 - present, 2022),
- Contributed Research
posters, international conference on Aligarh Nano V and STEM
Education and Research, Aligarh Muslim University, India, 2016
- OSU Contributed Research Posters, Denman Undergraduate Research Forum,
The Ohio State University, March 25, 2015
- Judge (Contributed Research Posters), international conference on
"Modern Trends in Physics Research", Egypt, Dec 15-19, 2014, April 2010
- Judge for Contributed Research Posters, 3rd Physics Graduate Research
Day, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, April 5, 2012,
program
- Judge, State Science Day, Ohio,
Certificate, Ohio Academy of Science (OAS), , 2010;
Certificate, Ohio Academy of Science,
letter 2011
- Judge, District Science Day (District 7), 2010, 2011
- Judge (High School Research), the
Governor's Award for Excellence in Information Science \& Technology
Research, June 2010
PANELIST
- 2024: SSGSA USA: Selection of prospective AMU students for SSGSA awards
for study in the US universities, May 24
- 2023: SSGSA USA: Selection of prospective AMU students for SSGSA awards
for study in the US universities, May 23
- 2022: SSGSA USA: Selection of prospective AMU students for SSGSA awards
for study in the US universities, May 22
- 2021: SSGSA USA: Selection of prospective AMU students for SSGSA awards
for study in the US universities, May 21
- 2021, Wayne State University, Review Committee for the Department of
Physics and Astronomy, Jan 28, 2021
- 2021: Faculty Panel Discussion,
Reception for incoming Assistant and Associate Faculty of diversity,
Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI), OSU, January 28, 2021
- 2019: OSU: LEAP workshop panel discussion on international collaboration
- 2016: India: Indo-US collaboration, International conference on STEM Education
and Research
TEACHING & COMPUTATIONAL WORKSHOPS, STEM CURRICULUM:
STEM Curriculum: Formulated new MEd-STEM Education and Research
Curriculum, OSU (with A.K. Pradhan, K. Irving, A. Rodgers), 2013
- The first batch of Indian students graduated in 2016
Teaching \& Computational Workshops: 20
"Atomic Astrophysics" \& Computational workshops on SUPERSTRUCTURE and
R-matrix Codes", Cairo University, Egypt, Apr 1 - 20, 2018
International Lecturer on "SOLAR PLASMA, ATOMIC STRUCTURE, SPECTROSCOPY",
41st International School of Young Astronomers of IAU, Egypt, Mar 28 - Apr 11,
2018
"ATOMIC ASTROPHYSICS WITH COMPUTATIONAL WORKSHOPS", Aligarh Muslim
University, U.P., India, Feb 25 - March 14, 2018
"ATOMIC ASTROPHYSICS WITH COMPUTATIONAL WORKSHOPS", University of Dhaka,
Bangladesh, Oct 20 - Nov 4, 2017
"ATOMIC STRUCTURE AND TRANSITIONS: THEORY \& COMPUTATION USING
SUPERSTRUCTURE PROGRAM", Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Bangladesh,
November 8, 2017
"ATOMIC ASTROPHYSICS WITH COMPUTATIONAL WORKSHOPS", University of
Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh, Oct 30 - Nov 1, 2017
Teaching: "Atomic, Molecular and Laser Physics \&
- Computational Workshop: Superstructure \& R-matrix Codes"
Aligarh Muslim University, India, Mar-Apr 2017
Teaching: "Astrophysical Atomic
Processes, Opacity, \& Cancer Treatment with X-rays" & Computational workshops
with R-matrix Codes \& SUPERSTRUCTURE",
Cairo University, October 22 - November 11, 2016
``ATOMIC STRUCTURE AND TRANSITIONS: THEORY \& COMPUTATION
USING SUPERSTRUCTURE PROGRAM", University of Kashmir, India, March 25, 2016
Teaching: ``Atomic Spectroscopy of Collisional and Radiative
Processes in Astrophysical Plasmas" with computational workshops on R-matrix
codes and SUPERSTRUCTURE, Aligarh Muslim University, India, 2016
Teaching ``Atomic Spectroscopy and Collisional Excitations in
Plasmas" with Computational Workshop, Cairo University (participants
from 7 institutions), Egypt, 2015
"Atomic structure calculations", King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia, April 2014
Teaching: "Atomic and Molecular Radiation Physics: From Astronomy
to Biomedicine", (program workshop \& half lectures), Aligarh Muslim
University, India, Feb-Mar 2014
Teaching: "Atomic and Molecular Radiation Physics: From Astronomy
to Biomedicine", (program workshop \& half lectures), Delhi University,
Feb-Mar 2014
Teaching: "Atomic Spectroscopy and Opacity" (course & program workshop),
Cairo University, Egypt, 2013
Teaching (partial) "Atomic Astrophysics and Spectroscopy" (graduate
class), Astronomy Dept, OSU, Fall 2006
Teaching (1/2 course): "Atomic Astrophysics and Spectroscopy" (graduate
class), Astronomy Dept, OSU, Fall 2004
Substitute lecturer, Atomic Radiative Processes, Astronomy Dept, OSU,
2000 - 2003
Teaching: Undergraduate Modern Physics, Georgia State University,
1989
"Shield of Faculty of Science" from the Dean, Excellence in Teaching and
other contributions, Cairo University, 2015
"Shield of Faculty of Science" from the Dean, Excellence in Teaching and
introducing STEM program, Cairo University, 2013
"Daniel R. Gustafson Memorial Award for a Graduate Teaching Assistant",
Wayne State University, 1984
ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY
- Wikipedia: In
Alumni: Science "List of Wayne State University People"
- Wikipedia: In List of University of Dhaka alumni and faculty - Physics
RESEARCH GRANTS: 19
JOB HISTORY: LONG TERM POSITIONS
PREVIOUS POSITIONS: SHORT TERM
SHORT TERM VISITOR AT INSTITUTIONS:
14. Member of the National Committee,
IAU100 Celebrations in Bangladesh, 2018 - 2019
13. Vice Chair, "DIVISION B /
COMMISSION B5 / WORKING GROUP HIGH-ACCURACY STELLAR SPECTROSCOPY",
IAU, 2016-2018
12. Associate Member, Innovation in Science, Technology, Education,
Modeling and Management (ISTEMM), Chouaïb Doukkali University, El Jadida,
Kingdom of Morocco, 2018 - 2021
11. Selection committee: John Wheatley
Award, APS, 2015
10. Leader, OSU Delegation,
the 5th International Exhibition and Conference on Higher Education (IECHE),
Saudi Arabia, April 15-18, 2014
9. Selection committee: APS Fellows through FIP, 2012-2014
8. Member, Review Panel of Research Associateship
Programs of National Research Council, 2014
7. Elected Member of Executive Committee, Forum of
International Physics (FIP), 2012-2014,
FIP
Candidate page,
News on Elected Member, FIP newsletter
6. Co-Chair, the
Atomic Data Working Group, IAU Commission 14, 2012-2015
5. Faculty Advisor, "International
Society of Muslim Women in Science at Ohio State", OSU, 2016-present
4. Advisor (2012-present) of
Bangladesh Student Association (BSA), Ohio State
University
3. Coordinator (2 meetings at NASA, Germany), the Iron Project, 2001-2002
2. President,
International Society
of Muslim Women in Science (ISMWS)
1. Class Representative in B.Sc.Hons, Dhaka University
REFEREE/REVIEWER OF JOURNALS AND BOOKS: 45
1. Advances in Quantum Chemistry
REVIEWER/EVALUATOR OF PROPOSALS:
11. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) opportunity, 2024
10. NASA MUREP Innovation and Tech Transfer Idea Competition (MITTIC), 2024
9. National Research Council of National Academy of Sciences (2015 - present
2024)
6. Army Research Lab (2017-present 2023)
7. Editor, Egyptian Journal
of Physics
6. Chief Editor, e-magazine "An-Nisa"
for women in STEM, published by Indo-US
STEM Education and Research Center of OSU and AMU at AMU, India,
2022 - present
5. Guest Editor, journal Atoms
4. Chief Editor with Prof. G. Hinojosa (Editor): "Photoionization of
atoms", special issue of journal ATOMS with publisher MDPI (2021-2022)
3. Editor: Newsletters for "International Society of Muslim Women in Science",
2014 - present 2022 (originated, 2010)
2. Journal
of Taibah University for Science (JTUSCI, Elsevier, 2014-2020)
1. "Atomic Data for X-ray Astronomy" (Editors: A.K. Pradhan, S.N. Nahar, P.L.
Smith), Proceedings of IAU XXV JD 17 in "Highlights of Astronomy", Vol.
13, IAU 2003, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series (ASP
Publisher, 2006, Edited by O. Engvold), p621
41. Chair of the Committee for the "Internaitonal Women's Day
Symposium 2024" organized by the Indo-US APJAK STEM Education and
Research Center of AMU and OSU, and International Society of Muslim
Women in Science (ISMWS), Hybrid platform with participants from 9
countries held at Aligarh Muslim University, India, March 30, 2024
40. Organized and hosted
Program Scientist of NASA Missions, Dr. Hashima Hasan, of NASA Headquarters
along with student organization International Society of Muslim Women
in Science at Ohio State for a public
lecture session for students and NASA
mission objective presentations at Astronomy Department, Januray 17-19,
2024
39. Member of
the Organizing Committee for the sympposium of the
"Internaitonal Women's Day" by the Indo-US APJAJ STEM Education and
Research Center of AMU and OSU, and International Society of Muslim
Women in Science (ISMWS), Hybrid platform, Aligarh Muslim University,
India, March 29, 2023
38. Member of the SOC (Scientifc
Organizing Committee) for atomic Data for
"Investigating
the roots: How our perception of the Milky Way System is
shaped by our knowledge of atomic data products", University of
Heidelberg, Germany, Oct 3 - 7, 2022
37. As a Co-founder and Co-Director, Indo-US A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Centre
for STEM Education and Research of OSU-AMU, India (with A.K. Pradhan at
OSU, founded in 2013) - initiated and worked with Vice Chancellor Prof.
T. Mansoor, to hold the formal celebration of the Center with engraving
a stone at the newly dedicated building for the Center, Sep 26, 2022
36. As a founder of the International Society of Muslim Womin in
Science (ISMWS with members from 32 countries, founded in 2010)
inaugurated opening a new chapter at Kashmir, ISMWS-Kashmir, at
National Institute of Technology - Srinagar, India, Sep 22, 2022
35. Organized Session X
"US-Bangladesh Education Collaboration Program" at the annual
conference of Bangladesh Physical Society (BPS), Dhaka, Bangladesh,
May 19-21, 2022, "programme,
sessopm X
34. Chair of the organizing committee, celebration of the
international
(US, India, Egypt) Women's Day (supported by the International Society
of Muslim Women in Science and Indi-US STEM Education Center of OSU-AMU,
virtual platform, March 26, 2022
33. Organization and hosting the program "Admission Adda with the Ohio
State University" of EducationUSA for Bangladeshi students and
researchers (zoom platform and facebook streaming), US Embassy in Dhaka,
Bangladesh, August 25, 2021
32. Chair of the organizing committee, celebration of the
International Women's Day (US,
India, Egypt) supported by the International
Society of Muslim Women in Science (ISMWS founded in 2010 by Nahar)
and Indi-US STEM Education Center of OSU-AMU, March 20, 2021
31. The US Organizer (for Frontiers of Physics) along with Bangladesh Physical
Society for the first US-Bangladesh physics conference,
"International e-Conference
on Physics", operated in Bangladesh, Feb 5-7, 2021
30. Co-organizer, Symposium on "Prospects
of STEM Education in
21st Century and Contributions of Women Scientists in STEM" at the
Indo-US STEM Education and Research Center of OSU-AMU, celebrating
the centenary of Aligarh Muslim University, India, October 13-14, 2020
29. Co-organizer for the symposium on "International collaboration and
prospects in STEM Education and Research", Indo-US STEM Education and
Research Center of OSU-AMU, India, March 3-4, 2020
28. Co-Coordinator, workshop of the "Leadership
for Academicians Programme (LEAP)" of government of India organized by
OSU in Ohio, Sep 9 - 14, 2019
27. Organizer, Celebration of
International Women's
Day, Aligarh Muslim University, India (support: US Dept of State
\& ISMWS), 2018
18-26, Director - organized 9 workshops in 6 cities (Aligarh, Delhi,
Hyderabad, Kolkata, Kurnool, Patna) on
Women in STEM Roadshow, under US
Department of State, 2018
17. Member of the Internaitonal
Scientific Committee, the 6th International Conference of Science and
Developments (ICSD VI), Gaza, Palestine, March 14-15, 2017
16. Organizer, Celebration of International Women's Day, Aligarh
Muslim University, India (support: Dept of Physics \& ISMWS), 2017
15. Member of International
Committee, Modern Trends in Physics Research
2016 (MTPR-016), Hurghada, Egypt, December 17-20, 2016
14. Organizer, Celebration of International Women's Day, Aligarh
Muslim University, India (support: Dept of Physics \& ISMWS), 2016
13. Co-convener, joint international
conference on nanotechnology, ALIGARH NANO-V and STEM Education and Research
(STEMCON16, organizer) of the Ohio State University
and Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, March 12-15, 2016
12. Co-convener, joint
international conference on nanotechnology,
ALIGARH
NANO-V and STEM Education and Research (STEMCON16) of the Ohio State
University and Aligarh Muslim University, AIgarh, India, March 12-15, 2016
12. Member of International Advisory Committee,
Modern Trends in Physics
Research 2014 (MTPR-014), Dec 19-23, 2014, Cairo, Egypt
11. Organizer, Celebration of International Women's Day, Aligarh
Muslim University, India (support: Dept of Physics \& ISMWS), 2014
10. Convener, ALIGARH NANO-4
International, an International Conference on Nanoscience and
Nanotechnology, Aligarh Muslim University, India, March 8-10, 2014
9. Worked with organizing committee for US speakers, 3rd international
conference on Current Development of Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Nano
Physics with Applications (CDAMOP), Delhi, India, 2011
8. US coordinator, 3rd International Workshop on Ultra-Fast Laser Technology
and Applications (UFLTA), Egypt, 2010
7. Meeting Coordinator: "Nanospectroscopy
Consortium" (Ohio State University, CfA-Harvard University, Thomas
Jefferson University), Ohio State U, December 8, 2006
6. Scientific Organizer: Joint international Iron Project Team and ITAMP
workshop "High Accuracy
Atomic Physics in Astronomy", Honoring M.J. Seaton,, Harvard-Smithsonian
Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 7-9, 2006
(In ITAMP (Harvard-CfA) newsletter, "High
Accuracy
Atomic Physics in Astronomy", ITAMP (Harvard-CfA) newsletter, Spring 2007)
5. Data Panelist, JD 17 "Atomic
Data for X-ray Astronomy", International Astronomical Union General
Assembly, Sydney, Australia, July 13-26, 2003
4. Scientific Organizer:
The international symposium "Advances in Atomic Physics and
Applications to Astrophysics", in honor of birthdays of Professor
Micheal J. Seaton and Dr. Werner Eissner; University College London, London,
U.K., December 13, 2002 - Program
3. Scientific Organizer: The international workshop "Astrophysical
Appilcations of the Iron Project/ Opacity Project data for NLTE Models";
University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, July 19, 2002
2. Scientific Organizer: The international workshop "Astrophysical and
Laboratory Applications of the Iron Project and the Opacity Project";
Goddard - NASA, Maryland, USA, Feb 22, 2002
1. Coordinator: The international scientific collaboration: "The
Iron Project" (July 2001 - June 2002)
Organized semi-annual international general IP
meetings at
SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS CHAIR: 7
7. Session 6: Astrophysics,
Arab Conference on Astronomy and Geophysics the 5th Assembly (ACAG-5),
NRIAG, Helwan, Egypt, October 17-20, 2016
6. Session B8:
Electron-Atom and -Molecule Collisions, Chair, 45th
Annual Meeting of APS DAMOP, June 2–6, 2014; Madison, Wisconsin
5. Aligarh Nano IV
International 2014 conference, India, 2014
4. 3rd intl conference of CDAMOP, India, 2011
3. Intl conference on {\it Modern Trends in Physics Research},
Cairo Univ, Egypt, April 6-10, 2008
2. DAMOP meeting of American Physical Society, Knoxville, Tennessee,
May 16-20, 2006
1. The international joint IP/ITAMP workshop "High Accuracy Atomic Physics
in Astronomy", Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, August 7-9, 2006
FOUNDING SOCIETY MEMBER: 4
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: 13
PROFESSIONAL MENTOR:
SERVICES
- OSU Hayes Forum for Ph.D. students (2020 - present, 2022),
- Contributed Research
posters, international conference on Aligarh Nano V and STEM
Education and Research, Aligarh Muslim University, India, 2016
- OSU Contributed Research Posters, Denman Undergraduate Research Forum,
The Ohio State University, March 25, 2015
- Judge (Contributed Research Posters), international conference on
"Modern Trends in Physics Research", Egypt, Dec 15-19, 2014, April 2010
- Judge for Contributed Research Posters, 3rd Physics Graduate Research
Day, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, April 5, 2012,
program
- Judge, State Science Day, Ohio,
Certificate, Ohio Academy of Science (OAS), , 2010;
Certificate, Ohio Academy of Science,
letter 2011
- Judge, District Science Day (District 7), 2010, 2011
- Judge (High School Research), the
Governor's Award for Excellence in Information Science \& Technology
Research, June 2010
- 2024: SSGSA USA: Selection of prospective AMU students for SSGSA awards
for study in the US universities, May 24
- 2023: SSGSA USA: Selection of prospective AMU students for SSGSA awards
for study in the US universities, May 23
- 2022: SSGSA USA: Selection of prospective AMU students for SSGSA awards
for study in the US universities, May 22
- 2021: SSGSA USA: Selection of prospective AMU students for SSGSA awards
for study in the US universities, May 21
- 2021, Wayne State University, Review Committee for the Department of
Physics and Astronomy, Jan 28, 2021
- 2021: Faculty Panel Discussion,
Reception for incoming Assistant and Associate Faculty of diversity,
Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI), OSU, January 28, 2021
- 2019: OSU: LEAP workshop panel discussion on international collaboration
- 2016: India: Indo-US collaboration, International conference on STEM Education
and Research
TEACHING & COMPUTATIONAL WORKSHOPS, STEM CURRICULUM:
Teaching \& Computational Workshops: 20
Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP 202002, India
EDUCATION:
- Dissertation: "Electron and positron scattering from atoms"
- Thesis Advisor: Professor J.M. Wadehra
- Congratulation from the
Congressman,
- WSU Physics Newsletter, 1987: "Doctoral
degrees awarded", p.5 (WSU Alumni newsletter)
- Thesis: "Nematic Liquid Crystal and Optical Nonlinearity"
- Congratulation from House of
Representatives
Thesis: "Compton Scattering on Nucleons at Low Energies"
- First Class First position in Dhaka University,
DU Award (#13)
First Class First position in Dhaka
University (Award #1) (the first female student to get the place)
- Salekunnesa Award for the Best Female B.Sc.Hons. Student of Dhaka University
Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative Award Project:
"THE
STEM-FACULTY PROJECT: Training the Next Generation of STEM Faculty at Higher
Education Institutions in India", 2013-2017
Research: Photoionization cross sections and asymmetry parameter for angular
distribution of atoms in Hartree-Fock approximation. Developed fortran
codes for the atomic parameters. Electron-positron scattering from atoms.
- Undergraduate modern physics course, a two-hour lecture course meeting
twice a week, at Georgia State University, Fall, 1989
- {Research:} Relativistic calculations of electron and position scattering
from atoms. Developed the fortran programs for the processes.
- Research: Positronium formation and electron-positron scattering from
atoms
- Undergraduate introductory physics laboratories and quiz recitation sessions,
- Course advertisement in
facebook, 2016
- SRIP in Physics Library, WIS,
- Office at WIS,
- Guest House San Martin, WIS
1) OSU Delegate at Saudi Arabia convention IECHE
2. Arabian J. Chemistry
3. Astronomy \& Astrophysics (A\&A),
4. Astrophysical Journal (ApJ),
5. Astrophysical Journal Letters (ApJL),
6. Astrophysical Journal Supplements (ApJS),
7. Astrophysics and Space Science (ASTR),
8. Atomic Data Nuclear Data Tables (ADNDT),
9. Atoms,
10. Canadian Journal of Physics (CJP),
11. Environmental Science and Pollution Research,
12. European Physics Journal D (EPJD),
13. IEEE-Transactions on Plasma Science,
14. Indian Journal of Physics (IJP),
15. Intl J. Mass Spectrometry,
16. The International Conf. and Exhib. for Science (ICES), Saudi Arabia
j
17. Int Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
18. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics,
19. Journal of Astrophyiscs and Astronomy D
20. Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology,
21. Journal of Earth and Space Sciences,
22. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena,
23. Journal of Optical Society of America (JOSA),
24. Journal of Optics and Laser Technology
25. Journal of Physics B (JPB),
26. Journal of Physics B Letter,
27. Journal of Physics D,
28. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy \& Radiative Transfer (JQSRT),
29. Molecular Physics
30. Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS),
31. New Astronomy,
32. New Journal of Physics (NJP),
33. Ohio Journal of Science,
34. Optics Letters
35. Physical and Chemical News,
36. Physica Scripta,
37. Physical Review A (PRA),
38. Physical Review Letters (PRL),
39. Physics of Plasmas (POP),
40. PRA Rapid Communications,
41. Pramana - Journal of Physics,
42. Radiation Physics and Chemistry,
43. Solar Physics,
44. The Open Astronomy Journal (TOAJ)
45. Centennial Book Series of Dhaka University, Bangladesh
- NRC panel, March 2024
- Appreciation letter 2024
- meeting, 2022,
- NAS thank you letter 2022),
8. NSF (2023)
7. NASA APRA (Astrophysics Research and Analysis, 2022)
5. Physics and Astronomy prizes, Al Azhar University, Egypt, 2016
4. APS Fellowships (2012-2014), Award
3. NASA Fellowships
2. Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC)
1. Razzaq-Shamsun Physics Research prizes, Bangladesh, 2003 - present
- Physics panel pic1,
- pic2,
- panel room Balboa,
- Darwin bust in Beckman Hall,
- with Marilyn in Balboa island
- Physics panel Review,
- afternoon break,
- NAS Founders,
SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZER OF NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCES AND EVENTs: 41
i) SOC member in Poster of Atomic Data Workshop at Heidelberg University 2022, ii)
Leading the EducationUSA program for admission at OSU 2021, iii) Organizer in
International Women's Day symposiu, 2021, iv) SOC-FOP, US-Bangladesh e-conference
in Physics, Bangladesh
- Newsletter of Astronomy, Feb 2024:
Hashima Hasan visit in
section "OTHER ACTIVITIES".
- Objectives,
- Invited
participants,
- Program
- Group picture
- EducationUSA posted vido "Admission
Adda with the Ohio State University"
- OSU Around the Oval Arts and Sciences weekly news
"Ohio State
highlighted by EducationUSA at U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh",
(under "This week in recognition", p.7), October 6, 2021
(i) Goddard-NASA, USA, Feb 23-24, 2002,
(ii) University of Stuttgart, Germany, July 20-21, 2002
- Certificates of appreciation, 2010,
2009
- The first batch of Indian students graduated in 2016
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